Michal Misiak
Biographic Data
| ID | 178186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michal Misiak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michal |
| FAMILY NAME | Misiak |
| SIGNATURE | MISIAK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wrocław |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6892-3325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Emodiversity in social interactions. Dissecting affect, physiology and behavior
Experiencing an abundance of positive and negative emotions (emodiversity) can predict better outcomes than positive or negative emotions in separation. We tested whether state and trait emodiversity influence behavior in challenging social situations and whether this link is mediated by parasympathetic activation. Two hundred ten undergraduate students reported their emotions from the preceding month and were then randomly assigned to one of fou…
Who wants to be a YouTuber? Personality traits predict the desire to become a social media influencer
Meeting partners online is related to lower relationship satisfaction and love: Data from 50 countries
In all 50 countries, some people met their romantic partners online. • People who met their partners online (vs. offline) had lower relationship satisfaction and love levels. • These effects ranged from small to medium. • The effects also persisted even after controlling for key demographic factors. The Internet has fundamentally reshaped how people meet and form romantic relationships. But how significant are these changes, and what do they mean…
Adolescent self‐construal across cultures: Measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire‐IV in 30 countries
Despite the critical role of culture in understanding adolescent self and identity, there is a lack of cross-culturally validated measures of adolescent self-construal. The present study evaluated cross-national measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV (AIQ-IV), assessing four dimensions of self-construal: personal, relational, public, and collective. The sample included 16,795 adolescents aged 14-19 years from 30 countr…
Large language models can replicate cross-cultural differences in personality
We use a large-scale experiment ( N = 8000) to determine whether GPT-4 can replicate cross-cultural differences in the Big Five, measured using the Ten-Item Personality Inventory. We used the US and South Korea as the cultural pair, given that prior research suggests substantial personality differences between people from these two countries. We manipulated the target of the simulation (US vs. Korean), the language of the inventory (English vs. K…
Positive and Negative Emotional Experiences in Adolescents across 32 Countries: Cross-National and Gender Differences
Bonding through adversity: Effects of Brexit and Covid ‐19 lockdown on identity fusion and pro‐group behavior
In early 2020, the UK experienced two significant events: Brexit and a nationwide pandemic lockdown. Brexit led to a divisive split between those in favor of leaving the EU and those in favor of remaining. In contrast, the lockdown initially prompted unity and cooperation across the nation. This study, drawing on imagistic events and identity fusion concepts, examines how Brexit and the lockdown influenced both group polarization and cohesion. We…
A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching
10,358) across 43 countries and 22 languages to estimate preference-matching effect sizes. The most rigorous tests revealed significant preference-matching effects in the whole sample and for partnered and single participants separately. The "corrected pattern metric" that collapses across 35 traits revealed a zero-order effect of β = .19 and an effect of β = .11 when included alongside a normative preference-matching metric. Specific traits in t…
Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages
(In)Alienable Worth? Cultural Logics of Dignity, Honor, and Face and their Links to Prosociality Across the World
Cultural logic is a set of cultural scripts and patterns organized around a central theme. The cultural logics of dignity, honor, and face describe different ways of evaluating a person’s worth and maintaining cooperation. These cultural logics vary in prevalence across cultures. In this study, we collaboratively develop and validate a measure capturing these cultural logics, which will allow us to map world cultures based on the prevalence of th…
Moral Messaging: Testing a Framing Technique during a Pandemic
We experimentally investigated whether appeals to moral principles—as operationalized by the theory of Morality-as-Cooperation—increase pandemic-related public health behavior. Participants (from the USA and India) were presented with persuasive messages, asked about their intentions to follow pandemic-related restrictions, were asked to donate to a charity fighting COVID-19, and completed the Morality-as-Cooperation Questionnaire. We found that …
Five ways to waste food: Food wasting behaviours questionnaire
Purpose The goal of the present research was to resolve two problems with contemporary methods used to assess consumer food waste: the lack of established categories of food wasting behaviours and difficulties in assessing food waste. In Studies 1 A and 1 B, a five-factor questionnaire for measuring food wasting behaviours was developed. Study 2 and Exploratory analyses verified whether the questionnaire allows for predicting the amount of wasted…
Explaining Political Polarization Over Abortion: The Role of Moral Values Among Conservatives
Why are antiabortion attitudes more prevalent among conservatives? We show that people who prioritize courage, deference to authority, and caring for kin are more likely to oppose abortion and that these associations are mediated by conservatism. However, group loyalty, which is usually associated with conservatism, surprisingly predicts proabortion attitudes. In two studies ( N = 525), we disambiguate the effects of social dominance orientation …
Typical diet and type of economy do not predict food-sharing behaviors in three Tanzanian societies
The vicious cycle that stalls statistical revolution
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Evil joy is hard to share: Negative affect attenuates interpersonal capitalizing on immoral deeds
