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Antonio Pierro is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics of their work involve Social and Intergroup Psychology, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Cultural Differences and Values, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, and Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion.

Antonio Pierro has authored numerous papers, with recent publications including:

  • "Significance-Quest Theory" (2022), Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence" (2021), PLoS ONE
  • "On the psychology of extremism: How motivational imbalance breeds intemperance." (2020), Psychological Review
  • "Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Frustration-aggression hypothesis reconsidered: The role of significance quest" (2023), Aggressive Behavior

Frequent co-authors contributing to Antonio Pierro's research include Arie W. Kruglanski, Daniela Di Santo, Gennaro Pica, Erica Molinario, and Conrad Baldner.

Their work is often published in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Current Psychology
  • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • The Journal of Social Psychology

Best Publications

  • To "do the right thing" or to "just do it": locomotion and assessment as distinct self-regulatory imperatives.

    Arie W. Kruglanski;Erik P. Thompson;E. Tory Higgins;M. Nadir Atash

  • Groups as epistemic providers: need for closure and the unfolding of group-centrism.

    Arie W. Kruglanski;Antonio Pierro;Lucia Mannetti;Eraldo De Grada

  • The statistical analysis of data from small groups.

    David A. Kenny;Lucia Mannetti;Antonio Pierro;Stefano Livi

  • Recycling: Planned and self-expressive behaviour

    Lucia Mannetti;Antonio Pierro;Stefano Livi

  • Regulatory Mode: Locomotion and Assessment as Distinct Orientations

    E.Tory Higgins;Arie W Kruglanski;Antonio Pierro

  • On “Feeling Right” in Cultural Contexts: How Person-Culture Match Affects Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being

    C. Ashley Fulmer;Michele J. Gelfand;Arie W. Kruglanski;Chu Kim-Prieto

  • Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

    Qing Han;Bang Zheng;Mioara Cristea;Maximilian Agostini

  • The energetics of motivated cognition: a force-field analysis.

    Arie W. Kruglanski;Jocelyn J. Bélanger;Xiaoyan Chen;Catalina Köpetz

  • To "Do the Right Thing" or to "Just Do It": Locomotion and Assessment as Distinct Self-Regulatory Imperatives

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  • Motivated Cognition and Group Interaction: Need for Closure Affects the Contents and Processes of Collective Negotiations

    Eraldo De Grada;Arie W. Kruglanski;Lucia Mannetti;Antonio Pierro

  • Says Who?: Epistemic Authority Effects in Social Judgment

    Arie W. Kruglanski;Amiram Raviv;Daniel Bar-Tal;Alona Raviv

  • The Social Cognition of Immigrants' Acculturation: Effects of the Need for Closure and the Reference Group at Entry.

    Ankica Kosic;Arie W. Kruglanski;Antonio Pierro;Lucia Mannetti

  • When similarity breeds content: need for closure and the allure of homogeneous and self-resembling groups.

    Arie W. Kruglanski;James Y. Shah;Antonio Pierro;Lucia Mannetti

  • The Motivated Gatekeeper of Our Minds: New Directions in Need for Closure Theory and Research

    Arne Roets;Arie W. Kruglanski;Malgorzata Kossowska;Antonio Pierro

  • Bases of social power, leadership styles, and organizational commitment

    Antonio Pierro;Bertram H. Raven;Clara Amato;Jocelyn J. Bélanger

  • Psychological theory testing versus psychometric nay-saying: Comment on Neuberg et al.'s (1997) critique of the Need for Closure Scale.

    Arie W. Kruglanski;M. Nadir Atash;Eraldo DeGrada;Lucia Mannetti

  • Three decades of lay epistemics: The why, how, and who of knowledge formation

    Arie W. Kruglanski;Mark Dechesne;Edward Orehek;Antonio Pierro

  • Construct validity and generalizability of the Carver–White behavioural inhibition system/behavioural activation system scales:

    Luigi Leone;Marco Perugini;Richard P. Bagozzi;Antonio Pierro

  • Effects of need for closure on creativity in small group interactions

    Antonio Chirumbolo;Stefano Livi;Lucia Mannetti;Antonio Pierro

  • Leader group prototypicality and leadership effectiveness: The moderating role of need for cognitive closure

    Antonio Pierro;Lavinia Cicero;Marino Bonaiuto;Daan van Knippenberg

  • A cross-cultural study of the Need for Cognitive Closure Scale: comparing its structure in Croatia, Italy, USA and The Netherlands.

    Lucia Mannetti;Antonio Pierro;Arie Kruglanski;Toon Taris

Frequent Co-Authors

Arie W. Kruglanski
Arie W. Kruglanski University of Maryland, College Park
Lucia Mannetti
Lucia Mannetti Sapienza University of Rome
E. Tory Higgins
E. Tory Higgins Columbia University
Jocelyn J. Bélanger
Jocelyn J. Bélanger New York University
Felicia Pratto
Felicia Pratto University of Connecticut
Daan van Knippenberg
Daan van Knippenberg Rice University
Antonio Chirumbolo
Antonio Chirumbolo Sapienza University of Rome
Michelle K. Ryan
Michelle K. Ryan University of Exeter
Winnifred R. Louis
Winnifred R. Louis University of Queensland
Bertus F. Jeronimus
Bertus F. Jeronimus University of Groningen

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