Magdalena Adamus
Biographic Data
| ID | 4080707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Magdalena Adamus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Magdalena |
| FAMILY NAME | Adamus |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMUS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5317-0415 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Thinking Styles (And How We Measure Them) Matter
The study addresses limitations of the 4-Component Thinking Styles Questionnaire (4-CTSQ) measuring actively open-minded thinking (AOT), close-minded thinking (CMT), preference for effortful thinking (PET), and preference for intuitive thinking (PIT). The aim was to validate the 4-CTSQ in a non-U.S./Canadian population, to explore the nomological networks of thinking styles, and to test whether the 4-CTSQ predicts unfounded beliefs over and beyon…
Taming the Dragons
The current preregistered study experimentally and longitudinally tested two interventions targeting psychological barriers to pro-environmental behavior (PEB). A total of 1,802 Slovak adults (53.6% women) were randomly assigned to a control condition, awareness-empowerment intervention, or a social norms intervention. They reported psychological barriers, PEB intentions, and environmental self-efficacy. One month later, 1,308 participants (51.6%…
Tearing Apart the Social Fabric
Dispelling the fog of conspiracy
In our study, participants (N = 672) were exposed to neutral, conspiracy or anti-conspiracy information about the purported link between COVID-19 vaccination among the Alaskan Natives and their opposition towards the US government’s oil drilling projects. Afterward, they rated their agreement with conspiracy explanations of the presented information and filled in measures of sociopolitical behavioural intentions, institutional trust and powerless…
The gender gap in the care economy is larger in highly developed countries
Despite the growing demand for care economy employees (e.g., nurses, teachers, and social workers), men remain underrepresented in these careers. While economically developed countries support more equal rights for women and men, their labor markets are highly gender segregated (Charles, 1992, 2003). We conducted a focused investigation of this paradoxical pattern in the care economy, testing whether gender gaps in care economy career interest ar…
Turning a Blind Eye to Climate Change
The primary aim of the current study was to investigate whether moral disengagement and associated negative emotions (guilt, shame and anxiety) could explain the green gap, that is, the disparity between environmental values or climate concern and pro‐environmental behaviour. The secondary aim was to test an awareness‐empowerment and a social norm intervention as two ways to enhance pro‐environmental behaviour by reducing moral disengagement. Fir…
All you'll feel is doom and gloom
The article investigates whether and how adherence to conspiracy beliefs (CBs) about COVID‐19 pandemic might be associated with (and cause) economic anxiety over various cultural settings and time. First, we examined the extent to which CBs predicted economic anxiety using the European Social Survey data, round 10, from 17 countries (Study 1). Second, using data from a balanced (in terms of age, gender, education, and region) Slovak sample, we em…
You before me
Attitudes towards migrants and preferences for asylum and refugee policies before and during russian invasion of ukraine
Extant literature shows that well-being is one of the key drivers of attitudes towards migrants as well as preferences for asylum and refugee policies. Less in is known, however, about the relationship between well-being and attitudes towards migrants during sudden micro-level events that may elicit the sense of existential threat. To investigate the underpinnings of these relationships, two studies on samples of 600 Slovaks each were conducted b…
The Role of Educational Choices in Support of Gender Equality in Unpaid Domestic Work
Seeing past the tip of your own nose? How outward and self-centred orientations could contribute to closing the green gap despite helplessness
The study contributes to the literature by pointing out that both outward and self-centred orientations have the potential to insulate individuals against the negative effect helplessness may have on pro-environmental behaviour. This could inform strategies that would both prompt individuals already concerned to act and arouse more concern among those who are not yet preoccupied with climate change
Gender discrimination and the backlash effect in recruitment and dismissal processes
Purpose Following Goldberg’s paradigm, this study aims to investigate whether women and men are at risk of differential treatment by HR professionals in recruitment and dismissal processes and focuses on the impact of exogenous factors, such as discrimination and gender norms. Design/methodology/approach A total of 155 individuals with experience as HR professionals participated in a randomised vignette study. In Task 1, they evaluated three appl…
Exploring the Factorial Structure and Criterion Validity of Institutional Trust in Slovakia
The present study aims to examine the dimensionality and criterion validity of the institutional trust construct in Slovakia using a comprehensive list of thirty-three public institutions. A representative sample of 600 Slovaks first reported their level of trust in institutions and then reported on their social trust, propensity to trust, dispositional trust, and trust radius measures. A holdout cross-validation method was used to evaluate the d…
Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions
Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender‐based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental‐leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental‐leave policies and…
Into the Black Box
