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Manuela Barreto is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences and psychology, with a focus on social psychology, sociology and political science, general health professions, health, and gender studies.

Their work covers a range of topics including health disparities and outcomes, LGBTQ health, identity and policy, social and intergroup psychology, gender roles and identity studies, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, aging and gerontology research, and gender diversity and inequality.

Barreto has contributed significantly to academic literature, with prominent recent papers such as:

  • Loneliness around the world: Age, gender, and cultural differences in loneliness (2020), published in Personality and Individual Differences
  • Exploring the nature and variation of the stigma associated with loneliness (2022), published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Benevolent and hostile sexism in a shifting global context (2022), published in Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Changing the narrative: Loneliness as a social justice issue (2024), published in Political Psychology

In addition to these, Barreto was a co-author on a 2023 publication titled A systematic review of psychosocial functioning changes after gender-affirming hormone therapy among transgender people in Nature Human Behaviour.

Their frequent collaborators include Pamela Qualter, David Matthew Doyle, Christina Victor, Claudia Hammond, and Jolien van Breen.

Manuela Barreto's work appears regularly in several academic journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • British Journal of Social Psychology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Social Issues
  • European Journal of Social Psychology

The research contributions by Barreto emphasize diverse aspects of social experience, examining cultural, gender, and health dimensions in social contexts. Their interdisciplinary approach spans psychology and social sciences, addressing contemporary issues such as loneliness, stigma, sexism, gender identity, and social justice considerations.

Best Publications

  • Group virtue: The importance of morality (vs. competence and sociability) in the positive evaluation of in-groups.

    Colin Wayne Leach;Naomi Ellemers;Manuela Barreto

  • Loneliness around the world: Age, gender, and cultural differences in loneliness.

    Manuela Barreto;Christina Victor;Claudia Hammond;Alice Eccles

  • The burden of benevolent sexism: how it contributes to the maintenance of gender inequalities

    Manuela Barreto;Naomi Ellemers

  • The glass ceiling in the 21st century: understanding barriers to gender equality

    Manuela da Costa Barreto;Michelle K. Ryan;Michael T. Schmitt

  • Hidden costs of hiding stigma: Ironic interpersonal consequences of concealing a stigmatized identity in social interactions

    Anna-Kaisa Newheiser;Manuela Barreto;Manuela Barreto

  • Morality and behavioural regulation in groups: A social identity approach

    Naomi Ellemers;Stefano Pagliaro;Manuela Barreto

  • You Can’t Always Do What You Want: Social Identity and Self-Presentational Determinants of the Choice to Work for a Low-Status Group

    Manuela Barreto;Naomi Ellemers

  • The Perils of Political Correctness: Men's and Women's Responses to Old-Fashioned and Modern Sexist Views

    Manuela Barreto;Naomi Ellemers

  • Experiences of Loneliness Associated with Being an Informal Caregiver: A Qualitative Investigation

    Konstantina Vasileiou;Julie Barnett;Manuela Barreto;Manuela Barreto;John Vines

  • The effects of being categorised: The interplay between internal and external social identities

    Manuela Barreto;Naomi Ellemers

  • Is it better to be moral than smart? The effects of morality and competence norms on the decision to work at group status improvement.

    Naomi Ellemers;Stefano Pagliaro;Manuela Barreto;Colin Wayne Leach

  • How nice of us and how dumb of me: The effect of exposure to benevolent sexism on women’s task and relational self-descriptions.

    Manuela Barreto;Naomi Ellemers;Laura Piebinga;Miguel Moya

  • Collective Action in Modern Times: How Modern Expressions of Prejudice Prevent Collective Action

    Naomi Ellemers;Manuela Barreto

  • CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A SOURCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL MORALITY, EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT AND SATISFACTION

    Naomi Ellemers;Lotte Kingma;Jorgen van de Burgt;Manuela Barreto

  • Sharing Moral Values: Anticipated Ingroup Respect as a Determinant of Adherence to Morality-Based (but Not Competence-Based) Group Norms

    Stefano Pagliaro;Naomi Ellemers;Manuela Barreto

  • Working under cover: performance-related self-confidence among members of contextually devalued groups who try to pass

    Manuela Barreto;Naomi Ellemers;Serena Banal

  • The Impact of Respect Versus Neglect of Self-Identities on Identification and Group Loyalty

    Manuela Barreto;Naomi Ellemers

  • The Impact of Relative Group Status: Affective, Perceptual and Behavioral Consequences

    Naomi Ellemers;Manuela Barreto

  • Ways to Go: Men's and Women's Support for Aggressive and Nonaggressive Confrontation of Sexism as a Function of Gender Identification

    Julia C. Becker;Manuela Barreto

  • Who wants to know? The effect of audience on identity expression among minority group members

    Manuela Barreto;Russell Spears;Naomi Ellemers;Khosrow Shahinper

Frequent Co-Authors

Naomi Ellemers
Naomi Ellemers Utrecht University
Colin Wayne Leach
Colin Wayne Leach Barnard College
Pamela Qualter
Pamela Qualter University of Manchester
Natalia Lawrence
Natalia Lawrence University of Exeter
Daan Scheepers
Daan Scheepers Leiden University
Russell Spears
Russell Spears University of Groningen
Anke Karl
Anke Karl University of Exeter
Cheryl R. Kaiser
Cheryl R. Kaiser University of Washington
Michelle K. Ryan
Michelle K. Ryan University of Exeter
Karen A. Jehn
Karen A. Jehn University of Melbourne

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