CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY LAB

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Gender and Sexuality

GENDER AND SEXUALITY

Below are the projects of the Cultural Psychology Lab focused on gender and sexuality.

    • Block, K., Olsson, M. I. T., van Grootel, S., Schuster, C., Meeussen, L., Van Laar, C., Martiny, … Schmader, T. (2025). The gender gap in the care economy is larger in highly developed countries: Sociocultural explanations for paradoxical findings. The American psychologist, 10.1037/amp0001512. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001512
    • Block, K., & Schmader, T. (2025). Me, myself, and my stereotypes: does retraining gender stereotypes change men’s self-concept? Self and Identity, 24(4), 326–358. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2025.2477003
    • Block, K., Hall, C. E., Gonzalez, A. M., Cimpian, A., Schmader, T., & Baron, A. S. (2025). Who cares about caring? Gender stereotypes about communal values emerge early and predict boys’ prosocial preferences. Developmental Psychology, 61(3), 594–603. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001908
    • Ciordas, P., Hadarics, M., Szekeres, H., & Kende, A. (2025). The power of warmth: Morality perception increases social-change oriented allyship with LGBTQ+ people. Sexuality and Culture, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-025-10373-w
    • Schmader, T., & Block, K. (2025). Why Do Women Care More and Men Couldn’t Care Less? Daedalus, 154(1), 82–97. https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_02125
    • Besta, T., Jurek, P., Olech, M., Włodarczyk, A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Bender, M., […] Block, K., […] Żadkowska, M. (2024). Measuring collective action intention toward gender equality across cultures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000857
    • Van Laar, C., Van Rossum, A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bongiorno, R., & Block, K. (2024). MANdatory – why men need (and are needed for) gender equality progress. Frontiers in psychology, 15, 1263313. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1263313
    • Saxler, F. M., Dorrough, A. R., Froehlich, L., Block, K., […] Martiny, S. E. (2024). Did Descriptive and Prescriptive Norms About Gender Equality at Home Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross-National Investigation. Personality & social psychology bulletin, 1461672231219719. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231219719
    • Olsson, M. I. T., van Grootel, S., Block, K., Schuster, C., Meeussen, […] Martiny, S. E. (2023). Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries. Political Psychology, January. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12880
    • Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Besta, […] Block, K., […] Żadkowska, M. (2023). Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(7), 808-824. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221129687
    • Block, K., Aday, A., Hall, W. M., & Schmader, T. (2023). Making America great for whom?: How Trump’s presidency affected fit and national identity among targets of bias. Self and Identity, 00(00), 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2022.2113124
    • Margoni, F., Block, K., Hamlin, K., Zmyj, N., & Schmader, T. (2023). Meta-analytic evidence against sex differences in infants’ and toddlers’ preference for prosocial agents. Developmental Psychology, 59(2), 229.
    • Van Bergen, D., Smit, A., & Feddes, A. R. (2023). Stigma, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts and Coping of Sexual Minority Youth Raised in Conservative Versus Mainstream Denominations of Christianity: A Mixed Method Study. Sexuality and Culture: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 27(3), 972-994. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-022-10050-2
    • Szekeres, H., Halperin, E., & Saguy, T. (2023). The mother of violations: Motherhood as the primary expectation of women. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12661
    • Szekeres, H., & Čabarkapa, Đ. (2023) Myths and reality about confronting anti-gay prejudice: Who confronts and why (not)? Journal of Homosexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2161085
    • Block, K., Gonzalez, A. M., Choi, C. J. X., Wong, Z. C., Schmader, T., & Baron, A. S. (2022). Exposure to stereotype-relevant stories shapes children’s implicit gender stereotypes. PLoS ONE, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271396
    • Gonzalez, A. M., Block, K., Oh, H. J. J., Bizzotto, R., & Baron, A. S. (2022). Measuring implicit gender Stereotypes using the preschool auditory stroop. Journal of Cognition and Development, 23(2), 254–272. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2021.2013223.
    • Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J. A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Olech, M., Besta, T., Bender, M., Hoorens, V., […, Block, K., …],  Žukauskienė, R. (2021). Psychometric properties and correlates of precarious manhood beliefs in 62 nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121997997
    • Gonzalez, A. M., Odic, D., Schmader, T., Block, K., & Baron, A. S. (2021). The effect of gender stereotypes on young girls’ intuitive number sense. PLoS ONE, 16(10), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258886
    • Feddes, A. R., & Jonas, K. J. (2020). Associations Between Dutch LGBT Hate Crime Experience, Well-Being, Trust in the Police and Future Hate Crime Reporting. Social Psychology, 51(3), 171-182. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000409
    • Szekeres, H., Shuman, E., & Saguy, T. (2020). Views of sexual assault following# MeToo: The role of gender and individual differences. Personality and Individual Differences, 166, 110203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110203