Magdalena Adamus
Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University
Assistant Professor
Institute of Experimental Psychology; Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Research specialist
Recent papers
Adamus, M. et al. (2024). The mediating effect of institutional trust in the relationship between precarity and conspiracy beliefs: A conceptual replication of Adam-Troian et al. (2023). British Journal of Social Psychology. n.d. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12725
Grežo, M., Adamus, M., & Tencerová, J. (2024). Palliative and hegemonic aspects of conservatism: The mitigating role of institutional trust in shaping attitudes towards migrants and migration policy preferences. Frontiers in Psychology. 15(2024). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1308990
Adamus, M. & Ballová Mikušková, Eva. (2024). Gender discrimination and the backlash effect in recruitment and dismissal processes: experimental evidence from Slovakia", Gender in Management, 39(1), pp. 107-129. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-01-2022-0002. Q1, IF: 3.7.
Adamus, M., Šrol, J., Čavojova, V., & Ballová Mikušková, E. (2023). Seeing past the tip of your own nose? How outward and self-centred orientations could contribute to closing the green gap despite helplessness. BMC Psychology. 11, 79 (open access). , Scopus, Q1, IF: 2.588.
Adamus, M., Čavojova, V., & Ballová Mikušková, E. (2023). Emotional drivers of the vaccination hesitancy and refusal: a dataset from Slovakia. Data in Brief. April, 108980. (URL). Indexed in WOS, Scopus, Q4.
Adamus, M., Čavojova, V., & Ballová Mikušková, E. (2022). Fear trumps the common good: Psychological antecedents of vaccination attitudes and behaviour. Acta Psychologica, vol. 227, 103606 (URL). Indexed in WOS (current contents), Scopus, Q1, IF: 1.734
Čavojova, V., Adamus, M., & Ballová Mikušková, E. (2022). You before me: How vertical collectivism and feelings of threat predicted more socially desirable behavior during COVID-19 pandemic. Current Psychology, n.d. (URL). Indexed in WOS (current contents), Scopus, Q2, IF: 4.297
Grežo, M. & Adamus, M. (2022). Light and Dark core of personality and the adherence to COVID-19 containment measures: The roles of motivation and trust in government. Acta Psychologica, vol. 223, 103483. (URL). Indexed in WOS (current contents), Scopus, Q1, IF: 1.734
Research interests
Driven by philosophical studies on rationality and decision-making, I have widened my education and fields of interests to psychology and economics to integrate these three disciplines into a broader, interdisciplinary approach. To enhance my insights into behavioural and experimental economics, as well as into psychology, I have studied not only economic but also psychological aspects of decision-making processes. My long-term goal is to integrate my previous experiences in philosophy and establish a specific research niche of experimental economics inspired not only by psychology but also by philosophical reflection on key issues such as gender and values.
Main research areas
conspiracy beliefs and conspiracy theory;
structural factors enhancing conspiracy beliefs
gender studies;
prosocial behaviour and ethical aspects of economic and proenvironmental behaviour;
behavioural economics (decision-making, rationality, risk-taking);