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Erica Hepper

@ericahepper.bsky.social
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Social/personality psychologist at University of Surrey interested in the social context/consequences of self-related motives and emotions. Esp. narcissism, self-enhancement/protection, nostalgia, attachment and close relationships. She/her. Views my own.

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The landmark Handbook of Social Psychology's sixth edition is now available - and open access for the first time! It features 50 chapters from 50+ scholars. Learn more + download it today: ow.ly/RPjn50VV8bT
Handbook of Social Psychology Celebrates 90 Years with Groundbreaking Open-Access Sixth Edition
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Amanda Rotella @amrotella.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟 Does moral licensing (doing a good thing, then a less good thing) really exist?? ➡️ Many failed replications. Why? ➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test 🧵👇 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... #SocialPsychology #Bayesian #Theory
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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships @josoperrel.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Newly Published: @ygirme.bsky.social & Overall examined how feeling loved and connected in a relationship can reduce attachment insecurity over time, using two long-term studies. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing
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Greater average levels of relatedness need fulfilment across daily and monthly life predict lower attachment insecurities across time - Yuthika U. Girme, Nickola C. Overall, 2025
Attachment insecurity is characterized by chronic concerns about whether partners can fulfil core relatedness needs, including feeling loved and cared about. In...
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The paper makes some similar arguments to a paper I'm working on about individual narcissism so also look forward to citing it (need to get that submitted!)
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
This is a really apt analogy to narcissism and I look forward to reading this paper in full.
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I was reading to my children last night and had to explain what a greengrocer was 😬 At least we have a Saturday market with fruit/veg/bakery to appreciate.
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
It's always a proud day celebrating a PhD graduation and this year our research group is lucky, and quadruply proud, to have 4! Big congratulations to you all, I know you have wonderful futures ahead 👏👏👏
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Starting university doesn’t mean students already know how to use academic language. Our new blog explores why learning discipline-specific academic language is vital for student success and a healthy democracy. srheblog.com
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SRHE Blog
The Society for Research into Higher Education
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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Who's ready for more Expanding Empathy? Through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making & @rockethics.bsky.social, I'm bringing it back for year 6. Now more than ever, we need to highlight why empathy can be strength, not weakness. And why universities, interdisciplinarity, & outreach matter. 1/n
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Relationship Researchers Interest Group @rrigspsp.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We're recruiting new RRIG grad student, junior, and senior committee members! Join @rosieshrout.bsky.social, Kori Krueger, @bogolsky.bsky.social, Judith Gere, and Laura Machia to plan the SPSP close relationships preconference! Applications due May 5th. Please share widely!
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FOR JUNIOR, SENIOR & GRAD MEMBER 2026.docx
CALL FOR JUNIOR MEMBER The Relationship Researchers Interest Group (RRIG) seeks an application for one new junior committee member. You may self-nominate or nominate others for this role. The committe...
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Narcissistic people are more likely to feel ostracized and misread social cues
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Narcissistic people are more likely to feel ostracized and misread social cues
Despite their swagger, narcissistic individuals often misread social interactions as rejection, reinforcing feelings of exclusion and insecurity.
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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
📈Research shows people can accurately track personality changes across situations. We're better at noticing shifts in extraversion and conscientiousness than emotional stability or agreeableness. Follow SPSP for more #EverydayPsych insights! Read more: ow.ly/qLG750VAQCZ
A group of friends lays together on the ground together, looking up and smiling.
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Sorry can't see how to add alt text. Pic 1: a 10 year old girl standing on a chair in my plain academic office, drawing on the whiteboard. Pic 2: close up of picture on whiteboard, which is a v cute drawing of my face with adorable annotations like 'very smart', 'smile that lights up my life'
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
It was fun bringing my 10yo daughter to participate in a research study @surreypsychology.bsky.social last week. Bonus highlight was that she drew me this portrait on my whiteboard, which I can now never erase! ❤️ #academicparent
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Helpful tips from @theloveconsortium.bsky.social on communicating research in the media and to the public, from both academic and journalist's perspective. Bookmarking for later! go.unc.edu/y4K8W
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I'm so excited to have started our ESRC funded project on Dyadic Nostalgia in Couple Relationships @surreypsychology.bsky.social. Many years in the making and now we finally get to do the research! V happy to have the brilliant @gloriawsma.bsky.social as our lead postdoc gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...
