Simon Ozer
Biographic Data
| ID | 654185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Ozer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Ozer |
| SIGNATURE | OZER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4881-4201 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Striving for Unity in a Culturally Fragmented World: Nested Multiple Cultural Identifications Associated With Well‐Being Through Self‐Concept Clarity
In contemporary globalised societies, global awareness and identification, as well as local and regional identifications (other than national identity), may all become increasingly important for guiding people's sense of belonging and purpose and in turn their self‐concept. As the world has become increasingly interconnected, people increasingly identify with various cultures and worldviews within both local and global contexts. Attempts to recon…
Toward an Integrated Psychological Model of Violent Extremism
The global threat of violent extremism (VE) has intensified in recent years, evidenced by a significant increase in violent incidents. Despite numerous theoretical and empirical explanations across disciplines, a lack of cross-fertilisation between these research domains has hindered the development of a comprehensive understanding of VE. To bridge this gap, this review integrates diverse lines of research into a comprehensive psychological model…
Experiencing bicultural identities among young Polish immigrants in Denmark
Increased cross-border mobility within regions like the European Union has led to a growing number of young individuals being raised within two cultural contexts, thus fostering the development of bicultural identities. This paper investigates how Danish-Polish young adults, who migrated to Denmark during their school years, experience and navigate their bicultural identity. Based on qualitative in-depth interviews, two main themes were identifie…
Integrating Pakistani and Western cultural identities through globalization-based acculturation
The impact of globalized conflicts: Examining attitudes toward Jews among Britons in the political context of the war in Gaza
Extreme Reactions to Globalization: Investigating Indirect, Longitudinal, and Experimental Effects of the Globalization–Radicalization Nexus
Radicalization—as a complex process of adopting extremist attitudes—includes maladaptive responses to the transformative power of globalization. Globalization contains sociocultural disruptive and acculturative processes, initiating exclusionary and integrative reactions. These reactions have dissimilarly been associated with aspects of extremism. In seven preregistered studies ( N = 2,161), we draw on various methods combining naturalistic circu…
Social support, self‐efficacy, self‐esteem, and well‐being during Covid ‐19 lockdown: A two‐wave study of Danish students
Societal lockdown due to the COVID‐19 pandemic has transformed everyday life across the globe, including requirements of social distancing that might limit the social support people derive from social interaction. Social support has proven to be a vital resource for well‐being (i.e., perceived stress and satisfaction with life) and coping during societal challenges. The present study examined how social support is associated with perceived stress…
The Life Attachment Scale (LAS‐R)
INTRODUCTION: The proposed concept of secure/insecure lifeattachment reflects the experience of the world and life as a good (or insecure/threatening) place to be. The present article describes the theoretical foundation, development, and validation of a revised measure that captures the phenomenon of secure/insecure life attachment. The revised scale consists of seven dimensions: (1) Coexistence, (2) Reliability, (3) Safetiness, (4) Integration,…
Investigating the Complexity of Cultural Identities in Globalizing Societies
Cultural identity has become increasingly important and complex within many contemporary globalized societies. Consequently, methodological development is needed to expand our conceptualization and measurement of (a) the formation and experiences of multiple nested cultural identities and (b) how such identities relate to psychosocial functioning. In the preregistered and experimental quantitative phase (Study 1), Danish participants ( n = 308) w…
Majority acculturation through globalization: The importance of life skills in navigating the cultural pluralism of globalization
In contemporary globalized societies, traditional sociocultural structure and guidance have been increasingly disrupted, challenging people’s self-understanding, global perspective, and well-being. These transformations have enhanced the need for competency in navigating diverse meaning systems and cultural pluralism. The development of generic life skills provides relevant abilities to deal effectively with everyday demands and challenges in mul…
How ‘should’ the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members
Do minority-group members welcome or reject that majority-group members adopt other cultures? Acculturation is commonly defined as a process of mutual accommodation. Yet, the acculturation of majority-group members has only recently received research attention. To date, we do not know the extent to which minority-group members expect majority-group members to adopt the culture of minority groups and/or to maintain their mainstream culture. Knowle…
