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Taciano L. Milfont

Taciano L. Milfont

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Psychology
New Zealand
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
74
Citations
23464
World Ranking
1867
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - 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

Taciano L. Milfont is affiliated with the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, particularly focusing on psychology and environmental science.

The main fields of study for Taciano L. Milfont include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader fields, their work delves into several subfields of study, such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Applied Psychology

The primary topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Some recent publications highlight the range and focus of their research interests:

  • "Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being.", 2020, American Psychologist
  • "Towards cross-cultural environmental psychology: A state-of-the-art review and recommendations", 2020, Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey", 2021, Royal Society Open Science
  • "Ten-year panel data confirm generation gap but climate beliefs increase at similar rates across ages", 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Country-level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries", 2020, Journal of Personality

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Chris G. Sibley
  • Anna Włodarczyk
  • Danny Osborne
  • Marta Kowal
  • Angélique M. Blackburn

Taciano L. Milfont's research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PLoS ONE
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • Testing measurement invariance across groups: applications in cross-cultural research.

    Taciano L. Milfont;Ronald Fischer

  • The environmental attitudes inventory: A valid and reliable measure to assess the structure of environmental attitudes

    Taciano L. Milfont;John Duckitt

  • Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings

    Richard A. Klein;Michelangelo Vianello;Fred Hasselman;Byron G. Adams

  • The use (and abuse) of the new environmental paradigm scale over the last 30 years: A meta-analysis

    Lucy J. Hawcroft;Taciano L. Milfont

  • 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

  • The structure of environmental attitudes: A first- and second-order confirmatory factor analysis

    Taciano L. Milfont;Taciano L. Milfont;John Duckitt

  • Beyond the 'east-west' dichotomy: Global variation in cultural models of selfhood.

    Vivian L. Vignoles;Ellinor Owe;Maja Becker;Peter B. Smith

  • A Global Look at Time: A 24-Country Study of the Equivalence of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory

    Anna Sircova;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Evgeny Osin;Taciano L. Milfont

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

    Taciano L. Milfont;Chris G. Sibley

  • Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the world

    Paul G. Bain;Paul G. Bain;Taciano L. Milfont;Yoshihisa Kashima;Michał Bilewicz

  • Time perspective and values: An exploratory study of their relations to environmental attitudes

    Taciano L. Milfont;Taciano L. Milfont;Valdiney V. Gouveia

  • The Interplay Between Knowledge, Perceived Efficacy, and Concern About Global Warming and Climate Change: A One-Year Longitudinal Study

    Taciano L. Milfont

  • A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Motive Concerns and Their Implications for Proenvironmental Behavior:

    Taciano L. Milfont;John Duckitt;Linda D. Cameron

  • Relational mobility predicts social behaviors in 39 countries and is tied to historical farming and threat

    Robert Thomson;Masaki Yuki;Thomas Talhelm;Joanna Schug

  • Time perspective and environmental engagement: A meta‐analysis

    Taciano L. Milfont;Jessie Wilson;Pollyane Diniz

  • Burnout and Wellbeing : Testing the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory in New Zealand Teachers

    Taciano L. Milfont;Simon Denny;Shanthi Ameratunga;Elizabeth Robinson

  • Functional theory of human values: Testing its content and structure hypotheses

    Valdiney V. Gouveia;Taciano L. Milfont;Valeschka M. Guerra

  • Life Satisfaction in Brazil: Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) in Five Brazilian Samples

    Valdiney V. Gouveia;Taciano L. Milfont;Taciano L. Milfont;Patrícia Nunes da Fonseca;Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho

  • A Cross-Cultural Test of the Value–Attitude–Behavior Hierarchy

    Taciano L. Milfont;John Duckitt;Claire Wagner

  • The effects of social desirability on self-reported environmental attitudes and ecological behaviour

    Taciano L. Milfont

  • Teoria funcionalista dos valores humanos

    Valdiney V. Gouveia;Taciano L. Milfont;Ronald David Fischer;Walberto S. Santos

Frequent Co-Authors

Valdiney Veloso Gouveia
Valdiney Veloso Gouveia Federal University of Paraíba
Chris G. Sibley
Chris G. Sibley University of Auckland
Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer Victoria University of Wellington
Simon Denny
Simon Denny University of Auckland
Marc S. Wilson
Marc S. Wilson Victoria University of Wellington
John Duckitt
John Duckitt University of Auckland
Paul G. Bain
Paul G. Bain University of Bath
Masaki Yuki
Masaki Yuki Hokkaido University
Yoshihisa Kashima
Yoshihisa Kashima University of Melbourne
P. Wesley Schultz
P. Wesley Schultz Claremont Graduate University

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