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Gateway to Research (GtR) - Explore publicly funded research
The Gateway to Research: UKRI portal onto publically funded research
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I am delighted to announce that we will be hiring a social psychologist: jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please contact me with any questions!
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Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in Social Psychology
Exciting Opportunity in Social Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey!Join a Top-20 UK University with Ground-breaking Research.We're seeking outstanding Lecturers (and, in excep...
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Brain rot and the crisis of deep thought in the age of social media
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Brain rot and the crisis of deep thought in the age of social media
As attention spans shrink, storytelling — and truth — may be the greatest casualties of digital culture.
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Really enjoyed today's UK Attachment Network meeting at the University of Bristol. Such a great range of inspiring relationship research talks and discussions.
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Very helpful blog post on mediation analysis... I am determined to find valid ways of doing and interpreting it despite the many pitfalls!
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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This @BPSOfficial funded secondment at the Parliamentary Office for Science & Technology is an excellent opportunity for a PhD student post.parliament.uk/british-psyc...
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British Psychological Society Fellowship 2025/26
Application deadline: 4 May 2025 (23:59).
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John Sakaluk @johnsakaluk.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New OA paper in Compass with @datingdecisions.bsky.social, @omarjcamanto.bsky.social, and a number of non-blue-sky students and colleagues. If you're a #dyadic #closerelationships researcher, and interested in what dyadic SEM can do for you: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A Renewal of Dyadic Structural Equation Modeling With Latent Variables: Clarifications, Methodological Advantages, and New Directions
Researchers interested in the quantitative analysis of data from dyads must select a preferred statistical framework. In this review, we focus on one option that has seen relatively modest adoption: ...
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Bruce Y Lee @bruceylee.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Should You Break Up with Dating Apps? Here I covered for @psychologytoday.com a debate about the pros and cons of dating apps #psychology #socialpsyc #PsychSciSky #BehSci 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky🩺#HiSciSky #dating www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-fu...
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Should You Break Up with Dating Apps?
Should you break up or continue your relationship with dating apps? Here are takeaways from a recent debate about the value of dating apps.
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Thanks for posting - we're looking forward to a new social psychologist colleague! We will also welcome applicants with a range of social psychology expertise 😊
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Sad to be missing it too!
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
We're hiring! Three new Lecturer posts @surreypsychology.bsky.social including one dedicated to Social Psychology jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... (There's a list of Uni priorities but candidates in more traditional social psych areas also v encouraged!)
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Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in Social Psychology
Exciting Opportunity in Social Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey!Join a Top-20 UK University with Ground-breaking Research.We're seeking outstanding Lecturers (and, in excep...
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University of Essex @universityofessex.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It might be Valentine's Day but, as @vlamarche.bsky.social says, few people can boast a 100% success rate when it comes to attracting love interests. Her psychology-backed tips in the @uk.theconversation.com are here to help you cope with romantic rejection. theconversation.com/how-to-cope-...
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Glad they didn't use the bit where they asked about my own Valentine's plans - the tired evening of a long-married academic mum of two does not make good radio 😂
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Enjoyed talking to #BBC Radio Surrey for their #ValentinesDay breakfast show! 💝 It was nice to have the chance to talk about research (including our ongoing work on #nostalgia) as well as societal trends in #relationships. @surreypsychology.bsky.social
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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
EMA/Daily Diary researchers! Do you have a dataset with momentary or daily loneliness among adults 18+? @kvanbogart.bsky.social is seeking datasets to support a coordinated data analysis Email Karina.vanbogart@northwestern.edu with a brief description of your dataset to be considered! #psychscisky
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Alex Danvers @drdanvers.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
New blog post! I highlight JEP: General research on a trait-like style of interpreting emotional cues! Happy to get feedback on it here! Appreciate any thoughts or feedback. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-... #Psychology #socialpsych #emotion #nonverbalBehavior
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How Do You Read Emotional Cues?
Why do people often disagree about others' emotions? New research reveals we have stable individual differences in how much we rely on faces versus context.
