We do research and generate insights for issues that are important right here and right now, in service of making positive changes to Philippine society. Research interests of lab members span from civic engagement, conflict and reconciliation, corruption, LGBT+ psychology, sexual behaviors, morality, to environmental actions.
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Bries, F. S. M., & Labor, P. D. P. (2025). It’s complicated: the contradictions of Filipinos’ conceptions of democracy. ISEAS Perspective, 2025/95. https://www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-commentaries/iseas-perspective/2025-95-its-complicated-the-contradictions-of-filipinos-conceptions-of-democracy-by-francis-simonh-m-bries-and-paul-danielle-p-labor/
Cologna, V., Mede, N. G., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M.,... Quiñones, D. M. A.,... & Zwaan,R. A. (2025). Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries. Nature Human Behavior, 9(4), 713713-730. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02090-5
Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M.,... Quiñones, D. M. A.,... & Zwaan,R. A. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries–the TISP dataset. Scientific data, 12(1), 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7
Bilon, X. J., & Clemente, J. A. R. (2024). What predicts homonegativity in Southeast Asian countries? Evidence from the World Values Survey. Psychology and Sexuality, 15(4), 488–505. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2023.2296591
Bries, F. S. M. (2024). Off the streets and on the web: Directions for digital politics research in the Philippines. PCS Review, 167–201.
Chiong, A. E., III, Corpus, E. J. D., Coralde, S. P. L., Coronel, N. K. A., Chuatak, J. T. Y., Cruz, L. L. A., Bries, F. S. M., & Rozul, C. D. A. (2024). Development and validation of a Stressor-Coping style scale for students in a public medical school. Acta Medica Philippina. https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.vi0.8599
Eastwick, P. W., Sparks, J., Finkel, E. J., Meza, E. M., Adamkovič, M., Adu, P., ...Labor, P. D.,... & Coles, N. A. (2024). A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128(1), 123–146. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000524
Hamamura, T., Clemente, J. A. R., English, A. S., Ishii, K., & Siddiqui, R. N. (2024). Internationalising imperatives and decolonising aspirations: Navigating social psychology teaching in Asia. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 27(4), 911-922. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12647
Ledgerwood, A., ... Montilla Doble, L. J., ... & Zou, L. X. (2024). Disrupting racism and global exclusion in academic publishing: Recommendations and resources for authors, reviewers, and editors. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1), 121394. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.121394
Puthillam, A., Montilla Doble, L. J., ... Kapoor, H. (2024). Guidelines to improve internationalization in the psychological sciences. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(1), e12847. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12847
Aguirre, A. C., Ong, M.G., Maturan, P., Labor, P., Santiago, J., Quiñones, D., & Gastardo-Conaco, M. (2023). Reclaiming the Narrative: Online Discourses of Post-Pandemic Futures. NRCP Research Journal, 22(1), 1-27.
Capulong, A. dG., & Clemente, J. A. R. (2023). Digital media practices among infants and toddlers based on Filipino mothers’ self-reports. Plaridel. https://doi.org/10.52518/2023-03cplcmt
Kirkland, K., Crimston, C. R., Jetten, J., Rudnev, M., Acevedo-Triana, C., Amiot, C. E., Ausmees, L., Baguma, P., Barry, O., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Boonyasiriwat, W., Castelain, T., Costantini, G., Dimdins, G., Espinosa, A., Finchilescu, G., Fischer, R., Friese, M., Gastardo-Conaco, M. C., … Bastian, B. (2023). Moral Expansiveness Around the World: The Role of Societal Factors Across 36 Countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(3), 305–318. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221101767
Gardiner, G., Lee, D. I., Baranski, E., Funder, D. C., Beramendi, M., Bastian, B., Neubauer, A., Cortez, D., Roth, E., Torres, A., Zanini, D. S., Petkova, K., Tracy, J., Amiot, C., Pelletier-Dumas, M., González, R., Rosenbluth, A., Salgado, S., Guan, Y.,...Gastardo-Conaco, M. C.,Quiñones, D. M. A.,… Thi Thu Bui, H. (2023). The economic well-being of nations is associated with positive daily situational experiences. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 4, 100088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100088
Labor, P. D. P., & Gastardo-Conaco, M. C. C. (2023). Differential Forgiveness Perspectives and their Implications on Bangsamoro-Christian Conflict Resolution. Philippine Political Science Journal, 44(2), 180–203. https://doi.org/10.1163/2165025x-bja10048
Teng-Calleja, M., Bertulfo, D. J., & Clemente, J. A. R. (2023). Closing the Capability Gap in Tackling Precarious Work. In Tackling Precarious Work (pp. 174-199). Routledge.
Dumaop, D. S., A. , Quiñones, D. M. A., & Silvestre, J. (2022). Cultivating Democratic Citizenship, Political Views, and Filipino Social Identification in Philippine Elections and Beyond. DLSU-JRIG Policy Briefs. DLSU-Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance.
Dejonckheere, E., Rhee, J. J., Baguma, P. K., Barry, O., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Castelain, T., Costantini, G., Dimdins, G., Espinosa, A., Finchilescu, G., Friese, M., Gastardo-Conaco, M. C., Gómez, A., González, R., Goto, N., Halama, P., Hurtado-Parrado, C., Jiga-Boy, G. M., . . . Bastian, B. (2022). Perceiving societal pressure to be happy is linked to poor well-being, especially in happy nations. Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04262-z
Felipe-Dimog, E. B., Tumulak, M. J. R., Laurino, M. Y., Daack-Hirsch, S., Silao, C. L. T., Gastardo-Conaco, M. C. G., Padilla, C. D., & Estacio, L. R. (2022). Beliefs on the causes of birth defects as perceived by mothers of children with birth defects in a tertiary care hospital in the Philippines. Journal of Community Genetics, 13(2), 183–191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-021-00543-2
Gastardo-Conaco, M. C., Quinain, K., Ilustrisimo, R., Labor, P. D., Aguirre, A. & Quiñones, D.M. (2022). Filipino Psycho-emotional States and Behaviors at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Montilla Doble, L. J. (2022). Sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics: A primer. (B. N. Senga, & M. A. Villaceran, Eds.). UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. https://cws.up.edu.ph/?p=2441
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
Tuazon, A. C. A., & Clemente, J. A. R. (2022). Colonial mentality and mental health help-seeking attitudes: Testing a mediation model on Filipino Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 13(1), 41–50. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000243
Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Lee, D., Funder, D. C., & Members of the International Situations Project. (2021). Who in the world is trying to change their personality traits? Volitional personality change among college students in six continents. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121(5), 1140–1156. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000389
Labor, P. D. P., & Gastardo-Conaco, M. C. C. (2021). Viewing Your Kapwa: Elaboration of a Social-Relational Construct through Language. Philippine Social Science Journal, 4(4), 10–19. https://doi.org/10.52006/main.v4i4.418
Steltenpohl, C. N., Montilla Doble, L. J., ... Darda, K. (2021). Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science Global Engagement Task Force report. Collabra: Psychology, 7(1), 22968. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.22968
Teng-Calleja, M., Clemente, J. A. R., Menguito, M. L., & Bertulfo, D. J. (2021). Toward the pursuit of what people value: Determining a living wage based on capability gaps. InternationalPerspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 10(2), 59–73. https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000007
Yabut, H. J., Dumaop, D. S., A., Simpao, A. C. S.,Quiñones, D. M. A., & Silvestre, J. (2021). Voting Intention of Filipinos amid the Pandemic. DLSU-JRIG Policy Briefs. DLSU-Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance.