
Daan Scheepers
My main research interests center on the motivational aspects of group processes and intergroup relations. Specifically, I am interested in: (1) The motivational states of "threat" and "challenge" (and their physiological correlates) in relation to intergroup relations and social identity; (2) The psychological functions of in-group bias; and (3) Regulatory focus (or promotion/prevention motivation) in relation to group dynamics.
Primary Interests:
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
Books:
Journal Articles:
- Bijleveld, E., Scheepers, D., & Ellemers, N. (2012). The cortisol response to anticipated intergroup interactions predicts self-reported prejudice. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33681.
- *Cihangir, S., *Scheepers, D., Barreto M., & Ellemers, N. (2013). Responding to gender-based rejection: Objecting against negative and disproving positive inter-group differentiation. Personality and Social Psychology Science, 4, 151-158. *Equal contribution.
- Kouzakova, M., Ellemers, N., Harinck, F., & Scheepers, D (2012). The Implications of value conflict: How disagreement on values affects self-involvement and perceived common ground. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 798-807.
- Sassenberg, K., Ellemers, N., & Scheepers, D. (2012). The attraction of social power: The influence of construing power as opportunity versus responsibility. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 550-555.
- Scheepers, D., De Wit, F. R. C., Ellemers, N., & Sassenberg, K. (2012). Social power makes the heart work more efficiently: Evidence from cardiovascular markers of challenge and threat. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 371-374.
- De Wit, F. R. C., Scheepers, D., & Jehn, K. A. (2012). Cardiovascular reactivity and resistance to opposing viewpoints during intragroup conflict. Psychophysiology, 49, 1691–1699. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01456.x
- Does, S., Derks, B., Ellemers, N., & Scheepers, D. (2012). At the heart of egalitarianism: How morality framing shapes cardiovascular challenge vs. threat in whites. Personality and Social Psychology Science, 3, 747-753.
- Derks, B., Scheepers, D., Van Laar, C., & Ellemers, N. (2011). The threat vs. challenge of car parking for women: How self- and group affirmation affect cardiovascular responses. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 178-183.
- Jonas, K. J., Sassenberg, K., & Scheepers, D. (2010). Self-regulation within and between groups. Group Processes and Inter-group Relations, 13, 131 – 136.
- Scheepers, D. (2009). Turning social identity threat into challenge: Status stability and cardiovascular reactivity during intergroup competition. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 228-233.
- Scheepers, D., Spears, R., Manstead, A. S. R., & Doosje, B. (2009). The influence of discrimination versus fairness on self-esteem. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 506-515.
- Scheepers, D., Ellemers, N., & Sintemaartensdijk, N. (2009). Suffering from the possibility of status loss: Physiological indicators of social identity threat in high status groups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 1075 - 1092.
- Faddegon, K., Scheepers, D., & Ellemers, N. (2008). If we have the will there will be a way: Regulatory focus as a group identity. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 880-895.
- Scheepers, D., Spears, R., Doosje, B., & Manstead, A. S. R. (2006). The social functions of in-group bias: Creating, confirming, or changing social reality. European Review of Social Psychology,18, 359 - 396.
- Scheepers, D., Spears, R., Doosje, B., & Manstead, A. S. R. (2006). Diversity in In-group Bias: Structural factors, situational features, and social functions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 944-960.
- Scheepers, D., & Ellemers, N. (2005). When the pressure is up: The assessment of threats to social identity in low and high status groups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 192-200.
- Scheepers, D., Spears, R., Doosje, B., & Manstead, A. S. R. (2003). Two functions of verbal intergroup discrimination: Identity and instrumental motives as a result of group identification and threat. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 568-577.
- Scheepers, D., Branscombe, N. R., Spears, R., & Doosje, B. (2002). The emergence and effects of deviants in low and high status groups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 611-617.
- Scheepers, D., Spears, R., Doosje, B., & Manstead, A. S. R. (2002). Integrating identity and instrumental approaches to intergroup discrimination: different contexts, different motives. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1455-1467.
Daan Scheepers
Social and Organizational Psychology
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9555
2300 RB Leiden
The Netherlands
- Phone: +31(0)71-527 3642
- Fax: +31(0)71-527 3619