Radicalized Identity Styles: Investigating Sociocultural Challenges, Identity Styles, and Extremism
Research has identified sociocultural challenges (life attachment) to be a primary motivator for radicalization. While individual differences may provide information about who might be at risk for radicalization, little is known about how different identity processing styles are linked with radicalization. In two studies (N = 975), we examined how identity styles can moderate the association between life attachment and various aspects of extremis…
Social Identity and Well-being: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Social Identity and Well-being in Light of the Accelerating Cultural Globalisation
In today’s globalised world, people are interacting with different cultural streams every day, which can challenge the individual’s rootedness in regard to their identity. The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between social identity and well-being in terms of satisfaction with life, and to examine whether the individual’s reaction to cultural globalisation mediates this relationship. The individual’s reaction to cultura…
The culturally intelligent way of acculturating: Examining cultural intelligence and acculturation orientations among foreign workers in the Danish context of reception
In contemporary globalized societies, the number of foreign workers is increasing, resulting in greater intercultural contact and adaptation. Foreign workers apply their cultural intelligence when adapting to and working in multicultural environments, resulting in affiliations with both their cultural heritage and their destination cultural stream. We examined foreign workers’ ( N = 264) intercultural adaptation in the globalized context of Denma…
Grip on Life as a possible antecedent for self‐control beliefs interacts with well‐being and perceived stress
Self‐control has been established as an important factor in various domains of life, significant for general well‐being; thus, a self‐induced lack of self‐control may prove detrimental for well‐being. Self‐induced lack of self‐control may stem from implicit beliefs about self‐control as a limited resource, but research has shown this belief to be unwarranted. Furthermore, it has been shown that a belief about self‐control resources as unlimited h…
The Challenge of Being Both Local and Global: Bicultural Identity Integration among Indigenous Ladakhi Youth in Delhi
Ladakhi emerging adults have been exposed to cultural globalization through interaction with tourists and media, as well as through prolonged stays at globalized university contexts in major Indian cities. This globalization process has been hypothesized as detrimental to psychological health, in part because it poses the challenge of integrating a local Ladakhi identity with a global Western cultural identity. In the present study, we examined h…
The “Great Replacement” conspiracy: How the perceived ousting of Whites can evoke violent extremism and Islamophobia
Increased immigration and demographic changes have not only resulted in political pushback, but also in violent attacks against immigrants. Several recent terrorist attacks committed by White supremacists invoke rhetoric around a deliberate attempt to make Whites extinct and replace them with non-Western immigrants. Yet, while it is widely acknowledged among extremism researchers that this perception of orchestrated extinction or replacement has …
Investigating direct and indirect globalization-based acculturation
Cultural globalization affects most people around the world in contemporary, modern societies. The resulting intercultural contact have been examined using the theory of globalization-based acculturation. However, little is known about possible differences and similarities in processes underlying the effects of direct (e.g., through contact with immigrants) and indirect (e.g., engagement with cultural elements through media) forms of new cultural…
The moral compass and life skills in navigating radicalization processes: Examining the interplay among life skills, moral disengagement, and extremism
The present study investigated the interplay among deficient life skills, moral disengagement, and extremist attitude across two national contexts. Using a sample of young students in high school or college ( N = 686), the present study found significant indirect effects between deficient life skills (agency and structure) and various aspects of an extremist mindset through moral disengagement. These findings suggest that these two psychological …
Developing and Validating a Short Scale Assessing Generic Life Skills
Life psychology is an integrative framework theory centered on how individuals employ their generic life skills in handling everyday life tasks and reaching life goals. Indeed, the theory relates to the accelerating complexity of contemporary globalized societies and how we need generic life skills in order to successfully navigate through a fluid and dynamic context. Within the theory of life psychology, ten life skills have been identified and …
Group membership and radicalization: A cross-national investigation of collective self-esteem underlying extremism
Uncertainty, perceived threats, and a generally insecure life attachment have been associated with endorsement of extremism. Furthermore, salient identification with a group can influence radicalized ways of addressing insecure life attachment through an established and sometimes extreme worldview and ideology. In the present study, we replicated the finding that an insecure life attachment is associated with a higher degree of extremism endorsem…
