Primary Interests:
- Communication, Language
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Internet and Virtual Psychology
- Persuasion, Social Influence
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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My research interests include social categorization, social stereotyping and intergroup relations, and social influence (especially in the realm of computer mediated communication). My work draws on social identity and self-categorization theories, and the social identity model of deindividuation effects (SIDE model). I have also recently been conducting research on automatic social behaviour and emotions in intergroup contexts.
Books:
- Ellemers, N., Spears, R., & Doosje, B. (Eds.). (1999). Social identity: Context, commitment, content. Oxford: Blackwell.
- McGarty, C., Yzerbyt, V. Y., & Spears, R. (Eds.). (2002). Stereotypes as explanations: The formation of meaningful beliefs about social groups. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Spears, R., Oakes, P. J., Ellemers, N., & Haslam, S. A. (Eds.). (1997). The social psychology of stereotyping and group life. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Journal Articles:
- Ellemers, N., Spears, R., & Doosje, B. (2002). Self and social identity. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, 161-186.
- Jetten, J., Spears, R. & Postmes, T. (in press). Intergroup distinctiveness and differentiation: A meta-analytic integration. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
- Leach, C.W., & Spears, R., Branscombe, N.R. & Doosje, B. (2003). Malicious pleasure: Schadenfreude at the suffering of another group. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 932-943.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1451-1463.
- Scheepers, D., Spears, R., Doosje, B., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2002). Integrating identity and instrumental approaches to intergroup differentiation: Different contexts, different motives. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 28. 1455-1467.
- Spears, R., Gordijn, E., Dijksterhuis, A., & Stapel, D.A. (in press). Reaction in action: Intergroup contrast in automatic behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
- Spears, R., Lea, M., Corneliussen, R.A., Postmes, T., & Ter Haar, W. (2002). Computer-mediated communication as a channel for social resistance: The strategic side of SIDE. Small Group Research, 33, 555-574.
- Spears, R., Postmes, T., Lea, M., & Wolbert, A. (2002). When are net effects gross products? The power of influence and the influence of power in computer-mediated communication. The Journal of Social Issues, 58, 91-107.
Other Publications:
- Spears, R., Jetten, J., & Scheepers, D. (2002). Distinctiveness and the definition of collective self: A tripartite model. In A. Tesser, J.V. Wood, & D.A. Stapel (eds.). “Self and motivation: Emerging psychological perspectives” (pp. 147-171). Lexington: APA.
- Spears, R., & Leach, C.W. (in press). Intergroup schadenfreude: Conditions and consequences. In C.W. Leach & L. Tiedens (Eds.) The social life of emotions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Spears, R, Scheepers, D., Jetten, J., Doosje, B., Ellemers, N., & Postmes, T. (in press). Entitativity, group distinctiveness and social identity: Getting and using social structure. In V. Yzerbyt, V., Judd, C.M., & Corneille, O. (Eds.) The psychology of group perception: Contributions to the study of homogeneity, entitativity and essentialism. Philadelphia: Psychology Press.
Russell Spears
School of Psychology
Cardiff University, Tower Building
70 Park Place
Cardiff CF10 3AT
United Kingdom
Phone: +44(0)29 208 70081
Fax: +44(0)29 208 74858