2025

76. Barbett, L., †Capozzoli, J. Syropoulos, S., et al. (2025). Nature Connectedness and Well-Being: Evidence from a Multi-National Investigation Across 76 Countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, Accepted in Principle.

75. ‡Law, K.F.,* Syropoulos, S.,* Young, L, & O’Connor, B.B. (2025). Mapping Prescriptive Beliefs on Seventh Generation Stewardship and Increasing the Temporal Scope of Intergenerational Concern. Scientific Reports. Accepted for Publication. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4j8sn

74. ‡Law, K. F., Gittle, E., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. Mapping and Increasing Americans’ Actual and Perceived Support for Initiatives Protecting Future Generations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9my5g

73. Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J. C., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., & TISP Consortium. (2025). Public communication about science across 68 countries: Global evidence on how people get information and communicate about science-related matters. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/xb3ha

72. ‡Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Amormino, P., Marsh, A., Young, L., & O'Connor, B. B. Mapping the Moral Architecture of Effective and Extraordinary Altruism. PNAS Nexus, Accepted for Publication. https://t.co/N3dAaB82pC

71. ‡Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Amormino, P., Marsh, A., Young, L., & O'Connor, B. B. (2025). Reasoning and empathy are not competing but complementary features of altruism. PNAS Nexus, Accepted for Publication. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jm8gk_v1

70. Syropoulos, S., Mah, A., Dixon-Gordon, K., Markowitz, E., Reid, A., Nteta, T., Ginn, J., Min, S. M., & Lickel, B. A (2025). Changes in Dangerous and Competitive Worldviews During the Coronavirus Epidemic: Evidence from a Large-Scale U.S. Panel Study. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. In Press.

69. Loustau, T., McManus, R., Syropoulos, S., Doung, X., & Young, L. (2025). Contextualized Helping: The Impact of Social Ties on the Perceived Motives of Prosocial Actors. Social Cognition, In Press.

68. ‡Law, K. F., Wylie, J., Kraft-Todd, G., Liang, N., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). People are More Skeptical of Others’ Public Virtue Motivations than Their Own. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(4), e70014. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.70014

67. †Law, K. F.,* Syropoulos, S.,* Crimston, C. R., Markowitz, E., Milfont, T. L., Claessens, S., Kyritsis, T., Atkinson, Q.., Bastian, B., & Rottman, J. (2025). Universal insights into moral expansiveness: Selective valuation of nature and humans. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 107, 102778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102778  

66. Gligorić, V., Jost, J. T., Mićanović, I., Tase, O., Araújo Do Bú, E., Arévalo-Romero, C., et al. (2025). Macro-Economic Conditions and National Stereotypes in 45 non-Western countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251370424

65. Manalili, M. M. C., †Law, K. F., Signorini, A., Chukwudebe, A., Amormino, P., Goya-Tocchetto, Markowitz, E., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. The motivation to protect future people as a source of meaning and mental wellness. Journal of Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000443 

64. Markowitz, D. M., Mazzuchi, T., †Law, K.F., Syropoulos, S., & Young, L. (2025). An Exploration of Basic Human Values in 38 Million Obituaries Over 30 Years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (35) e2510318122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2510318122   

63. †Law, K. F., †Wang, Z., Elbaek, C. T., Fage-Butler, A., Mitkidis, P., Gkinopoulos, T., … Syropoulos, S. (2025). Responsibility for Future Generations and Climate Change Mitigation: A Cross-National Study of Predictors of Pro-environmentalism in Europe. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 106, 102729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102729 

62. Cologna, V., Meiler, S., Kropf, C. M., Lüthi, S, Mede, N. G., Bresch, D. N., Lecuona, O., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., van der Linden, S., & TISP Consortium, (2025). Global evidence on the relationship between extreme weather events and support for climate policies. Nature Climate Change, 15, 725–735. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4 

61. Versteegen, L., & Syropoulos, S. E (2025). Pluribus Whom? Status Threat and American Identity in a Multiracial Democracy. Political Behavior, Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-025-10050-6

60. †Law, K. F., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Cultivating Multigenerational Moral Expansion: Interventions Cultivate Moral Concern for Future Generations in Boundless and Zero-Sum Contexts. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(2), e12892. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12892

