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Overview

Tamar Saguy is an academic affiliated with Reichman University in Israel, with a research focus spanning social sciences and psychology. Their work engages deeply with aspects of social and intergroup psychology, particularly emphasizing cultural differences, moral and emotional judgment, and gender studies.

The primary fields of study in which Tamar Saguy publishes include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Subfields of emphasis encompass sociology and political science, social psychology, gender studies, cognitive neuroscience, and political science and international relations.

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Gender Studies
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Political Science and International Relations

The scientist's notable research topics cover social and intergroup psychology, cultural differences and values, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, and several gender-related themes such as gender diversity, inequality, roles, identity studies, and gender politics and representation. They have also contributed to research on terrorism, counterterrorism, and political violence.

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

Tamar Saguy's recent publications include:

  • "The gender-binary cycle: the perpetual relations between a biological-essentialist view of gender, gender ideology, and gender-labelling and sorting" (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Disrupting the system constructively: Testing the effectiveness of nonnormative nonviolent collective action." (2020), published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "Views of sexual assault following #MeToo: The role of gender and individual differences" (2020), published in Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Protest movements involving limited violence can sometimes be effective: Evidence from the 2020 BlackLivesMatter protests" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "With or without you: The paradoxical role of identification in predicting joint and ingroup collective action in intergroup conflict" (2020), published in European Journal of Social Psychology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Eran Halperin (13 publications)
  • Eric Shuman (9 publications)
  • Martijn van Zomeren (7 publications)
  • Michal Reifen-Tagar (5 publications)
  • Hanna Szekeres (4 publications)

Tamar Saguy has published regularly in key academic venues such as Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, European Journal of Social Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, and PLoS ONE.

  • Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • British Journal of Social Psychology
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Commonality and the Complexity of “We”: Social Attitudes and Social Change:

    John F. Dovidio;Samuel L. Gaertner;Tamar Saguy

  • The Irony of Harmony Intergroup Contact Can Produce False Expectations for Equality

    Tamar Saguy;Nicole Tausch;John F. Dovidio;Felicia Pratto

  • Another view of “we”: Majority and minority group perspectives on a common ingroup identity

    John F. Dovidio;Samuel L. Gaertner;Tamar Saguy

  • Beyond Contact: Intergroup Contact in the Context of Power Relations

    Tamar Saguy;John F. Dovidio;Felicia Pratto

  • Believing in “making a difference” to collective efforts: Participative efficacy beliefs as a unique predictor of collective action:

    Martijn van Zomeren;Tamar Saguy;Fabian M. H. Schellhaas

  • Empathy and intergroup relations.

    John F. Dovidio;James D. Johnson;Samuel L. Gaertner;Adam R. Pearson

  • Interacting Like a Body Objectification Can Lead Women to Narrow Their Presence in Social Interactions

    Tamar Saguy;Diane M. Quinn;John F. Dovidio;Felicia Pratto

  • Included but Invisible? Subtle Bias, Common Identity, and the Darker Side of “We”

    John F. Dovidio;Samuel L. Gaertner;Elze Gooitzen Ufkes;Tamar Saguy

  • How group-based emotions are shaped by collective emotions: evidence for emotional transfer and emotional burden.

    Amit Goldenberg;Tamar Saguy;Eran Halperin

  • How Does Intergroup Contact Affect Social Change? Its Impact on Collective Action and Individual Mobility Intentions among Members of a Disadvantaged Group

    Nicole Tausch;Tamar Saguy;Jeff Bryson

  • Cooperation and Conflict within Groups: Bridging Intragroup and Intergroup Processes

    John F. Dovidio;Tamar Saguy;Nurit Shnabel

  • Recategorization and Prosocial Behavior

    John F. Dovidio;Samuel L. Gaertner;Nurit Shnabel;Tamar Saguy

  • Intergroup contact can undermine disadvantaged group members' attributions to discrimination☆

    Tamar Saguy;Lily Chernyak-Hai

  • Emotion Regulation and the Cultivation of Political Tolerance Searching for a New Track for Intervention

    Eran Halperin;Ruthie Pliskin;Tamar Saguy;Varda Liberman

  • A common ingroup identity: Categorization, identity, and intergroup relations.

    Samuel L. Gaertner;John F. Dovidio;Rita Guerra;Eric Hehman

  • Bias against research on gender bias

    Aleksandra Cislak;Magdalena Formanowicz;Tamar Saguy

  • Negotiating power: agenda ordering and the willingness to negotiate in asymmetric intergroup conflicts.

    Nour S. Kteily;Tamar Saguy;James Sidanius;Donald M. Taylor

  • Exposure to Outgroup Members Criticizing Their Own Group Facilitates Intergroup Openness

    Tamar Saguy;Eran Halperin

  • The gender-binary cycle: the perpetual relations between a biological-essentialist view of gender, gender ideology, and gender-labelling and sorting.

    Tamar Saguy;Michal Reifen-Tagar;Daphna Joel

  • Insecure Status Relations Shape Preferences for the Content of Intergroup Contact

    Tamar Saguy;John F. Dovidio

  • A Darker Side of Hope: Harmony-Focused Hope Decreases Collective Action Intentions Among the Disadvantaged.

    Siwar Hasan-Aslih;Ruthie Pliskin;Martijn van Zomeren;Eran Halperin

  • Power, negotiations, and the anticipation of intergroup encounters

    Tamar Saguy;Nour Kteily

Frequent Co-Authors

Eran Halperin
Eran Halperin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
John F. Dovidio
John F. Dovidio Yale University
Martijn van Zomeren
Martijn van Zomeren University of Groningen
Samuel L. Gaertner
Samuel L. Gaertner University of Delaware
Felicia Pratto
Felicia Pratto University of Connecticut
James J. Gross
James J. Gross Stanford University
Ángel Gómez
Ángel Gómez National University of Distance Education
William B. Swann
William B. Swann The University of Texas at Austin
Brock Bastian
Brock Bastian University of Melbourne
Michał Bilewicz
Michał Bilewicz University of Warsaw

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