Jonas R. Kunst

Academic Interests
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prejudice, stigma, discrimination
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majority-minority relations in multicultural societies
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acculturation
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social identity
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religious fundamentalism
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political psychology
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social dominance theory
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environmental psychology
Education
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2020: Professor
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2019: Associate Professor
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2018: Postdoctoral fellow / Yale University
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2016 - 2017 : Postdoctoral fellow / University of Oslo
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2012 - 2015: PhD candidate / University of Oslo
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2014 - 2015: Visiting Fulbright Scholar / Harvard University
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2009 - 2011: Master's degree in cultural and community psychology / University of Oslo
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2006 - 2009: Bachelor's degree in general psychology / University of Bergen
Teaching
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PSY3095 - Bacheloroppgave i kultur- og samfunnspsykologi
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PSY2503 - Kultur- og samfunnspsykologi
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PSY4502B – Fellesskap- og samfunnspsykologi
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PSY4505 – Identitet, kultur og kritisk psykologi
Publications
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Lefringhausen, Katharina; Marshall, T.; Ferenczi, Nelli; Zagefka, Hanna & Kunst, Jonas R. (2022). Majority Members’ Acculturation: How Proximal-Acculturation Relates to Expectations of Immigrants and Intergroup Ideologies over Time. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. ISSN 1368-4302. doi: 10.1177/13684302221096324.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Kirkøen, Jannicke & Mohamdain, Onab (2022). Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beautifying photo-filters. Management Decision. ISSN 0025-1747. doi: 10.1108/MD-06-2021-0747. Full text in Research Archive
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Bierwiaczonek, Kinga; Gundersen, Aleksander Bjørge & Kunst, Jonas R. (2022). The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis. Current Opinion in Psychology. ISSN 2352-250X. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/rfyah.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Dovidio, John F.; Bailey, April & Obaidi, Milan (2022). The Way They Look: Phenotypic Prototypicality Shapes the Perceived Intergroup Attitudes of In- and Out-group Members. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. ISSN 0022-1031. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104303.
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Eskelinen, Viivi; Renvik, Tuuli Anna; Pauha, Teemu; Jetten, Jolanda; Kunst, Jonas R. & van der Noll, Jolanda [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Disentangling national and religious identification as predictors of support for religious minority rights among Christian majority groups. British Journal of Social Psychology. ISSN 0144-6665. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12496.
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Obaidi, Milan; Kunst, Jonas R.; Ozer, Simon & Kimel, Sasha Y. (2021). The “Great Replacement” conspiracy: How the perceived ousting of Whites can evoke violent extremism and Islamophobia. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. ISSN 1368-4302. p. 1–21. doi: 10.1177/13684302211028293.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Obaidi, Milan; Coenen, Ann-Cathrin; Vasseljen, Vilde Dyvik & Gill, Paul (2021). What Makes a Terrorist? Muslims’ and non-Muslims’ Lay Perceptions of Risk Factors and Their Consequences for Counter-terrorism Policy Support. Terrorism and Political Violence. ISSN 0954-6553. doi: 10.1080/09546553.2021.1967149.
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Bierwiaczonek, Kinga & Kunst, Jonas R. (2021). Revisiting the Integration Hypothesis: Correlational and Longitudinal Meta-Analyses Demonstrate the Limited Role of Acculturation for Cross-Cultural Adaptation . Psychological Science. ISSN 0956-7976. 32(9), p. 1476–1493. doi: 10.1177/09567976211006432. Full text in Research Archive
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Wang, Ke; Kunst, Jonas R.; Tamnes, Christian Krog; Schei, Vidar; Sverdrup, Therese E. & Askelund, Adrian Dahl [Show all 51 contributors for this article] (2021). A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour. ISSN 2397-3374. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R. (2021). Are we facing a “causality crisis” in acculturation research? The need for a methodological (r)evolution. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 85. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.08.003. Full text in Research Archive
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Palacios Haugestad, Christian Andres; Duun Skauge, Anja ; Kunst, Jonas R. & Power, Seamus (2021). Why do youth participate in climate activism? A mixed-methods investigation of the #FridaysForFuture climate protests. Journal of Environmental Psychology. ISSN 0272-4944. 76. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101647.
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Simon, Ozer; Kunst, Jonas R. & Schwartz, Seth J. (2021). Investigating direct and indirect globalization-based acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 84, p. 155–167. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.07.012. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Lefringhausen, Katharina; Sam, David; Berry, John W. & Dovidio, John F. (2021). The Missing Side of Acculturation: How Majority-Group Members Relate to Immigrant and Minority-Group Cultures. Current Directions in Psychological Science. ISSN 0963-7214. 30(6), p. 1–10. doi: 10.1177/09637214211040771. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Onyeador, Ivuoma N. & Dovidio, John F. (2021). Knowledge About Individuals’ Interracial Friendships Is Systematically Associated With Mental Representations of Race, Traits, and Group Solidarity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. ISSN 0146-1672. doi: 10.1177/01461672211024118. Full text in Research Archive
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Eskelinen, Viivi; Pauha, Teemu; Kunst, Jonas R.; Räsänen, Antti & Jasinskaja - Lahti, Inga (2021). Exploring religiosity and attitudes towards Christians and non-believers among recent Muslim refugees to Finland. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.10.007.