59. Syropoulos, S., & Sparkman, G. (2025). Most American Religious Leaders Silently Believe in Climate Change and Informing Their Congregation Can Help Open Dialogue. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(13) e2419705122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419705122  

58. Selvanathan, H. P., Syropoulos, S., Louis, W., Adelman, L., Baka, A., Bauer, C., Baumert, A., Becker, M., Beran, E., Bilewicz, M., Chekroun, P., Greitemeyer, T., Hannover, B., Heibel, T., Jasinkja, I., Kardos, P., Li, M., Lindholm, T., Loughnan, S., Paladino, M. P., Rovenpor, D., Sadus, K., Vaes, J., Van Hiel, A., van Zomeren, M., Verkuyten, M., & Leidner, B. (2025). Far-Right Movements in the Western World: How Media Exposure Relates to Normative Beliefs and Attitudes Toward the Far-Right. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241309554 

57. Chukwudebe, A., Manalili, M. M. C., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Independence of Intellect and Ego Relates to Increased Subjective Well-being and Decreased Psychopathology. Personality and Individual Differences, 238, 113091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113091   

56. Cologna, V., Mede, N. G., Berger, S., Besley, S., Brick, C., Joubert, E., Maibach, E., … Syropoulos, S., … et al. (2025). Trust in scientists and their role in society: a global assessment in 66 countries. Nature Human Behaviour. Accepted for Publication. https://osf.io/preprints/osf/6ay7s?s=03

55. Mede, N. G.*, Cologna, V.*, Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., van der Linden, S., … Syropoulos, S., … et al. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries: The TISP dataset. Scientific Data. Accepted for Publication.

54. Syropoulos, S., †Law, K. F., Kraft-Todd, G., & Young, L. (2025). Impartial Intergenerational Beneficence: The Psychology of Feeling (Equal) Intergenerational Concern for All Future Generations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241307800

53. †Law, K. F., Collaizzi, G., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Climate Change is an Intergenerational Challenge That Requires Intergenerationally-Focused Behavioral Solutions. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 61, 10146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101467

2024

52. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., & Earp, B. D. (2024). Artificial Intelligence, Existential Risk and Equity: The Need for Multigenerational Bioethics. Journal of Medical Ethics. 50, 799-801. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2024-110583

51. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., O’Connor, B. B., & Young, L. (2024). The Probabilistic Price of Life Across Time: Generational and Probabilistic Distance Render a Life Today Worth More Than Ten Tomorrow. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241303993

50. Mah, A., Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2024). Caring about one’s legacy relates to constructive coping with climate change. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 100, 102471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102471

49. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Coleman, M., Gainsburg, I., & O’Connor, B. B. (2024). Moral Future-Thinking: Does the Moral Circle Stand the Test of Time? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241284324

48. Law, K. F.,* Syropoulos, S.,* Coleman, M., & Young, L. (2024). A Future Beyond Ourselves: Can Self-Oriented Prospection Motivate Intergenerational Responsibility? Personality and Individual Differences. 233, 112915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112915

47. Doell, K. C., Todorova, B., Vlasceanu, M., Bak-Coleman, J. B., Pronizius, E., … Syropoulos, S., … et al.,  & Van Bavel, J. J. (2024). The International Climate Psychology Collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries. Scientific Data. 11, 1066. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03865-1

46. Syropoulos, S., & Law, K. F. (2024). Cultural tightness and its association with national levels of peace: Evidence from a cross-national investigation. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 30(3), 445–453. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000725

45. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* Amormino, P., & Young, L. (2024). Mapping the Personality of (Exceptional) Intergenerational Concern. Personality and Individual Differences, 231, 112814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112814   

44. Syropoulos, S., Ashraf, S., Gomez, O., Lowenstein, F., Tariq, A., Niles, T., Fischer, M., Young, L., & Yoeli, E. (2024). Changing community climate change attitudes: Evidence from a community exhibit intervention. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 98, 102369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102369
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43. Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., Kraft-Todd, G. Mah, A., & Markowitz, E., Young, L. (2024). Responsibility to Future Generations: A Strategy for Combatting Climate Change Across Political Divides. British Journal of Social Psychology, 00, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12775

42. Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., & Leidner, B. (2024). Increased perceived safety in day-to-day life relates to critical national identification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241249057