Capitalization is an interpersonal process in which individuals (capitalizers) communicate their accomplishments to others (responders). When these attempts to capitalize are met with enthusiastic responses, individuals reap greater personal and social benefits from the accomplishment. This research integrated the interpersonal model of capitalization with moral foundations theory to examine whether accomplishments achieved through immoral (vs. m…
Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
The Relationship between Dark Triad Personality Traits and Sexting Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults across 11 Countries
The present study provided empirical evidence that different sexting behaviors were predicted by Dark Triad Personality Traits, showing a relevant role of Machiavellianism in all kinds of investigated sexting behaviors. Research, clinical, and education implications for prevention programs are discussed
Humans tend to share food more generously than money and other objects: Preliminary evidence
Food‐sharing is an especially important component of human cooperation, trust and altruism, and certain characteristics of food as compared to other objects may increase the likelihood of food transfers to other individuals. Consequently, people should exhibit higher generosity when sharing food than when sharing other goods (like money or inedible items). We tested this prediction in a series of natural experiments. In Study 1, we found that peo…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Trolley Dilemma in Papua. Yali horticulturalists refuse to pull the lever
The role of Hexaco personality traits in different kinds of sexting: A cross-cultural study in 10 countries
Moral judgments of food wasting predict food wasting behavior
Purpose People consider food wasting behavior to be immoral. However, it is not clear whether people who consider food wasting behavior immoral waste less food. Building on previous qualitative studies, we conducted a large-sample quantitative study. We examined whether people who consider food wasting behavior immoral display food wasting behaviors less frequently and whether they waste less food in general. Furthermore, we explored the reasons …
A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching
10,358) across 43 countries and 22 languages to estimate preference-matching effect sizes. The most rigorous tests revealed significant preference-matching effects in the whole sample and for partnered and single participants separately. The "corrected pattern metric" that collapses across 35 traits revealed a zero-order effect of β = .19 and an effect of β = .11 when included alongside a normative preference-matching metric. Specific traits in t…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Adolescent self‐construal across cultures: Measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire‐IV in 30 countries
Despite the critical role of culture in understanding adolescent self and identity, there is a lack of cross-culturally validated measures of adolescent self-construal. The present study evaluated cross-national measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV (AIQ-IV), assessing four dimensions of self-construal: personal, relational, public, and collective. The sample included 16,795 adolescents aged 14-19 years from 30 countr…
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
Ecology shapes moral judgments towards food-wasting behavior: Evidence from the Yali of West Papua, the Ngorongoro Maasai, and Poles
Bonding through adversity: Effects of Brexit and Covid ‐19 lockdown on identity fusion and pro‐group behavior
In early 2020, the UK experienced two significant events: Brexit and a nationwide pandemic lockdown. Brexit led to a divisive split between those in favor of leaving the EU and those in favor of remaining. In contrast, the lockdown initially prompted unity and cooperation across the nation. This study, drawing on imagistic events and identity fusion concepts, examines how Brexit and the lockdown influenced both group polarization and cohesion. We…
Humans tend to share food more generously than money and other objects: Preliminary evidence
Food‐sharing is an especially important component of human cooperation, trust and altruism, and certain characteristics of food as compared to other objects may increase the likelihood of food transfers to other individuals. Consequently, people should exhibit higher generosity when sharing food than when sharing other goods (like money or inedible items). We tested this prediction in a series of natural experiments. In Study 1, we found that peo…
Breast shape (ptosis) as a marker of a woman's breast attractiveness and age: Evidence from Poland and Papua
OBJECTIVES: A women's breast is a sex-specific and aesthetic bodily attribute. It is suggested that breast morphology signals maturity, health, and fecundity. The perception of a woman's attractiveness and age depends on various cues, such as breast size or areola pigmentation. Conducted in Poland and Papua, the current study investigated how breast attractiveness, and the further estimate of a woman's age based on her breast's appearance, is aff…
No sex difference in digit ratios (2D: (4D) in the traditional Yali of Papua and its meaning for the previous hypotheses on the inter‐populational variability in 2D:4D
We discuss the results in light of various factors that putatively shape the differences in digit ratios. We conclude that the results of our study contribute to the existing evidence suggesting that digit ratio might not be universally sexually dimorphic in humans
Ecology shapes moral judgments towards food-wasting behavior: Evidence from the Yali of West Papua, the Ngorongoro Maasai, and Poles
Trolley Dilemma in Papua. Yali horticulturalists refuse to pull the lever
The role of Hexaco personality traits in different kinds of sexting: A cross-cultural study in 10 countries
Moral judgments of food wasting predict food wasting behavior
Purpose People consider food wasting behavior to be immoral. However, it is not clear whether people who consider food wasting behavior immoral waste less food. Building on previous qualitative studies, we conducted a large-sample quantitative study. We examined whether people who consider food wasting behavior immoral display food wasting behaviors less frequently and whether they waste less food in general. Furthermore, we explored the reasons …
Digit ratio and hand grip strength are associated with male competition outcomes: A study among traditional populations of the Yali and Hadza