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Lefringhausen, Katharina; Ferenczi, Nelli; Marshall, Tara C. & Kunst, Jonas R. (2021). A new route towards more harmonious intergroup relationships in England? Majority members’ proximal-acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.03.006.
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Coenen, Ann-Cathrin & Kunst, Jonas R. (2021). Ethnic diversity and extremist attitudes in soccer teams: A multi-level investigation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.07.003. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Lefringhausen, Katharina; Skaar, Sara With & Obaidi, Milan (2021). Who adopts the culture of ethnic minority groups? A personality perspective on majority-group members’ acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.01.001. Full text in Research Archive
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Woelfert, Frederike S. & Kunst, Jonas R. (2020). How Political and Social Trust Can Impact Social Distancing Practices During COVID-19 in Unexpected Ways. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.572966. Full text in Research Archive
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Petsko, Christopher; Lei, Ryan; Kunst, Jonas R.; Bruneau, Emile & Kteily, Nour (2020). Blatant dehumanization in the mind's eye: Prevalent even among those who explicitly reject it? Journal of experimental psychology. General. ISSN 0096-3445. 150(6), p. 1115–1131. doi: 10.1037/xge0000961. Full text in Research Archive
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Pauha, Teemu; Tuuli, Anna Renvik; Eskelinen, Viivi; Jetten, Jolanda; van der Noll, Jolanda & Kunst, Jonas R. [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). The Attitudes of Deconverted and Lifelong Atheists Towards Religious Groups: The Role of Religious and Spiritual Identity. The international journal for the psychology of religion. ISSN 1050-8619. doi: 10.1080/10508619.2020.1774206. Full text in Research Archive
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Bierwiaczonek, Kinga Maria; Kunst, Jonas R. & Pich, Olivia (2020). Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Reduces Social Distancing over Time. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. ISSN 1758-0846. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12223. Full text in Research Archive
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Uenal, Fatih; Bergh, Robin; Sidanius, James; Zick, Andreas; Y. Kimel, Sasha & Kunst, Jonas R. (2020). The Nature of Islamophobia: A Test of a Tripartite View in Five Countries. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. ISSN 0146-1672. doi: 10.1177/0146167220922643. Full text in Research Archive
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Kende, Anna; Hadarics, Márton; Bigazzi, Sára; Boza, Mihaela; Kunst, Jonas R. & Lantos, Nóra Anna [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2020). The last acceptable prejudice in Europe? Anti-Gypsyism as the obstacle to Roma inclusion. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. ISSN 1368-4302. doi: 10.1177/1368430220907701. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R. & Obaidi, Milan (2020). Understanding violent extremism in the 21st century: The (re)emerging role of relative deprivation. Current Opinion in Psychology. ISSN 2352-250X. 35, p. 55–59. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.03.010. Full text in Research Archive
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Benningstad, Nora C. G & Kunst, Jonas R. (2019). Dissociating meat from its animal origins: A systematic literature review. Appetite. ISSN 0195-6663. 147:104554, p. 1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104554. Full text in Research Archive
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Kleppestø, Thomas Haarklau; Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi; Vassend, Olav; Røysamb, Espen; Eftedal, Nikolai Haahjem & Sheehy-Skeffington, Jennifer [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Correlations between social dominance orientation and political attitudes reflect common genetic underpinnings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 116(36), p. 17741–17746. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1818711116. Full text in Research Archive
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Tahir, Hajra; Kunst, Jonas R. & Sam, David Lackland (2019). Threat, anti-western hostility and violence among European muslims: The mediating role of acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 73, p. 74–88. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.08.001. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Dovidio, John F. & Thomsen, Lotte (2019). Fusion with political leaders predicts willingness to persecute immigrants and political opponents. Nature Human Behaviour. ISSN 2397-3374. p. 1–13. doi: 10.1038/s41562-019-0708-1. Full text in Research Archive
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English, Alexander S.; Kunst, Jonas R. & Sam, David Lackland (2019). Climatic effects on the sociocultural and psychological adaptation of migrants within China: A longitudinal test of two competing perspectives. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. ISSN 1367-2223. 22(3), p. 244–255. doi: 10.1111/ajsp.12363. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Thomsen, Lotte & Dovidio, John F. (2019). Divided Loyalties: Perceptions of Disloyalty Underpin Bias Toward Dually-Identified Minority-Group Members. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ISSN 0022-3514. 117(4), p. 807–838. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000168. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Boos, Beverly Karen; Y. Kimel, Sasha; Obaidi, Milan; Shani, Maor & Thomsen, Lotte (2018). Engaging in extreme activism in support of others’ political struggles: The role of politically motivated fusion with out-groups. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190639.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Boos, Beverly Karen; Y. Kimel, Sasha; Obaidi, Milan; Thomsen, Lotte & Shani, Maor (2018). Engaging in extreme activism in support of others’ political struggles: The role of politically motivated fusion with out-groups. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190639.