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Listening to music during memory recall can alter the emotional tone of memories, making them more positive or negative, by activating emotion- and memory-related brain regions. This discovery suggests potential… #MusicTherapy #EmotionalHealing #MentalHealth #MusicAsMedicine #TherapeuticMusic
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Can music heal emotional wounds? New research suggests it might
Listening to music during memory recall can alter the emotional tone of memories, making them more positive or negative, by activating emotion- and memory-related brain regions. This discovery suggests potential therapeutic uses for reframing difficult…
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Andrew F. Hayes 🇨🇦 @afhayes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Here's what's coming in PROCESS v5, to be released very soon. • Regression analysis without a mediation or moderation component • Regression diagnostics • Breusch-Pagan test of heteroskedasticity • Standardized and semi-standardized regression coefficients for all models 1/4
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Explained to my 10 year old what a blog was yesterday... "oh so a vlog but written?" 🤦
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is a US centric article, but interesting reading and many of the trends apply to the UK as well. Environmental and technological changes often promote solitude and discourage real social interactions, harming relationships and well-being.
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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
#AcademicSky I still see many students taking notes by hand Turns out, there's a benefit! See meta-analysis: Laptop users take more notes, but under-perform. Students, resist temptation to write down everything we say! Listen, think, capture the key essence link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Very interesting - especially as the pattern holds after controlling for personality. I can't help wondering about moderators... Might there be resilient / high power happier people who manage to imbue some positivity into their partner?
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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
"nationally representative samples of German and Dutch couples...followed for 37 or 14 years...within each couple, the happier partner experienced most dramatic well-being declines; unhappier partner’s well-being either did not change or increased slightly" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Don’t Drag Me Down: Valence Asymmetry in Well-Being Co-Development in Couples - Olga Stavrova, William J. Chopik, 2025
There is a notable similarity in psychological well-being among romantic partners. Drawing on valence asymmetry research (e.g., negativity bias), we tested whet...
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I am very happy with "good boring"!
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Absolutely for longitudinal research. This was a x-sectional survey with no specific inclusion criteria, which social media used to recruit successfully in the past. Got to keep updating our strategies though!
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Yes, I've heard that recently... Frustrating that it cancels out the efficiency of collecting data online though and I'm sure many valid participants would drop out. If only there were a way to...automate...that process 😜
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Feedback coming in now, including "outstanding edition, real meat and the feeling of the profession coming together". This issue was challenging to pull together, and at times it felt like there was zero appetite to think / talk about Covid. So the team and I are very pleased to get these comments!
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Argh, just found a load of suspected bots in a student's dataset that I hoped we could turn into a paper 😕 They even left invalid email addresses to enter our prize draw - what is the point? That's the last time I advise recruiting via Twitter/X #psychology #academicsky
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/01/2025
Nostalgic memories of home and a carefree childhood | Letters
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Nostalgic memories of home and a carefree childhood | Letters
Readers respond to Michael Rosen’s reminisces on where he was brought up The home I grew up in had, like Michael Rosen’s, a geyser over the bath (My shirts reeked of onions; my father hated the ‘phoney Tudor windows’. That flat will always mean home, 24…
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
‘I am certain psychology will see many more train wrecks’ I had some questions for Ruth Leys, author of 'Anatomy of a Train Wreck: The Rise and Fall of Priming Research' (University of Chicago Press); plus an extract. RT for your chance to win a copy! www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
But a *warm* lollipop lady, right? So you win. I have an Oodie with cats on over my legs and care not what it looks like!
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Helene Scott @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
A PhD student at CambridgeHPS has been putting “artwork signs” up all around our department next to “ordinary things” and they are brilliant. They unfailingly make me stop and smile and notice the wonderful strangeness of the world ✨ Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌
Pot with branch from dead plant in a windows sill. Next to it is another plant and a watering pot. Bellow, a sign is stuck on the wall reading - Artist: unknown. Dead plant, 2024. Glass, plastic, wood and misc. organic material. The precise placement of this piece among a collection of living plants allows the unknowns artist to remind the viewer of the inescapable cycle of life and death, as well as the capricious nature of the Ava rage house plant.
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Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Stereotype threat: a once-dominant idea in social psychology that shaped how we think about identity and performance. But what happens when the evidence crumbles? A deep dive into the failed replications, the myths, and what it all means. Read my latest essay: open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
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Revisiting Stereotype Threat
A Reckoning for Social Psychology
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