Globalization and radicalization: A cross-national study of local embeddedness and reactions to cultural globalization in regard to violent extremism
Local contexts have been increasingly influenced by the transformative power of cultural globalization. These dynamic processes have proliferated intercultural connectivity, catalyzing both exclusionary reactions of ethnic protection and integrative reactions of multicultural acquisition. To be able to negotiate a globalized cultural diversity, the individual needs to be securely and reliably embedded within the local sociocultural context concep…
Towards a Psychology of Cultural Globalisation: A Sense of Self in a Changing World
Cultural interconnectivity motivated by globalisation has transformed societies and interpersonal interactions around the world. Furthermore, on a psychological level, individuals are intensely influenced by the new contextual complexity challenging the processes of developing a sense of belonging and a sense of self. This article discusses and integrates relevant psychological theories for approaching the psychological study of cultural globalis…
Globalization and identity development among emerging adults from Ladakh
Results illustrate the key role of personal identity among indigenous non-Western emerging adults exposed to cultural globalization. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Countering radicalization: An empirical examination from a life psychological perspective
Life psychology has emerged as an integrative framework theory that has been applied in interventions preventing and countering radicalization processes. Central to this theory is the experience of living in a safe and secure sociocultural context, designated as life attachment and conceptualized as a root cause of radicalization. Furthermore, the theory emphasizes the interplay between generic life tasks (e.g., participating in community activit…
The “Great Replacement” conspiracy: How the perceived ousting of Whites can evoke violent extremism and Islamophobia
Increased immigration and demographic changes have not only resulted in political pushback, but also in violent attacks against immigrants. Several recent terrorist attacks committed by White supremacists invoke rhetoric around a deliberate attempt to make Whites extinct and replace them with non-Western immigrants. Yet, while it is widely acknowledged among extremism researchers that this perception of orchestrated extinction or replacement has …
Measuring globalization-based acculturation in Ladakh: Investigating possible advantages of a tridimensional acculturation scale
Theories and methodologies within acculturation psychology have been advanced in orderto capture the complex process of intercultural contact in various contexts. Differentiatingglobalization-based acculturation from immigrant-based acculturation has broadened thefield of acculturation psychology to include groups who are exposed to global culturalstreams without international migration. The globalization-based acculturation process inthe North I…
Investigating direct and indirect globalization-based acculturation
Cultural globalization affects most people around the world in contemporary, modern societies. The resulting intercultural contact have been examined using the theory of globalization-based acculturation. However, little is known about possible differences and similarities in processes underlying the effects of direct (e.g., through contact with immigrants) and indirect (e.g., engagement with cultural elements through media) forms of new cultural…
Grab Your Culture and Walk with the Global: Ladakhi Students’ Negotiation of Cultural Identity in the Context of Globalization-Based Acculturation
The globalization-based acculturation process in the Indian Himalayan region of Ladakh represents a highly complex network of intercultural interactions. Ladakhi youth negotiate their cultural orientation and identity in relation both (a) to indirect intercultural exposure through media and (b) to intermittent cultural contact through tourism in Ladakh. Additionally, many Ladakhi students take sojourns in large Indian cities. Like other Eastern p…
How ‘should’ the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members
Do minority-group members welcome or reject that majority-group members adopt other cultures? Acculturation is commonly defined as a process of mutual accommodation. Yet, the acculturation of majority-group members has only recently received research attention. To date, we do not know the extent to which minority-group members expect majority-group members to adopt the culture of minority groups and/or to maintain their mainstream culture. Knowle…
Countering radicalization: An empirical examination from a life psychological perspective
Life psychology has emerged as an integrative framework theory that has been applied in interventions preventing and countering radicalization processes. Central to this theory is the experience of living in a safe and secure sociocultural context, designated as life attachment and conceptualized as a root cause of radicalization. Furthermore, the theory emphasizes the interplay between generic life tasks (e.g., participating in community activit…