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Obaidi, Milan; Kunst, Jonas R.; Kteily, Nour; Lotte, Thomsen & Sidanius, James (2018). Living under threat: Mutual threat perception drives anti‐Muslim and anti‐Western hostility in the age of terrorism. European Journal of Social Psychology. ISSN 0046-2772. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2555.
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Kunst, Jonas R. & Phillibert, Esther N. (2018). Skin-tone discrimination by Whites and Africans is associated with the acculturation of African immigrants in Norway. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 13(12), p. 1–13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209084. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Bailey, April; Prendergast, Claire Nicole & Gundersen, Aleksander (2018). Sexism, rape myths and feminist identification explain gender differences in attitudes toward the #metoo social media campaign in two countries. Media Psychology. ISSN 1521-3269. doi: 10.1080/15213269.2018.1532300.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Myhren, Lisa Sophie & Onyeador, Ivuoma N. (2018). Simply Insane? Attributing Terrorism to Mental Illness (Versus Ideology) Affects Mental Representations of Race. Criminal Justice and Behavior. ISSN 0093-8548. doi: 10.1177/0093854818794742. Full text in Research Archive
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Gundersen, Aleksander & Kunst, Jonas R. (2018). Feminist ≠ Feminine? Feminist Women Are Visually Masculinized Whereas Feminist Men Are Feminized. Sex Roles. ISSN 0360-0025. doi: 10.1007/s11199-018-0931-7.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Kimel, Sasha; Shani, Maor; Alayan, Ramzi & Thomsen, Lotte (2018). Can Abraham bring peace? The relationship between acknowledging shared religious roots and intergroup conflict. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. ISSN 1941-1022. 11(4), p. 417–432. doi: 10.1037/rel0000192. Full text in Research Archive
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Obaidi, Milan; Kunst, Jonas R.; Kteily, Nour; Thomsen, Lotte & Sidanius, Jim (2018). Living Under Threat: Mutual Threat Perception Drives Anti-Muslim and Anti-Western Hostility in the Age of Terrorism. European Journal of Social Psychology. ISSN 0046-2772. 48(5), p. 567–584. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2362. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Boos, Beverly Karen; Kimel, Sasha; Obaidi, Milan; Shani, Maor & Thomsen, Lotte (2018). Engaging in extreme activism in support of others’ political struggles: The role of politically motivated fusion with out-groups. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 13(1). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190639.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Dovidio, John F. & Dotsch, Ron (2018). White Look-Alikes: Mainstream Culture Adoption Makes Immigrants “Look” Phenotypically White. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. ISSN 0146-1672. 44(2), p. 265–282. doi: 10.1177/0146167217739279.
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Kunst, Jonas R. & Palacios Haugestad, Christian Andrés (2018). The effects of dissociation on willingness to eat meat are moderated by exposure to unprocessed meat: A cross-cultural demonstration. Appetite. ISSN 0195-6663. 120(1), p. 356–366. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.09.016. Full text in Research Archive
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Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Kunst, Jonas R. & Hohle, Sigrid Møyner (2018). Too sweet to eat: Exploring the effects of cuteness on meat consumption. Appetite. ISSN 0195-6663. 120, p. 181–195. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.08.038. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Kteily, Nour & Thomsen, Lotte (2017). “You Little Creep”: Evidence of Blatant Dehumanization of Short Groups. Social Psychological and Personality Science. ISSN 1948-5506. doi: 10.1177/1948550617740613. Full text in Research Archive
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Johansson, Ole Jørgen & Kunst, Jonas R. (2017). Explaining prejudice toward the mentally ill: A test of sociopolitical, demographic, and socioeconomic factors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. ISSN 0021-9029. 47(12), p. 682–695. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12483. Full text in Research Archive
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Haugen, Ingvild & Kunst, Jonas R. (2017). A two-way process? A qualitative and quantitative investigation of majority members’ acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 60, p. 67–82. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.07.004. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Ronald, Fischer; Sidanius, Jim & Thomsen, Lotte (2017). Preferences for group dominance track and mediate the effects of macro-level social inequality and violence across societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 114(21), p. 5407–5412. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1616572114.