The main goal of the paper was to obtain insights into how gender measures can be incorporated into quantitative research on risk-related behaviour. We explored relations between the measures (short versions of Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ), and Traditional Masculinity-Femininity (TMF) scale) and their explanatory power in relation to risky behaviours (Decision Outcome Inventory, DOI). The sample consisted…
Fear trumps the common good
The study investigated antecedents of attitudes towards vaccines against COVID-19 and vaccination behaviour, and sought to identify areas where interventions aimed at increasing vaccination rates would be most effective. A sample of 500 Slovaks (250 women) responded to questions concerning their socio-demographic and personality characteristics, collectivism and individualism, consciousness of future consequences, and emotional responses to both …
Light and Dark core of personality and the adherence to Covid-19 containment measures
The present study investigated the relationship between the Light and Dark Core of personality and self-reported adherence to COVID-19 containment measures. A gender-balanced representative sample of 600 Slovaks participated in the study. We formulated a mediation model, hypothesising that the relationship between Light and Dark Core and self-reported adherence is mediated by the motivation to comply with the measures. The results of structural e…
The impact of stereotyped perceptions of entrepreneurship and gender-role orientation on Slovak women’s entrepreneurial intentions
Purpose This study aims to investigate how congruence between the image of a successful entrepreneur and one’s own gender-role orientation affects entrepreneurial intentions (EI). Design/methodology/approach A total of 552 working-age adults (49.5% women) answered questions on gender-role orientation, perception of a successful entrepreneur, EI, antecedents of EI (perceived behavioural control (PBC), subjective norm (SN), attitude towards entrepr…
Reasons for Doing Good
This paper discusses issues of altruism and prosocial behaviour within economics. The first part discusses relations between understanding of expected utility theory and features of an economic man. It also defines the most important properties of the game and provides some simple solutions. The second part includes a critical overview of selected and increasingly complex concepts explaining the phenomenon of prosocial behaviour. It begins with m…
All you'll feel is doom and gloom
The article investigates whether and how adherence to conspiracy beliefs (CBs) about COVID‐19 pandemic might be associated with (and cause) economic anxiety over various cultural settings and time. First, we examined the extent to which CBs predicted economic anxiety using the European Social Survey data, round 10, from 17 countries (Study 1). Second, using data from a balanced (in terms of age, gender, education, and region) Slovak sample, we em…
Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions
Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender‐based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental‐leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental‐leave policies and…
The impact of stereotyped perceptions of entrepreneurship and gender-role orientation on Slovak women’s entrepreneurial intentions
Purpose This study aims to investigate how congruence between the image of a successful entrepreneur and one’s own gender-role orientation affects entrepreneurial intentions (EI). Design/methodology/approach A total of 552 working-age adults (49.5% women) answered questions on gender-role orientation, perception of a successful entrepreneur, EI, antecedents of EI (perceived behavioural control (PBC), subjective norm (SN), attitude towards entrepr…
Reasons for Doing Good
This paper discusses issues of altruism and prosocial behaviour within economics. The first part discusses relations between understanding of expected utility theory and features of an economic man. It also defines the most important properties of the game and provides some simple solutions. The second part includes a critical overview of selected and increasingly complex concepts explaining the phenomenon of prosocial behaviour. It begins with m…
The impact of stereotyped perceptions of entrepreneurship and gender-role orientation on Slovak women’s entrepreneurial intentions
Purpose This study aims to investigate how congruence between the image of a successful entrepreneur and one’s own gender-role orientation affects entrepreneurial intentions (EI). Design/methodology/approach A total of 552 working-age adults (49.5% women) answered questions on gender-role orientation, perception of a successful entrepreneur, EI, antecedents of EI (perceived behavioural control (PBC), subjective norm (SN), attitude towards entrepr…
Fear trumps the common good
The study investigated antecedents of attitudes towards vaccines against COVID-19 and vaccination behaviour, and sought to identify areas where interventions aimed at increasing vaccination rates would be most effective. A sample of 500 Slovaks (250 women) responded to questions concerning their socio-demographic and personality characteristics, collectivism and individualism, consciousness of future consequences, and emotional responses to both …
Light and Dark core of personality and the adherence to Covid-19 containment measures
The present study investigated the relationship between the Light and Dark Core of personality and self-reported adherence to COVID-19 containment measures. A gender-balanced representative sample of 600 Slovaks participated in the study. We formulated a mediation model, hypothesising that the relationship between Light and Dark Core and self-reported adherence is mediated by the motivation to comply with the measures. The results of structural e…
Seeing past the tip of your own nose? How outward and self-centred orientations could contribute to closing the green gap despite helplessness