OBJECTIVES: Indirect measures of physiological features, such as digit ratio and hand grip strength (HGS), are associated with the outcome of male competition activities. However, most of the studies were conducted in developed and industrialized societies. We tested the hypothesis that both digit ratio and HGS are associated with performance in male-specific activities in two traditional preindustrial societies: Yali and Hadza. METHODS: To measu…
The Relationship between Dark Triad Personality Traits and Sexting Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults across 11 Countries
The present study provided empirical evidence that different sexting behaviors were predicted by Dark Triad Personality Traits, showing a relevant role of Machiavellianism in all kinds of investigated sexting behaviors. Research, clinical, and education implications for prevention programs are discussed
Humans tend to share food more generously than money and other objects: Preliminary evidence
Food‐sharing is an especially important component of human cooperation, trust and altruism, and certain characteristics of food as compared to other objects may increase the likelihood of food transfers to other individuals. Consequently, people should exhibit higher generosity when sharing food than when sharing other goods (like money or inedible items). We tested this prediction in a series of natural experiments. In Study 1, we found that peo…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Evil joy is hard to share: Negative affect attenuates interpersonal capitalizing on immoral deeds
Capitalization is an interpersonal process in which individuals (capitalizers) communicate their accomplishments to others (responders). When these attempts to capitalize are met with enthusiastic responses, individuals reap greater personal and social benefits from the accomplishment. This research integrated the interpersonal model of capitalization with moral foundations theory to examine whether accomplishments achieved through immoral (vs. m…
Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
Moral Messaging: Testing a Framing Technique during a Pandemic
We experimentally investigated whether appeals to moral principles—as operationalized by the theory of Morality-as-Cooperation—increase pandemic-related public health behavior. Participants (from the USA and India) were presented with persuasive messages, asked about their intentions to follow pandemic-related restrictions, were asked to donate to a charity fighting COVID-19, and completed the Morality-as-Cooperation Questionnaire. We found that …
Five ways to waste food: Food wasting behaviours questionnaire
Purpose The goal of the present research was to resolve two problems with contemporary methods used to assess consumer food waste: the lack of established categories of food wasting behaviours and difficulties in assessing food waste. In Studies 1 A and 1 B, a five-factor questionnaire for measuring food wasting behaviours was developed. Study 2 and Exploratory analyses verified whether the questionnaire allows for predicting the amount of wasted…
Explaining Political Polarization Over Abortion: The Role of Moral Values Among Conservatives
Why are antiabortion attitudes more prevalent among conservatives? We show that people who prioritize courage, deference to authority, and caring for kin are more likely to oppose abortion and that these associations are mediated by conservatism. However, group loyalty, which is usually associated with conservatism, surprisingly predicts proabortion attitudes. In two studies ( N = 525), we disambiguate the effects of social dominance orientation …
Typical diet and type of economy do not predict food-sharing behaviors in three Tanzanian societies
The vicious cycle that stalls statistical revolution
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
(In)Alienable Worth? Cultural Logics of Dignity, Honor, and Face and their Links to Prosociality Across the World
Cultural logic is a set of cultural scripts and patterns organized around a central theme. The cultural logics of dignity, honor, and face describe different ways of evaluating a person’s worth and maintaining cooperation. These cultural logics vary in prevalence across cultures. In this study, we collaboratively develop and validate a measure capturing these cultural logics, which will allow us to map world cultures based on the prevalence of th…
Who wants to be a YouTuber? Personality traits predict the desire to become a social media influencer
Meeting partners online is related to lower relationship satisfaction and love: Data from 50 countries
In all 50 countries, some people met their romantic partners online. • People who met their partners online (vs. offline) had lower relationship satisfaction and love levels. • These effects ranged from small to medium. • The effects also persisted even after controlling for key demographic factors. The Internet has fundamentally reshaped how people meet and form romantic relationships. But how significant are these changes, and what do they mean…
Adolescent self‐construal across cultures: Measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire‐IV in 30 countries
Despite the critical role of culture in understanding adolescent self and identity, there is a lack of cross-culturally validated measures of adolescent self-construal. The present study evaluated cross-national measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV (AIQ-IV), assessing four dimensions of self-construal: personal, relational, public, and collective. The sample included 16,795 adolescents aged 14-19 years from 30 countr…
Large language models can replicate cross-cultural differences in personality
We use a large-scale experiment ( N = 8000) to determine whether GPT-4 can replicate cross-cultural differences in the Big Five, measured using the Ten-Item Personality Inventory. We used the US and South Korea as the cultural pair, given that prior research suggests substantial personality differences between people from these two countries. We manipulated the target of the simulation (US vs. Korean), the language of the inventory (English vs. K…
Positive and Negative Emotional Experiences in Adolescents across 32 Countries: Cross-National and Gender Differences
Psychology (22 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Business (5 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)