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2026

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D-Index
88
Citations
29544
World Ranking
1033
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Chris G. Sibley is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research output spans multiple areas within the social sciences and psychology, with a focus on social psychology and political psychology subfields. Their academic work reflects an extensive publication record and collaborations with several frequent coauthors.

Sibley's main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Their specialized subfields are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Gender Studies

The main topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Among their most cited recent papers are:

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being (2020), published in American Psychologist
  • Ten-year panel data confirm generation gap but climate beliefs increase at similar rates across ages (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • The dual evolutionary foundations of political ideology (2020), published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • The psychological causes and societal consequences of authoritarianism (2023), published in Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Abortion Attitudes: An Overview of Demographic and Ideological Differences (2022), published in Political Psychology

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Danny Osborne
  • Joseph Bulbulia
  • Kumar Yogeeswaran
  • Kieren J. Lilly
  • Taciano L. Milfont

Sibley publishes regularly in the following journals:

  • Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • British Journal of Social Psychology

Best Publications

  • Personality and Prejudice: A Meta-Analysis and Theoretical Review:

    Christopher Sibley;John Duckitt

  • Personality, ideology, prejudice, and politics: a dual-process motivational model

    John Duckitt;Christopher Sibley

  • The Contact Caveat Negative Contact Predicts Increased Prejudice More Than Positive Contact Predicts Reduced Prejudice

    Fiona Kate Barlow;Stefania Paolini;Anne Pedersen;Matthew J. Hornsey

  • Reliability and Validity of the Revised Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR-R) Self-Report Measure of Adult Romantic Attachment

    Chris G. Sibley;Ronald Fischer;James H. Liu

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being.

    Chris G. Sibley;Lara M. Greaves;Nicole Satherley;Marc S. Wilson

  • Right wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation and the dimensions of generalized prejudice

    John Duckitt;Chris G. Sibley

  • A Dual-Process Motivational Model of Ideology, Politics, and Prejudice

    John Duckitt;Chris G. Sibley

  • Short-term temporal stability and factor structure of the revised experiences in close relationships (ECR-R) measure of adult attachment

    Chris G. Sibley;James H. Liu

  • The big five personality traits and environmental engagement: Associations at the individual and societal level

    Taciano L. Milfont;Chris G. Sibley

  • Teachers' explicit expectations and implicit prejudiced attitudes to educational achievement: Relations with student achievement and the ethnic achievement gap

    E.R. Peterson;C. Rubie-Davies;D. Osborne;C. Sibley

  • Right‐wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation and the dimensions of generalized prejudice: A longitudinal test

    Frank Asbrock;Chris G. Sibley;John Duckitt

  • Personality and political orientation: Meta‐analysis and test of a threat‐constraint model.

    Chris G. Sibley;Danny Osborne;John Duckitt

  • Antecedents of Men’s Hostile and Benevolent Sexism: The Dual Roles of Social Dominance Orientation and Right-Wing Authoritarianism

    Chris G. Sibley;Marc S. Wilson;John Duckitt

  • Nations' income inequality predicts ambivalence in stereotype content: How societies mind the gap

    Federica Durante;Susan T Fiske;Nicolas Kervyn;Amy J C Cuddy

  • Dangerous and competitive worldviews: A meta-analysis of their associations with Social Dominance Orientation and Right-Wing Authoritarianism

    Ryan Perry;Chris G. Sibley;John Duckitt

  • Regulating Partners in Intimate Relationships: The Costs and Benefits of Different Communication Strategies

    Nickola C. Overall;Garth J. O. Fletcher;Jeffry A. Simpson;Chris G. Sibley

  • You're inferior and not worth our concern: the interface between empathy and social dominance orientation.

    Jim Sidanius;Nour Kteily;Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington;Arnold K Ho

  • Effects of Dangerous and Competitive Worldviews on Right‐Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation over a Five‐Month Period

    Chris G. Sibley;Marc S. Wilson;John Duckitt

  • Social connectedness improves public mental health: Investigating bidirectional relationships in the New Zealand attitudes and values survey:

    Alexander K Saeri;Tegan Cruwys;Fiona Kate Barlow;Samantha Stronge

  • Protesting to challenge or defend the system? A system justification perspective on collective action.

    Danny Osborne;John T. Jost;Julia C. Becker;Vivienne Badaan

  • Faith after an earthquake: a longitudinal study of religion and perceived health before and after the 2011 Christchurch New Zealand Earthquake

    Chris G. Sibley;Joseph Bulbulia

  • A teacher expectation intervention: Modelling the practices of high expectation teachers

    Christine M. Rubie-Davies;Elizabeth R. Peterson;Chris G. Sibley;Robert Rosenthal

Frequent Co-Authors

Danny Osborne
Danny Osborne University of Auckland
Fiona Kate Barlow
Fiona Kate Barlow University of Queensland
John Duckitt
John Duckitt University of Auckland
James H. Liu
James H. Liu Massey University
Marc S. Wilson
Marc S. Wilson Victoria University of Wellington
Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Nickola C. Overall
Nickola C. Overall University of Auckland
Matthew J. Hornsey
Matthew J. Hornsey University of Queensland
Jim Sidanius
Jim Sidanius Harvard University
Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer Victoria University of Wellington

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