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Kunst, Jonas R. & Hohle, Sigrid (2016). Meat eaters by dissociation: How we present, prepare and talk about meat increases willingness to eat meat by reducing empathy and disgust. Appetite. ISSN 0195-6663. 105, p. 758–774. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.07.009.
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Kimel, Sasha; Huesmann, R.; Kunst, Jonas R. & Halperin, Eran (2016). Living in a Genetic World: How Learning About Interethnic Genetic Similarities and Differences Affects Peace and Conflict. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. ISSN 0146-1672. 42(5), p. 688–700. doi: 10.1177/0146167216642196.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Sadeghi, Talieh; Tahir, Hajra; Sam, David Lackland & Thomsen, Lotte (2016). The vicious circle of religious prejudice: Islamophobia makes the acculturation attitudes of majority and minority members clash. European Journal of Social Psychology. ISSN 0046-2772. 46(2), p. 249–259. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2174.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Thomsen, Lotte; Sam, David Lackland & Berry, John W. (2015). “We Are in This Together”: Common Group Identity Predicts Majority Members’ Active Acculturation Efforts to Integrate Immigrants. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. ISSN 0146-1672. 41(10), p. 1438–1453. doi: 10.1177/0146167215599349.
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Dalsklev, Madeleine Mahin & Kunst, Jonas R. (2015). The effect of disgust-eliciting media portrayals on outgroup dehumanization and support of deportation in a Norwegian sample. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 47, p. 28–40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.03.028.
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Kunst, Jonas R. & Thomsen, Lotte (2015). Prodigal Sons: Dual Abrahamic Categorization Mediates the Detrimental Effects of Religious Fundamentalism on Christian–Muslim Relations. The international journal for the psychology of religion. ISSN 1050-8619. 25(4), p. 293–306. doi: 10.1080/10508619.2014.937965. Full text in Research Archive
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Løset, Gøril Kvamme; Hosøy, Daniel; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Moen, Bente Elisabeth & Magerøy, Nils [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). The relationship between shift work schedules and spillover in a sample of nurses. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (JOSE). ISSN 1080-3548. 20(1), p. 139–147. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2014.11077030.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Thomsen, Lotte & Sam, David Lackland (2014). Late Abrahamic reunion? Religious fundamentalism negatively predicts dual Abrahamic group categorization among Muslims and Christians. European Journal of Social Psychology. ISSN 0046-2772. 44(4), p. 337–348. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2014.
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Kunst, Jonas R. & Sam, David Lackland (2014). “It’s on time that they assimilate” – differential acculturation expectations towards first and second generation immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 39(1), p. 188–195. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.10.007.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Sam, David Lackland & Ulleberg, Pål (2013). Perceived islamophobia: Scale development and validation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 37(2), p. 225–237. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.11.001.
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Kunst, Jonas R. & Sam, David Lackland (2013). Expanding the margins of identity: a critique of marginalization in a globalized world. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation. ISSN 2157-3883. 2(4), p. 225–241. doi: 10.1037/ipp0000008.
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Kunst, Jonas R. & Sam, David Lackland (2013). Relationship between perceived acculturation expectations and Muslim minority youth's acculturation and adaptation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 37(4), p. 477–490. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.04.007.
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Kunst, Jonas Rønningdalen; Tajamal, Hajra; Sam, David Lackland & Ulleberg, Pål (2012). Coping with Islamophobia: The effects of religious stigma on Muslim minorities' identity formation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 36(4), p. 518–532. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.12.014. Show summary
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Palacios Haugestad, Christian Andres; Skauge, Anja Duun; Kunst, Jonas R. & Power, Seamus (2021). Imagining the future in social movements as a driver for social change.
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Skauge, Anja Duun; Kunst, Jonas R. & Power, Seamus (2019). “They say the youth is the future yet they won´t listen to them” A mixed-method cultural psychological study of #FridaysForFuture in the Norwegian context.
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Kleppestø, Thomas Haarklau; Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi; Vassend, Olav; Røysamb, Espen; Eftedal, Nikolai Haahjem & Kunst, Jonas R. [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Social dominance orientation has both genetic and unique environmental influences, but only genetic pleiotropy accounts for its correlation with political attitudes.
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Palacios Haugestad, Christian Andres & Kunst, Jonas R. (2018). A cross-cultural demonstration on the effects of dissociation on willingness to eat meat and how they are moderated by exposure to unprocessed meat.
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Kunst, Jonas R. & Sam, David Lackland (2013). A Critical Investigation of Marginalization as an Acculturation Strategy in a Globalized World.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Sam, David Lackland & Ulleberg, Pål (2013). Developing and Validating a Scale to Measure Muslim Minorities' Perceptions of Societal Islamophobia.
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Kunst, Jonas R.; Tajamal, Hajra; Sam, David Lackland & Ulleberg, Pål (2012). The influences of religious stigma on Muslim minorities’ national affiliation and engagement.