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Current position: Associate Professor
Email: dpochoa@up.edu.ph
Research Interests: My primary research interests are in morality, especially how people make sense of right and wrong, and promoting positive parenting in a way that supports parents' needs and concerns. I am also interested in understanding collective action, especially for issues such as gender equality, and advocating children's rights.
Other Interests: Doting on my cats, weightlifting, Korean language learning, anime, K-dramas, and reading fiction
Publications
Publications
Ochoa, D.P. & Ong, M.G. (2022). Negotiated harms in moralized policies: The case of Duterte’s war on drugs. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 10(2), 554–569, https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5623
Ochoa, D.P., Manalastas, E.J., Deguchi, M., & Louis, W.R. (2019). Mobilizing men: Ally identities and collective action in Japan and the Philippines. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 13, e14. doi:10.1017/prp.2018.30
Ochoa, D.P., Sio, C.P., Quiñones, D.M., & Manalastas, E.J. (2016). A bond between man and woman: Religiosity, moral foundations, and same-sex marriage attitudes in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 48(2), 157-171. https://www.pap.ph/assets/files/journals/a-bond-between-man-and-woman-religiosity-moral-foundations-and-samesex-marriage-attitudes-in-th.pdf
Ochoa, D.P. (2016). Moral na pamantayan at pangangatwiran ng mga bata at ina sa konteksto ng kahirapan. Diwa E-Journal, 4(1), 20-38. https://www.pssp.org.ph/diwa/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Moral-na-Pamantayan-at-Pangangatwiran-ng-mga-Bata-at-Ina-sa-Konteksto-ng-Kahirapan.pdf
Ochoa, D.P. (2014). Parental socialization of moral behaviors in the context of poverty. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 47(1), 41-72. https://www.pap.ph/assets/files/journals/parental-socialization-of-moral-behaviors-in-the-context-of-poverty.pdf
Ochoa, D.P., Banzon-Librojo, L.A., Mendez, S.E.N., & Alampay, L.P. (2019). Sulong kabataan: Design, pilot implementation, and evaluation of a youth substance abuse prevention program. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 52(1), 5-37. https://www.pap.ph/assets/files/journals/sulong-kabataan-design-pilot-implementation-and-evaluation-of-a-youth-substance-abuse-prevention.pdf
Ochoa, D.P., & Manapat, J. (2018). Morality and citizenship outcomes of service-learning in psychology and materials engineering. Philippine Social Science Review, 70(1), 30-51. https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pssr/article/view/7867
Klackl, J., Ochoa, D.P., Du. H., Jonas, E., & Kashima, E.S. (2023). A WEIRD Theory? On the prevalence of Western folk theory of social change in the West and Asia. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(2), 249-268. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221104962
Kashima, E.S., Ochoa, D.P., Nicolas, G., Ah Gang, G.C., Du, H., Klackl, J., Plusnin, N., Miriyagalla, U.P., Kashima, Y., & Fiske, S.T. (2021). Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in anticipated societal threats. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12490
Kashima, E.S., Plusnin, N., Ochoa, D.P., Du, H., Klackl, J., Ah Gang, G.C., Gan, S.W., Yaacob, S.N., Wu, S.L., Qumseya, T., Nicolas, G., & Fiske, S.T. (2021). Social motives of university students in seven countries: Measurement development and validation. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12482
Other Engagements
Other Engagements
Associate Editor, Journal of Social and Political Psychology (2024-2026)
Associate Editor, Philippine Journal of Psychology (2023-2025)
Editor, Diwa E-journal (2023)
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