Martin V Day
Biographic Data
| ID | 761241 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin V Day |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin V |
| FAMILY NAME | Day |
| SIGNATURE | DAY M V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5274-1626 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Personal Relative Deprivation, Not Subjective Status, Explains Support for Economic Redistribution
Economic inequality is high and associated with negative societal consequences in many countries. Although economic redistribution policies (e.g., higher taxes) can reduce inequality, support is mixed and only moderately explained by political orientation. Prior research suggests subjective socioeconomic status (SES) can help account for redistributive attitudes. We suggest that personal relative deprivation (PRD)—the experience of perceiving an …
Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study
Mindfulness witnessed a substantial popularity surge in the past decade, especially as digitally self-administered interventions became available at relatively low costs. Yet, it is uncertain whether they effectively help reduce stress. In a preregistered (OSF https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UF4JZ; retrospective registration at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06308744) multi-site study (nsites = 37, nparticipants = 2,239, 70.4% women, Mage = 22.4, s.d.age …
Author Correction: Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study
Perceived and Ideal Inequality in University Endowments in the United States
Whether and which university to attend are among the most financially consequential choices most people make. Universities with relatively larger endowments can offer better education experiences, which can drive inequality in students’ subsequent outcomes. We first explore three interrelated questions: the current educational inequality across U.S. universities, people’s perceptions of this inequality, and their desired inequality. Educational i…
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Some psychological determinants of broad union attitudes
Many societies are grappling with how to reduce high levels of economic inequality. Although often overlooked, labor unions can have significant flattening effects on inequality. However, unions are not highly supported by the general public. To provide some psychological explanation as to why this may be the case, we examined five potential predictors of general union attitudes (i.e., political orientation, prejudice toward union members, merito…
The Relative Deprivation Trap: How Feeling Deprived Relates to Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Introduction: How income inequality associates with poorer mental health remains unclear. Personal relative deprivation (PRD) involves appraising oneself as unfairly disadvantaged relative to similar others and has been associated with poorer mental health and negative cognitive appraisals. As generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is associated with negative cognitive appraisals, PRD may relate to the experience of GAD and its cognitive predictors, …
Movin’ on Up? How Perceptions of Social Mobility Affect Our Willingness to Defend the System
People’s motivation to rationalize and defend the status quo is a major barrier to societal change. Three studies tested whether perceived social mobility—beliefs about the likelihood to move up and down the socioeconomic ladder—can condition people’s tendency to engage in system justification. Compared to information suggesting moderate social mobility, exposure to low social mobility frames consistently reduced defense of the overarching societ…
Why people defend relationship ideology
Why do people defend the institution of marriage and related beliefs about committed romantic relationships? Why do they sometimes stereotype and discriminate against single people? In this article, I review research that provides some answers. I center on the role of a set of commonly held beliefs about romantic relationships-committed relationship ideology. In particular, I focus on how system and individual-level factors can help explain peopl…
Shifting Liberal and Conservative Attitudes Using Moral Foundations Theory
People’s social and political opinions are grounded in their moral concerns about right and wrong. We examine whether five moral foundations—harm, fairness, ingroup, authority, and purity—can influence political attitudes of liberals and conservatives across a variety of issues. Framing issues using moral foundations may change political attitudes in at least two possible ways: (a) Entrenching: Relevant moral foundations will strengthen existing …
Shifting liberal and conservative attitudes using moral foundations theory: (512142015-242)
The insidious (and ironic) effects of positive stereotypes
System justification and the defense of committed relationship ideology
A consequential ideology in Western society is the uncontested belief that a committed relationship is the most important adult relationship and that almost all people want to marry or seriously couple (DePaulo & Morris, 2005). In the present article, we investigated the extent to which the system justification motive may contribute to the adoption of this ideology. In Studies 1 and 2, we examined whether a heightened motive to maintain the statu…
The insidious (and ironic) effects of positive stereotypes
System justification and the defense of committed relationship ideology
A consequential ideology in Western society is the uncontested belief that a committed relationship is the most important adult relationship and that almost all people want to marry or seriously couple (DePaulo & Morris, 2005). In the present article, we investigated the extent to which the system justification motive may contribute to the adoption of this ideology. In Studies 1 and 2, we examined whether a heightened motive to maintain the statu…
Why people defend relationship ideology