Group membership and radicalization: A cross-national investigation of collective self-esteem underlying extremism
Uncertainty, perceived threats, and a generally insecure life attachment have been associated with endorsement of extremism. Furthermore, salient identification with a group can influence radicalized ways of addressing insecure life attachment through an established and sometimes extreme worldview and ideology. In the present study, we replicated the finding that an insecure life attachment is associated with a higher degree of extremism endorsem…
Globalization and identity development among emerging adults from Ladakh
Results illustrate the key role of personal identity among indigenous non-Western emerging adults exposed to cultural globalization. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Acculturation, Adaptation, and Mental Health Among Ladakhi College Students: A Mixed Methods Study of an Indigenous Population
The Indian region of Ladakh has recently undergone comprehensive sociocultural changes through the process of acculturation. The present study employs an acculturation psychological framework to assess how two groups of Ladakhi college students navigate through different degrees of exposure to acculturation and how this affects their mental health. Using mixed methods, 292 (age: M = 20.89, SD = 1.66; 64.4% females) respondents were included in th…
Majority acculturation through globalization: The importance of life skills in navigating the cultural pluralism of globalization
In contemporary globalized societies, traditional sociocultural structure and guidance have been increasingly disrupted, challenging people’s self-understanding, global perspective, and well-being. These transformations have enhanced the need for competency in navigating diverse meaning systems and cultural pluralism. The development of generic life skills provides relevant abilities to deal effectively with everyday demands and challenges in mul…
Investigating the Complexity of Cultural Identities in Globalizing Societies
Cultural identity has become increasingly important and complex within many contemporary globalized societies. Consequently, methodological development is needed to expand our conceptualization and measurement of (a) the formation and experiences of multiple nested cultural identities and (b) how such identities relate to psychosocial functioning. In the preregistered and experimental quantitative phase (Study 1), Danish participants ( n = 308) w…
Globalization and radicalization: A cross-national study of local embeddedness and reactions to cultural globalization in regard to violent extremism
Local contexts have been increasingly influenced by the transformative power of cultural globalization. These dynamic processes have proliferated intercultural connectivity, catalyzing both exclusionary reactions of ethnic protection and integrative reactions of multicultural acquisition. To be able to negotiate a globalized cultural diversity, the individual needs to be securely and reliably embedded within the local sociocultural context concep…
Perceptions of Psychopathology in Relation to Socio-cultural Changes Among Ladakhi Youth
Alcohol Discourses among Ladakhi Youth in the Context of Acculturation
Alcohol consumption among young people has been a great concern in the West. New research concerning the process of globalisation and acculturation points to a disturbing increase in alcohol consumption in the youth of developing countries, such as India. Research has also shown that discourses and attitudes concerning this problem are of grave importance in regard to the management of this increase. The present study examines the ambiguity found…
Theories and Methodologies in Acculturation Psychology: The Emergence of a Scientific Revolution
Acculturation, Adaptation, and Mental Health Among Ladakhi College Students: A Mixed Methods Study of an Indigenous Population
The Indian region of Ladakh has recently undergone comprehensive sociocultural changes through the process of acculturation. The present study employs an acculturation psychological framework to assess how two groups of Ladakhi college students navigate through different degrees of exposure to acculturation and how this affects their mental health. Using mixed methods, 292 (age: M = 20.89, SD = 1.66; 64.4% females) respondents were included in th…
Measuring globalization-based acculturation in Ladakh: Investigating possible advantages of a tridimensional acculturation scale
Theories and methodologies within acculturation psychology have been advanced in orderto capture the complex process of intercultural contact in various contexts. Differentiatingglobalization-based acculturation from immigrant-based acculturation has broadened thefield of acculturation psychology to include groups who are exposed to global culturalstreams without international migration. The globalization-based acculturation process inthe North I…
Grab Your Culture and Walk with the Global: Ladakhi Students’ Negotiation of Cultural Identity in the Context of Globalization-Based Acculturation
The globalization-based acculturation process in the Indian Himalayan region of Ladakh represents a highly complex network of intercultural interactions. Ladakhi youth negotiate their cultural orientation and identity in relation both (a) to indirect intercultural exposure through media and (b) to intermittent cultural contact through tourism in Ladakh. Additionally, many Ladakhi students take sojourns in large Indian cities. Like other Eastern p…
Identity Processes in Ladakhi Emerging Adults: Testing the Dimensions of Identity Development Scale in an Indigenous Himalayan Population
Identity research has flourished in recent years based on the theoretical foundation proposed by Erikson. Identity development is generally conceptualized as a process occurring through an interplay between the individual and her or his social context. Consequently, one of the challenges facing identity research is to become more culturally sensitive—that is, to examine whether models and theories of identity work as expected in various cultural …
Towards a Psychology of Cultural Globalisation: A Sense of Self in a Changing World
Cultural interconnectivity motivated by globalisation has transformed societies and interpersonal interactions around the world. Furthermore, on a psychological level, individuals are intensely influenced by the new contextual complexity challenging the processes of developing a sense of belonging and a sense of self. This article discusses and integrates relevant psychological theories for approaching the psychological study of cultural globalis…
Globalization and identity development among emerging adults from Ladakh
Results illustrate the key role of personal identity among indigenous non-Western emerging adults exposed to cultural globalization. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Countering radicalization: An empirical examination from a life psychological perspective
Life psychology has emerged as an integrative framework theory that has been applied in interventions preventing and countering radicalization processes. Central to this theory is the experience of living in a safe and secure sociocultural context, designated as life attachment and conceptualized as a root cause of radicalization. Furthermore, the theory emphasizes the interplay between generic life tasks (e.g., participating in community activit…
The moral compass and life skills in navigating radicalization processes: Examining the interplay among life skills, moral disengagement, and extremism
The present study investigated the interplay among deficient life skills, moral disengagement, and extremist attitude across two national contexts. Using a sample of young students in high school or college ( N = 686), the present study found significant indirect effects between deficient life skills (agency and structure) and various aspects of an extremist mindset through moral disengagement. These findings suggest that these two psychological …
Developing and Validating a Short Scale Assessing Generic Life Skills
Life psychology is an integrative framework theory centered on how individuals employ their generic life skills in handling everyday life tasks and reaching life goals. Indeed, the theory relates to the accelerating complexity of contemporary globalized societies and how we need generic life skills in order to successfully navigate through a fluid and dynamic context. Within the theory of life psychology, ten life skills have been identified and …
Group membership and radicalization: A cross-national investigation of collective self-esteem underlying extremism
Uncertainty, perceived threats, and a generally insecure life attachment have been associated with endorsement of extremism. Furthermore, salient identification with a group can influence radicalized ways of addressing insecure life attachment through an established and sometimes extreme worldview and ideology. In the present study, we replicated the finding that an insecure life attachment is associated with a higher degree of extremism endorsem…
Globalization and radicalization: A cross-national study of local embeddedness and reactions to cultural globalization in regard to violent extremism
Local contexts have been increasingly influenced by the transformative power of cultural globalization. These dynamic processes have proliferated intercultural connectivity, catalyzing both exclusionary reactions of ethnic protection and integrative reactions of multicultural acquisition. To be able to negotiate a globalized cultural diversity, the individual needs to be securely and reliably embedded within the local sociocultural context concep…
The culturally intelligent way of acculturating: Examining cultural intelligence and acculturation orientations among foreign workers in the Danish context of reception
In contemporary globalized societies, the number of foreign workers is increasing, resulting in greater intercultural contact and adaptation. Foreign workers apply their cultural intelligence when adapting to and working in multicultural environments, resulting in affiliations with both their cultural heritage and their destination cultural stream. We examined foreign workers’ ( N = 264) intercultural adaptation in the globalized context of Denma…
Grip on Life as a possible antecedent for self‐control beliefs interacts with well‐being and perceived stress
Self‐control has been established as an important factor in various domains of life, significant for general well‐being; thus, a self‐induced lack of self‐control may prove detrimental for well‐being. Self‐induced lack of self‐control may stem from implicit beliefs about self‐control as a limited resource, but research has shown this belief to be unwarranted. Furthermore, it has been shown that a belief about self‐control resources as unlimited h…
