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. (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
Bilon, X. J., & Clemente, J. A. R. (2023). What predicts homonegativity in Southeast Asian countries? Evidence from the World Values Survey. Psychology and Sexuality, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2023.2296591
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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