Publications

Core publications

Van Doesum, N. J., Van Lange, P. A. M., Mischkowski, D., & Van Dijk, E. (2025). Social mindfulness and the SoMi Paradigm: A decade of research on low-cost prosociality. European Review of Social Psychology, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2025.2457918

Kirkland, K., Van Lange, P. A. M., Van Doesum, N. J., Acevedo-Triana, C., Amiot, C. E., Ausmees, L., Baguma, P., Barry, O., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Boonyasiriwat, W., Castelain, T., Costantini, G., Dimdins, G., Espinosa, A., Finchilescu, G., Fischer, R., Friese, M., Ángel Gómez, A., González, R., Goto, N., Halama, P., Ilustrisimo, R. D., Jiga-Boy, G. M., Kuppens, P., Steve Loughnan, S., Markovik, M., Mastor, K. A., McLatchie, N., Novak, L. M., Onyishi, I. E., Peker, M., Rizwan, M., Schaller, M., Suh, E. M., Swann, Jr., W. B., Tong, E. M. W., Torres, A., Turner, R. N., Vauclair, C-M., Vinogradov, A., Wang, Z., Wai Lan Yeung, V., & Bastian, B. (2022). Social mindfulness predicts concern for nature and immigrants across 36 nations. Scientific Reports, 12, 22102. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25538-y

Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., González, R., Graf, S., Growiec, K., Guimond, S., Hrebícková, M., Immer-Bernold, E., Joireman, J., Karagonlar, G., Kawakami, K., Kiyonari, T., Kou, Y., Kuhlman, D. M., Kyrtsis, A-A., Lay, S., Leonardelli, G. J., Li, N. P., Li, Y., Maciejovsky, B., Manesi, Z., Mashuri, A., Mok, A., Moser, K. S., Moták, L., Netedu, A., Pammi, C., Platow, M. J., Raczka-Winkler, K., Reinders Folmer, C. P., Reyna, C., Romano, A., Shalvi, S., Simão, C., Stivers, A. W., Strimling, P., Tsirbas, Y., Utz, S., van der Meij, L., Waldzus, S., Wang, Y., Weber, B., Weisel, O., Wildschut, T., Winter, F., Wu, J., Yong, J. C., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe. PNAS, 118(35), e2023846118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023846118

Van Doesum, N. J., Van Lange, D. A. W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2013). Social mindfulness: Skill and will to navigate the social world. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 5, 86-103. doi:10.1037/a0032540

Van Lange, P. A. M., & Van Doesum, N. J. (2015). Social mindfulness and social hostility. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 3, 18-24.. doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2014.12.009

Van Doesum, N. J., De Vries, R. E., Blokland, A. J., Hill, J. M., Kuhlman, D. M., Stivers, Tybur, J. M., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2020). Social mindfulness: Prosocial the active way. Journal of Positive Psychology, 15(2), 183-193. doi:10.1080/17439760.2019.1579352

Lemmers-Jansen, I. L. J., Fett, A-K. J., Van Doesum, N. J., Van Lange ,P.A.M., Veltman, D.J., & Krabbendam, L. (2019). Social mindfulness and psychosis: Neural response to socially mindful behavior in first-episode psychosis and patients at clinical high-risk. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00047

Lemmers-Jansen, I. L. J., Krabbendam, L., Amodio, D. M., Van Doesum, N. J., Veltman, D. J., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2018). Giving others the option of choice: An fMRI study on social mindfulness. Neuropsychologia, 109, 1–9. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.12.009

Van Doesum, N. J., Karremans, J. C., Fikke, R., de Lange, M. A., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2018). Social mindfulness in the real world: The physical presence of others induces other-regarding motivation. Social Influence, 13, 209-222. doi:10.1080/15534510.2018.1544589

Van Doesum, N. J., Tybur, J. M., Leal, A., Van Lange, P. A. M., & Van Dijk, E. (2022). People from lower social classes elicit greater prosociality: Compassion and deservingness matter. Group Processes & Interpersonal Relationships, 25(4), 1064–1083. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220982072

Van Doesum, N. J., Tybur, J. M., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2017). Class Impressions: Higher social class elicits lower prosociality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 68 11–20. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2016.06.001

Van Doesum, N. J., Van Prooijen, J. W., Verburgh, L., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016). Social hostility in soccer and beyond. PLoS ONE, 11(4), e0153577. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153577

Other publications featuring research on social mindfulness, from our lab and others

Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., González, R., Graf, S., Growiec, K., Guimond, S., Hrebícková, M., Immer-Bernold, E., Joireman, J., Karagonlar, G., Kawakami, K., Kiyonari, T., Kou, Y., Kyrtsis, A-A., Lay, S., Leonardelli, G. J., Li, N. P., Li, Y., Maciejovsky, B., Manesi, Z., Mashuri, A., Mok, A., Moser, K. S., Moták, L., Netedu, A., Platow, M. J., Raczka-Winkler, K., Reinders Folmer, C. P., Reyna, C., Romano, A., Shalvi, S., Simão, C., Stivers, A. W., Strimling, P., Tsirbas, Y., Utz, S., van der Meij, L., Waldzus, S., Wang, Y., Weber, B., Weisel, O., Wildschut, T., Winter, F., Wu, J., Yong, J. C., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Reply to Nielsen et al: social mindfulness is associated with countries’ environmental performance and individual environmental concern, PNAS 119(9), e2122077119. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2122077119

Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., González, R., Graf, S., Growiec, K., Guimond, S., Hrebícková, M., Immer-Bernold, E., Joireman, J., Karagonlar, G., Kawakami, K., Kiyonari, T., Kou, Y., Kyrtsis, A-A., Lay, S., Leonardelli, G. J., Li, N. P., Li, Y., Maciejovsky, B., Manesi, Z., Mashuri, A., Mok, A., Moser, K. S., Moták, L., Netedu, A., Platow, M. J., Raczka-Winkler, K., Reinders Folmer, C. P., Reyna, C., Romano, A., Shalvi, S., Simão, C., Stivers, A. W., Strimling, P., Tsirbas, Y., Utz, S., van der Meij, L., Waldzus, S., Wang, Y., Weber, B., Weisel, O., Wildschut, T., Winter, F., Wu, J., Yong, J. C., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Reply to Komatsu et al: from local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts? PNAS 119(4), e2119303118. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119303118

Nijssen, S. R., Heyselaar, E., Müller, B. C., & Bosse, T. (2020). Do we take a robot's needs into account? The effect of humanization on prosocial considerations toward other human beings and robots. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0035

Lu, J., Huang, X., Liao, C., Guan, Q., Qi, X. R., & Cui, F. (2019). Social mindfulness shown by individuals with higher status is more pronounced in our brain: ERP evidence. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffnins.2019.01432

Manesi, Z., Van Lange, P. A. M., Van Doesum, N. J. & Pollet, T. V. (2019). What are the most powerful predictors of charitable giving to victims of typhoon Haiyan: Prosocial traits, socio-demographic variables, or eye cues? Personality and Individual Differences, 146, 217-225. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.024

Dou, K., Wang, Y. J., Li, J. B., Li, J. J., & Nie, Y. G. (2018). Perceiving high social mindfulness during interpersonal interaction promotes cooperative behaviours. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, online first. doi:10.1111/ajsp.12210

Mischkowski, D., Thielmann, I., & Glöckner, A. (2018). Think it through before making a choice? Processing mode does not influence social mindfulness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 74, 85–97. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2017.09.001

Prati, F., Moscatelli, S., Rubini, M., Van Doesum, N. J., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2018). The primary role of morality in judgments of humanness and unselfish behaviors. Social Psychology, 49, 330-343. doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000352

Altmann, T., & Roth, M. (2020). The risk of empathy: longitudinal associations between empathy and burnout. Psychology & Health, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.1838521

Manesi, Z., Van Doesum, N. J., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2017). Prosocial behavior. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1894-1

Gerpott, F. H., Fasbender, U., & Burmeister, A. (2020). Respectful leadership and followers’ knowledge sharing: A social mindfulness lens. Human Relations, 73(6), 789-810. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0018726719844813

Häusser, J. A., Stahlecker, C., Mojzisch, A., Leder, J., Van Lange, P. A., & Faber, N. S. (2019). Acute hunger does not always undermine prosociality. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12579-7

Song, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, M., Lanaj, K., Johnson, R., & Shi, J. (2017). A social mindfulness approach to understanding experienced customer mistreatment: a within-person field experiment. Academy of Management Journal, amj-2016. doi:10.5465/amj.2016.0448

Meyer, T. (2016, August). Travel choice as an interdependent task: social mindfulness and choice architecture in flight booking. In Sixth International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP2016) (pp. 130-131). link

Van Doesum, N. J., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2014). Social mindfulness. De Psycholoog, 49(7-8), 44-53.