The Challenge of Being Both Local and Global: Bicultural Identity Integration among Indigenous Ladakhi Youth in Delhi
Ladakhi emerging adults have been exposed to cultural globalization through interaction with tourists and media, as well as through prolonged stays at globalized university contexts in major Indian cities. This globalization process has been hypothesized as detrimental to psychological health, in part because it poses the challenge of integrating a local Ladakhi identity with a global Western cultural identity. In the present study, we examined h…
The “Great Replacement” conspiracy: How the perceived ousting of Whites can evoke violent extremism and Islamophobia
Increased immigration and demographic changes have not only resulted in political pushback, but also in violent attacks against immigrants. Several recent terrorist attacks committed by White supremacists invoke rhetoric around a deliberate attempt to make Whites extinct and replace them with non-Western immigrants. Yet, while it is widely acknowledged among extremism researchers that this perception of orchestrated extinction or replacement has …
Investigating direct and indirect globalization-based acculturation
Cultural globalization affects most people around the world in contemporary, modern societies. The resulting intercultural contact have been examined using the theory of globalization-based acculturation. However, little is known about possible differences and similarities in processes underlying the effects of direct (e.g., through contact with immigrants) and indirect (e.g., engagement with cultural elements through media) forms of new cultural…
Radicalized Identity Styles: Investigating Sociocultural Challenges, Identity Styles, and Extremism
Research has identified sociocultural challenges (life attachment) to be a primary motivator for radicalization. While individual differences may provide information about who might be at risk for radicalization, little is known about how different identity processing styles are linked with radicalization. In two studies (N = 975), we examined how identity styles can moderate the association between life attachment and various aspects of extremis…
Social Identity and Well-being: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Social Identity and Well-being in Light of the Accelerating Cultural Globalisation
In today’s globalised world, people are interacting with different cultural streams every day, which can challenge the individual’s rootedness in regard to their identity. The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between social identity and well-being in terms of satisfaction with life, and to examine whether the individual’s reaction to cultural globalisation mediates this relationship. The individual’s reaction to cultura…
Majority acculturation through globalization: The importance of life skills in navigating the cultural pluralism of globalization
In contemporary globalized societies, traditional sociocultural structure and guidance have been increasingly disrupted, challenging people’s self-understanding, global perspective, and well-being. These transformations have enhanced the need for competency in navigating diverse meaning systems and cultural pluralism. The development of generic life skills provides relevant abilities to deal effectively with everyday demands and challenges in mul…
How ‘should’ the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members
Do minority-group members welcome or reject that majority-group members adopt other cultures? Acculturation is commonly defined as a process of mutual accommodation. Yet, the acculturation of majority-group members has only recently received research attention. To date, we do not know the extent to which minority-group members expect majority-group members to adopt the culture of minority groups and/or to maintain their mainstream culture. Knowle…
Extreme Reactions to Globalization: Investigating Indirect, Longitudinal, and Experimental Effects of the Globalization–Radicalization Nexus
Radicalization—as a complex process of adopting extremist attitudes—includes maladaptive responses to the transformative power of globalization. Globalization contains sociocultural disruptive and acculturative processes, initiating exclusionary and integrative reactions. These reactions have dissimilarly been associated with aspects of extremism. In seven preregistered studies ( N = 2,161), we draw on various methods combining naturalistic circu…
Social support, self‐efficacy, self‐esteem, and well‐being during Covid ‐19 lockdown: A two‐wave study of Danish students
Societal lockdown due to the COVID‐19 pandemic has transformed everyday life across the globe, including requirements of social distancing that might limit the social support people derive from social interaction. Social support has proven to be a vital resource for well‐being (i.e., perceived stress and satisfaction with life) and coping during societal challenges. The present study examined how social support is associated with perceived stress…
Psychology (29 works) · Social Psychology (25 works) · Political science (23 works) · Social Psychology (18 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Acculturation (13 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (13 works) · Globalization (12 works) · Anthropology (11 works) · Law (11 works)