Why do people defend the institution of marriage and related beliefs about committed romantic relationships? Why do they sometimes stereotype and discriminate against single people? In this article, I review research that provides some answers. I center on the role of a set of commonly held beliefs about romantic relationships-committed relationship ideology. In particular, I focus on how system and individual-level factors can help explain peopl…
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Some psychological determinants of broad union attitudes
Many societies are grappling with how to reduce high levels of economic inequality. Although often overlooked, labor unions can have significant flattening effects on inequality. However, unions are not highly supported by the general public. To provide some psychological explanation as to why this may be the case, we examined five potential predictors of general union attitudes (i.e., political orientation, prejudice toward union members, merito…
System justification and the defense of committed relationship ideology
A consequential ideology in Western society is the uncontested belief that a committed relationship is the most important adult relationship and that almost all people want to marry or seriously couple (DePaulo & Morris, 2005). In the present article, we investigated the extent to which the system justification motive may contribute to the adoption of this ideology. In Studies 1 and 2, we examined whether a heightened motive to maintain the statu…
The insidious (and ironic) effects of positive stereotypes
Shifting Liberal and Conservative Attitudes Using Moral Foundations Theory
People’s social and political opinions are grounded in their moral concerns about right and wrong. We examine whether five moral foundations—harm, fairness, ingroup, authority, and purity—can influence political attitudes of liberals and conservatives across a variety of issues. Framing issues using moral foundations may change political attitudes in at least two possible ways: (a) Entrenching: Relevant moral foundations will strengthen existing …
Shifting liberal and conservative attitudes using moral foundations theory: (512142015-242)
Why people defend relationship ideology
Why do people defend the institution of marriage and related beliefs about committed romantic relationships? Why do they sometimes stereotype and discriminate against single people? In this article, I review research that provides some answers. I center on the role of a set of commonly held beliefs about romantic relationships-committed relationship ideology. In particular, I focus on how system and individual-level factors can help explain peopl…
Movin’ on Up? How Perceptions of Social Mobility Affect Our Willingness to Defend the System
People’s motivation to rationalize and defend the status quo is a major barrier to societal change. Three studies tested whether perceived social mobility—beliefs about the likelihood to move up and down the socioeconomic ladder—can condition people’s tendency to engage in system justification. Compared to information suggesting moderate social mobility, exposure to low social mobility frames consistently reduced defense of the overarching societ…
The Relative Deprivation Trap: How Feeling Deprived Relates to Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Introduction: How income inequality associates with poorer mental health remains unclear. Personal relative deprivation (PRD) involves appraising oneself as unfairly disadvantaged relative to similar others and has been associated with poorer mental health and negative cognitive appraisals. As generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is associated with negative cognitive appraisals, PRD may relate to the experience of GAD and its cognitive predictors, …
Some psychological determinants of broad union attitudes
Many societies are grappling with how to reduce high levels of economic inequality. Although often overlooked, labor unions can have significant flattening effects on inequality. However, unions are not highly supported by the general public. To provide some psychological explanation as to why this may be the case, we examined five potential predictors of general union attitudes (i.e., political orientation, prejudice toward union members, merito…
Perceived and Ideal Inequality in University Endowments in the United States
Whether and which university to attend are among the most financially consequential choices most people make. Universities with relatively larger endowments can offer better education experiences, which can drive inequality in students’ subsequent outcomes. We first explore three interrelated questions: the current educational inequality across U.S. universities, people’s perceptions of this inequality, and their desired inequality. Educational i…
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study
Mindfulness witnessed a substantial popularity surge in the past decade, especially as digitally self-administered interventions became available at relatively low costs. Yet, it is uncertain whether they effectively help reduce stress. In a preregistered (OSF https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UF4JZ; retrospective registration at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06308744) multi-site study (nsites = 37, nparticipants = 2,239, 70.4% women, Mage = 22.4, s.d.age …
Author Correction: Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study
Personal Relative Deprivation, Not Subjective Status, Explains Support for Economic Redistribution
Economic inequality is high and associated with negative societal consequences in many countries. Although economic redistribution policies (e.g., higher taxes) can reduce inequality, support is mixed and only moderately explained by political orientation. Prior research suggests subjective socioeconomic status (SES) can help account for redistributive attitudes. We suggest that personal relative deprivation (PRD)—the experience of perceiving an …
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Economics (3 works)