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Valdiney Veloso Gouveia

Valdiney Veloso Gouveia

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Psychology
Brazil
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
47
Citations
10219
World Ranking
6121
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Valdiney Veloso Gouveia is affiliated with the Federal University of Paraíba in Brazil and has a substantial body of work primarily within psychology and social sciences. Their research contributions span various subfields, including clinical psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, and applied psychology.

The scientist's research interests cover several main topics, notably personality traits and psychology, cultural differences and values, social and intergroup psychology, behavioral health and interventions, attachment and relationship dynamics, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Valdiney Veloso Gouveia include:

  • "Country-level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries," 2020, Journal of Personality
  • "Structure of Dark Triad Dirty Dozen Across Eight World Regions," 2020, Assessment
  • "Age and gender differences in human values: A 20-nation study," 2020, Psychology and Aging
  • "A Short Version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI-20): Evidence on Construct Validity," 2021, Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology
  • "The Bright Side of the Human Personality: Evidence of a Measure of Prosocial Traits," 2020, Journal of Happiness Studies

Valdiney's frequent coauthors are:

  • Gabriel Lins de Holanda Coelho
  • Renan Pereira Monteiro
  • Alessandro Teixeira Rezende
  • Gleidson Diego Lopes Loureto
  • Roosevelt Vilar

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as PsycTESTS Dataset, Current Psychology, Psico-USF, Personality and Individual Differences, and Psico.

In addition to journal articles, Valdiney Veloso Gouveia has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Editora BAGAI eBooks titled "PESQUISAS E ESTUDOS EM PSICOLOGIA: Ciência, Profissão e Ensino (Vol. 4)," expected in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Values and their Relationship to Environmental Concern and Conservation Behavior

    P. Wesley Schultz;Valdiney V. Gouveia;Linda D. Cameron;Geetika Tankha

  • 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

  • A natureza motivacional dos valores humanos: evidências acerca de uma nova tipologia

    Valdiney V. Gouveia

  • 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

  • Teoria funcionalista dos valores humanos

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

  • The Horizontal and Vertical Attributes of Individualism and Collectivism in a Spanish Population

    Valdiney V Gouveia;Miguel Clemente;Pablo Espinosa

  • Patterns of Value Change During the Life Span Some Evidence From a Functional Approach to Values

    Valdiney V. Gouveia;Kátia C. Vione;Taciano L. Milfont;Ronald Fischer

  • La naturaleza de los valores descriptores del individualismo y del colectivismo: Una comparación intra e intercultural

    Valdiney Veloso Gouveia

  • Valores humanos como explicadores de atitudes ambientais e intenção de comportamento pró-ambiental

    Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho;Valdiney Veloso Gouveia;Valdiney Veloso Gouveia;Taciano Lemos Milfont;Taciano Lemos Milfont

  • A estrutura e o conteúdo universais dos valores humanos: análise fatorial confirmatória da tipologia de Schwartz

    Valdiney V. Gouveia;Eva Martínez;Maja Meira;Taciano Milfont Lemos

  • A utilização do QSG-12 na população geral: estudo de sua validade de construto

    Valdiney V. Gouveia;Sandra Souza da S. Chaves;Isabel Cristina Possatti de Oliveira;Mardonio Rique Dias

  • Human values and social identities: A study in two collectivist cultures

    Valdiney V. Gouveia;Francisco José B. de Albuquerque;Miguel Clemente;Pablo Espinosa

  • Teoria funcionalista dos valores humanos: aplicações para organizações

    Valdiney V. Gouveia;Taciano L. Milfont;Ronald Fischer;Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho

  • Cross-Cultural Evidence for Spatial Bias in Beliefs About the Severity of Environmental Problems

    P. Wesley Schultz;Taciano L. Milfont;Randie C. Chance;Giuseppe Tronu

  • Does Social Context Affect Value Structures? Testing the Within-Country Stability of Value Structures With a Functional Theory of Values

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

  • Escala de desejabilidade social de Marlowe-Crowne: evidencias de sua validade fatorial e consistencia interna

    Valdiney V. Gouveia;Valeschka Martins Guerra;Deliane Macedo Farias de Sousa;Walberto S. Santos

  • Questionario de saude geral de Goldberg (QSG): adaptacao brasileira

    Luiz Pasquali;Valdiney Veloso Gouveia;Wagner Bandeira Andriola;Fabio Jesus Miranda

  • On the Relation Between Social Dominance Orientation and Environmentalism: A 25-Nation Study

    Taciano l. Milfont;Paul Bain;Yoshihisa Kashima;Victor Corral-Verdugo

  • Teoría Funcionalista de los Valores Humanos en España: Comprobación de las Hipótesis de Contenido y Estructura

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Paul G. Bain
Paul G. Bain University of Bath
Peter K. Jonason
Peter K. Jonason VIZJA University
Yoshihisa Kashima
Yoshihisa Kashima University of Melbourne
P. Wesley Schultz
P. Wesley Schultz Claremont Graduate University
Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer Victoria University of Wellington
Shanmukh V. Kamble
Shanmukh V. Kamble Karnatak University
John Maltby
John Maltby University of Leicester
Gregory R. Maio
Gregory R. Maio University of Bath
Yanjun Guan
Yanjun Guan Durham University

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