41. Tedaldi, E., Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2024). Re-examining perceived responsibility to address climate change as a predictor of pro-environmentalism: A replication across 31 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 96, 102289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102289

40. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. (2024). Caring for present and future generations alike: Longtermism and moral regard across temporal and social distance. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 27(8), 2010-2035. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241242115

39. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. (2024). The Case for Longtermism: Concern for the far future as a catalyst for pro-climate action. npj Climate Action, 3, 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-024-00110-8

38. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.* Mah, A., & Young, L. (2024). Intergenerational concern relates to constructive coping and emotional reactions to climate change via increased legacy concerns and environmental cognitive alternatives. BMC Psychology, 12, 182. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01690-0

37. Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B. Mercado, E., Li, M., Cros, S., Gomez, A.J., Baka, A., Chekroun, P., & Rottman, J. (2024). How Safe Are We? Introducing The Multidimensional Model of Perceived Interpersonal Safety. Personality and Individual Differences. 224, 112640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112640

36. Vlasceanu*, M., Doell*, K. C., Bak Coleman*, J. B., Todorova, B., Berkebile-Weinberg, M. M., Grayson, S. J., Patel, Y., Goldwert, D., Pei, Y., Chakroff, A., Pronizius, E., van den Broek, K. L., Vlasceanu, D., Constantino, S., Morais, M. J., Schumann, P., Rathje, S., Fang, K., Aglioti, S. M, ... Syropoulos, S., ... et al. (2024). Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries. Science Advances, 10(6), eadj5778. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj5778  

35. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. (2024). Longtermist Education Interventions Increase Concern for and Action to Protect Future Generations. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241228465

34. Syropoulos, S., Sparkman, G., & Constantino, S. (2024). The Expressive Function of Public Policy: Renewable Energy Mandates Signal Social Norms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Accepted for Publication, 379, 20230038.  https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0038

33. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. (2024). National Differences in Age and Future-Oriented Indicators Relate to Environmental Performance. Sustainability, 16(1), 276. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010276 

32. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2024). Responsibility towards the future is a strong predictor of proenvironmental engagement. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 93, 102218, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102218 

2023

31. Law, K. F.,* Syropoulos, S.,* & Young, L. (2023). Why do longtermists care about protecting the environment? An investigation into the underlying mechanisms of pro-climate policy support. Sustainability, 15(24), 16732. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416732 

30. Syropoulos, S. (2023). Improving the lives of future people. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-023-00249-x  

29. Syropoulos, S.,* Mah, A.,* & Markowitz, E. (2023). Personal legacy: A psychological mechanism for increasing climate action and coping with climate change stressors. Journal of Mental Health and Climate Change, 1, 16-29. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8320457

28. McLamore, Q., Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B., et al. (2023). Tightness shifts in the U.S. and China: Implications of tightening or loosening norms during the Coronavirus pandemic. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12883. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12883  

27. Syropoulos, S., & Leidner, B. (2023). Emphasizing Similarities Between Politically Opposed Groups and Their Influence in Perceptions of the Political Opposition: Evidence From Five Experiments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231192384
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26. Syropoulos, S., Watkins, H., Goodwin, G. P., & Markowitz, E. (2023). Disentangling the effects of impact-oriented versus reputation-focused legacy motives on intergenerational concern and action. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 90, 102092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102092

25. Syropoulos S., Markowitz, M., Demarest, B., & Shrum, T. A. (2023). A letter to future generations: Examining the effectiveness of an intergenerational framing intervention. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 90, 102074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102074

24. Wu, D. J., Syropoulos, S., Rivera-Rodriguez, A., & Dasgupta, N. (2023). From Model Minority to Yellow Peril: The impact of COVID-19 on negative emotions and anti-Asian prejudice. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12833. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12833
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23. Syropoulos, S.  & Gkinopoulos, T. (2023). Who do we trust? Differences in types of trust and beliefs in conspiracy theories between vaccinated and unvaccinated Europeans across 17 European countries. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12792. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12792

22. Syropoulos, S. & Markowitz, M. (2023). Our responsibility to future generations: The case for intergenerational approaches to the study of climate change. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 87, 102006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102006

21. Shrum, T. R., Platt, N., Syropoulos, S. & Markowitz, E. (2023). A review of the Green Parenthood effect on environmental and climate engagement. WIRE Climate Change, 14(2), e818. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.818

