Primary Interests:
- Causal Attribution
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
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My main research interests are in the area of intergroup relations. More precisely, I am interested in the influence of socialidentity on inter- and intragroup processes, emotions, and behavior. I am currently working on two main lines of research:
Social discrimination:
I am especially interested in how people respond to the experience of social discrimination. More precisely, I am interested in the impact of self-regulation processes, social identification, and perceived legitimacy on affective and behavioral responses to social discrimination.
Social change:
More recently, I have started a project together with Tom Postmes on the educational, psychological and cultural effects of the one laptop per child initiative (olpc). In a longitudinal study we investigate social change among Ethiopian children. We examine primary consequences (educational) as well as secondary consequences: changes over time in self-concept, social networks, cultural values, -beliefs and practices, as well as changes in social equality.
Journal Articles:
- Hansen, N., & Sassenberg, K. (2006). Does social identification buffer or harm? The impact of social identification on anger after social discrimination. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 983-996.
- Mendoza-Denton, R., & Hansen, N. (2008). Networks of meaning: intergroup relations, cultural worldviews, and knowledge activation principles. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 1, 68-83.
- Sassenberg, K., & Hansen, N. (2007). The impact of regulatory focus on affective responses to social discrimination. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 421-444.
- Sassenberg, K., Moskowitz, G.B., Jacoby, J., & Hansen, N. (2007). The carry-over effect of competition: The impact of competition on prejudice towards uninvolved outgroups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 529-538.
Other Publications:
- Hansen, N. (2007). Anger. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Nina Hansen
Dept. of Social & Organizational Psychology
University of Groningen
Grote Kruisstraat 2/1
9712 TS Groningen
The Netherlands
Phone: +11-31-50-3636229
Fax: +11-31-50-3634581