Laurent Bègue

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Laurent Bègue is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurent Bègue has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 44 papers in Social Psychology and 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Laurent Bègue's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (24 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (18 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (17 papers). Laurent Bègue is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (24 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (18 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (17 papers). Laurent Bègue collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Australia. Laurent Bègue's co-authors include Carolyn L. Hafer, Brad J. Bushman, Aaron A. Duke, Marina Bastounis, Youssef Hasan, Sebastián Roché, Dominique Müller, Oulmann Zerhouni, Tory A. Eisenlohr‐Moul and Michael Scharkow and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Scientific Reports and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Laurent Bègue

78 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Experimental Research on Just-World Theory: Problems, Dev... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Experimental Research on Just-World Theory: Problems, Developments, and Future Challenges.
    2005 526 citations Laurent Bègue et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laurent Bègue France 25 1.2k 1.0k 582 527 322 87 2.4k
Mitchell J. Callan United Kingdom 24 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 739 1.3× 510 1.0× 349 1.1× 58 2.6k
Jürgen Maes Germany 21 1.2k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 510 0.9× 572 1.1× 187 0.6× 59 2.2k
Matthias Bluemke Germany 24 962 0.8× 929 0.9× 334 0.6× 563 1.1× 432 1.3× 55 2.2k
Ilan Dar‐Nimrod Australia 24 757 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 336 0.6× 619 1.2× 372 1.2× 58 2.4k
Shanmukh V. Kamble India 26 751 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 330 0.6× 696 1.3× 322 1.0× 121 2.5k
Jeremy Ginges United States 26 1.6k 1.3× 982 1.0× 479 0.8× 478 0.9× 98 0.3× 53 2.5k
T. Andrew Poehlman United States 7 1.3k 1.1× 827 0.8× 344 0.6× 330 0.6× 325 1.0× 11 2.2k
Ethan Zell United States 20 643 0.5× 756 0.8× 291 0.5× 447 0.8× 340 1.1× 45 2.1k
Elizabeth Page‐Gould Canada 25 1.1k 0.9× 997 1.0× 330 0.6× 331 0.6× 224 0.7× 54 2.0k
Takeshi Hamamura Australia 21 990 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 279 0.5× 294 0.6× 243 0.8× 58 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laurent Bègue

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laurent Bègue

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All Works

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Vezirian, Kévin, et al.. (2025). “Black-and-White” thinking: Does visual contrast polarize moral judgment? Independent replications and extension of Study 1. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 117. 104712–104712.
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Bègue, Laurent & Rébecca Shankland. (2022). Is vegetarianism related to anxiety and depression? A cross-sectional survey in a French sample. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition. 41(1). 18–18. 11 indexed citations
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Flaudias, Valentin, Oulmann Zerhouni, Bruno Pereira, et al.. (2021). The Early Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Stress and Addictive Behaviors in an Alcohol-Consuming Student Population in France. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12. 628631–628631. 24 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent, et al.. (2020). Authoritarian attitudes are associated with higher autonomic reactivity to stress and lower recovery.. Emotion. 22(3). 526–544. 8 indexed citations
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Zerhouni, Oulmann, Laurent Bègue, Elisa Sarda, & Douglas A. Gentile. (2020). Self-Regulation Failure Reduces the Effect Alcohol Portrayals in Movies on Indirect Attitudes toward Alcohol. The Journal of Psychology. 154(4). 309–324. 2 indexed citations
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Zerhouni, Oulmann, et al.. (2018). Controlled and implicit processes in evaluative conditioning on implicit and explicit attitudes toward alcohol and intentions to drink. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent, et al.. (2017). Video Games Exposure and Sexism in a Representative Sample of Adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 466–466. 36 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent, Sebastián Roché, & Aaron A. Duke. (2015). Young and armed: a cross-sectional study on weapon carrying among adolescents. Psychology Crime and Law. 22(5). 455–472. 10 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent, et al.. (2014). Alcohol as an Excuse: The Role of Aggressor’s Alcohol Intoxication on Attribution of Responsibility and Blame. International Review of Social Psychology. 27(1). 5–34.
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Bègue, Laurent, et al.. (2014). Washing the guilt away: effects of personal versus vicarious cleansing on guilty feelings and prosocial behavior. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 97–97. 30 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent, et al.. (2014). Some like it hot: Testosterone predicts laboratory eating behavior of spicy food. Physiology & Behavior. 139. 375–377. 30 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent, et al.. (2014). Sweetened blood sweetens behavior. Ego depletion, glucose, guilt, and prosocial behavior. Appetite. 81. 8–11. 14 indexed citations
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Duke, Aaron A., et al.. (2014). Anxiolytic-like effects observed in rats exposed to the elevated zero-maze following treatment with 5-HT2/5-HT3/5-HT4 ligands. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 3881–3881. 13 indexed citations
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Duke, Aaron A., et al.. (2013). Revisiting the serotonin–aggression relation in humans: A meta-analysis.. Psychological Bulletin. 139(5). 1148–1172. 116 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent, et al.. (2013). Psychologie du jugement moral. Dunod eBooks.
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Bègue, Laurent. (2013). Do just‐world believers practice private charity?. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 44(1). 71–76. 27 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent & Dominique Müller. (2006). Belief in a just world as moderator of hostile attributional bias. British Journal of Social Psychology. 45(1). 117–126. 58 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent & Marina Bastounis. (2003). Two Spheres of Belief in Justice: Extensive Support for the Bidimensional Model of Belief in a Just World. Journal of Personality. 71(3). 435–463. 168 indexed citations
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Bègue, Laurent. (2001). Social Judgment of Abortion: A Black-Sheep Effect in a Catholic Sheepfold. The Journal of Social Psychology. 141(5). 640–649. 23 indexed citations
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