2022

20. McLamore, Q.,* Syropoulos, S.,* Leidner, B., et al. (2022). The distinct associations of ingroup attachment and glorification with responses to the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from a multilevel investigation in 21 countries. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(2), 992-1012. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12614

19. Syropoulos, S. (2022). The association of urban environment quality and perceived safety: Evidence from seven nationally representative samples. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000647

18. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2022). Perceived responsibility consistently relates to increased pro-environmental attitudes, behaviors and policy support: Evidence across 23 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 83, 101868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101868

17. Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou A., Aczel, B., … Syropoulos, S., et al. (2022). A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255

16. *McLamore, Q., *Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B., Hirschberger, G., Young, K., Zein, R. A., et al. (2022). How (dis)trust in scientific information links political ideology and reactions towards the Coronavirus pandemic: Evaluating associations in the U.S. and globally. Scientific Reports, 12, 3724. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07508-6

15. Syropoulos, S.,* Lifshin, U.,* Greenberg, J., Horner, D. E., & Leidner, B. (2022). Bigotry and the human–animal divide: (Dis)belief in human evolution and bigoted attitudes across different cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(6), 1264–1292. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000391
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14. Syropoulos, S., †Puschett, E., & Leidner, B. (2022). The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on firearm sales in the American public. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 4(3), 250-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743603.2021.2018931.

13. Lifshin, U., Greenberg, J., Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B., Helm, P. J., Sullivan, D., Horner, D., & Mikulincer, M. (2022). Perceived Similarity of the Self to Animals, Creativity, and Anxiety—: A Terror Management Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211063260.

12. Ge, F., Syropoulos, S., Gensler, J., Leidner, B., Loughnan, S., Chang, J.-H., Harada, C., Mari, S., Paladino, M. P., Shi, J., Yeung, V. W. L., Kuo, C.-Y., & Tsuchiya, K. (2022). Constructivist Self-Construal: A Cross-Cultural Comparison. Cross-Cultural Research, 56(1), 29–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971211055276 

2021

11. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2021). Mechanisms of intergenerational environmental action activated by COVID-19: Gratitude, fairness and legacy motives. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3, 707888. doi:10.3389/frsc.2021.707888

10. *Syropoulos, S., *Wu, D. J., Burrows, B., & Mercado, E. (2021). Psychology doctoral program experiences and student well-being, mental health, and optimism during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 629205. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.629205

9. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2021). Perceived responsibility towards future generations and environmental concern: Convergent evidence across multiple outcomes in a large and nationally representative sample. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 76, 101651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101651
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8. Syropoulos, S., †Puschett, E., & Leidner, B. (2021). Positive and negative peace as predictors of effective governmental responses to the covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from a micro and macro level investigation. Political Psychology, 42(5), 729-745. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12773

7. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2021). A grateful eye towards the future? Dispositional gratitude relates to consideration of future consequences. Personality and Individual Differences, 179, 110911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110911

6. Rottman, J., Crimston, C. R., & Syropoulos, S. (2021). Tree-huggers versus human-lovers: Anthropomorphism and dehumanization predict valuing nature over outgroups. Cognitive Science, 45(4), e12967. Doi:10.1111/cogs.12967

5. Syropoulos, S. & Markowitz, E. (2021). Prosocial responses to COVID-19: Examining the role of gratitude, fairness and legacy motives. Personality and Individual Differences, 171(5), 110488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110488

4. Syropoulos, S., Rivera-Rodriguez, A., Gómez, A., Baka, A., Cros, S., Martel, F. A., & Rottman, J. (2021). Deadly but protective: Americans’ unique perception of weapons. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 27(1), 81–84. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000507

3. Syropoulos, S., Watkins, H. Shariff, A., Hodges, S., & Markowitz, E. (2021). The role of gratitude in motivating intergenerational environmental stewardship. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 72, 101517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101517

2020

2. Syropoulos, S. (2020). Personal safety and positive life outcomes: Cross-national evidence from the World Values Survey. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 26(3), 281–292. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000444

2019

1. Piazza, J., Sousa, P., Rottman, J., & Syropoulos, S. (2019). Which appraisals are foundational to moral judgment? Harm, injustice, and beyond. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(7), 903–913. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618801326