The study contributes to the literature by pointing out that both outward and self-centred orientations have the potential to insulate individuals against the negative effect helplessness may have on pro-environmental behaviour. This could inform strategies that would both prompt individuals already concerned to act and arouse more concern among those who are not yet preoccupied with climate change
Gender discrimination and the backlash effect in recruitment and dismissal processes
Purpose Following Goldberg’s paradigm, this study aims to investigate whether women and men are at risk of differential treatment by HR professionals in recruitment and dismissal processes and focuses on the impact of exogenous factors, such as discrimination and gender norms. Design/methodology/approach A total of 155 individuals with experience as HR professionals participated in a randomised vignette study. In Task 1, they evaluated three appl…
Exploring the Factorial Structure and Criterion Validity of Institutional Trust in Slovakia
The present study aims to examine the dimensionality and criterion validity of the institutional trust construct in Slovakia using a comprehensive list of thirty-three public institutions. A representative sample of 600 Slovaks first reported their level of trust in institutions and then reported on their social trust, propensity to trust, dispositional trust, and trust radius measures. A holdout cross-validation method was used to evaluate the d…
Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions
Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender‐based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental‐leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental‐leave policies and…
Into the Black Box
The main goal of the paper was to obtain insights into how gender measures can be incorporated into quantitative research on risk-related behaviour. We explored relations between the measures (short versions of Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ), and Traditional Masculinity-Femininity (TMF) scale) and their explanatory power in relation to risky behaviours (Decision Outcome Inventory, DOI). The sample consisted…
You before me
Attitudes towards migrants and preferences for asylum and refugee policies before and during russian invasion of ukraine
Extant literature shows that well-being is one of the key drivers of attitudes towards migrants as well as preferences for asylum and refugee policies. Less in is known, however, about the relationship between well-being and attitudes towards migrants during sudden micro-level events that may elicit the sense of existential threat. To investigate the underpinnings of these relationships, two studies on samples of 600 Slovaks each were conducted b…
The Role of Educational Choices in Support of Gender Equality in Unpaid Domestic Work
Dispelling the fog of conspiracy
In our study, participants (N = 672) were exposed to neutral, conspiracy or anti-conspiracy information about the purported link between COVID-19 vaccination among the Alaskan Natives and their opposition towards the US government’s oil drilling projects. Afterward, they rated their agreement with conspiracy explanations of the presented information and filled in measures of sociopolitical behavioural intentions, institutional trust and powerless…
The gender gap in the care economy is larger in highly developed countries
Despite the growing demand for care economy employees (e.g., nurses, teachers, and social workers), men remain underrepresented in these careers. While economically developed countries support more equal rights for women and men, their labor markets are highly gender segregated (Charles, 1992, 2003). We conducted a focused investigation of this paradoxical pattern in the care economy, testing whether gender gaps in care economy career interest ar…
Turning a Blind Eye to Climate Change
The primary aim of the current study was to investigate whether moral disengagement and associated negative emotions (guilt, shame and anxiety) could explain the green gap, that is, the disparity between environmental values or climate concern and pro‐environmental behaviour. The secondary aim was to test an awareness‐empowerment and a social norm intervention as two ways to enhance pro‐environmental behaviour by reducing moral disengagement. Fir…
All you'll feel is doom and gloom
The article investigates whether and how adherence to conspiracy beliefs (CBs) about COVID‐19 pandemic might be associated with (and cause) economic anxiety over various cultural settings and time. First, we examined the extent to which CBs predicted economic anxiety using the European Social Survey data, round 10, from 17 countries (Study 1). Second, using data from a balanced (in terms of age, gender, education, and region) Slovak sample, we em…
Thinking Styles (And How We Measure Them) Matter
The study addresses limitations of the 4-Component Thinking Styles Questionnaire (4-CTSQ) measuring actively open-minded thinking (AOT), close-minded thinking (CMT), preference for effortful thinking (PET), and preference for intuitive thinking (PIT). The aim was to validate the 4-CTSQ in a non-U.S./Canadian population, to explore the nomological networks of thinking styles, and to test whether the 4-CTSQ predicts unfounded beliefs over and beyon…
Taming the Dragons
The current preregistered study experimentally and longitudinally tested two interventions targeting psychological barriers to pro-environmental behavior (PEB). A total of 1,802 Slovak adults (53.6% women) were randomly assigned to a control condition, awareness-empowerment intervention, or a social norms intervention. They reported psychological barriers, PEB intentions, and environmental self-efficacy. One month later, 1,308 participants (51.6%…
Tearing Apart the Social Fabric
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Political science (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)