Dr Belen Alvarez Werth
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Business
Journal Articles
Leal, Ana, van Zomeren, Martijn, Gonzalez, Roberto, Gordijn, Ernestine, Carozzi, Pia, Reifen-Tagar, Michal, Alvarez, Belen, Frigolett, Cristian and Halperin, Eran (2024). Attitude moralization in the context of collective action: how participation in collective action may foster moralization over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000486
Ionescu, Octavia, Mols, Frank, Álvarez, Belén, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Crimston, Charlie and Jetten, Jolanda (2024). “We’re not as great as we used to be”: Perceived national status threat and the desire for strong leaders. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 28 (1), 29-49. doi: 10.1177/13684302241265236
Álvarez, Belén, Jetten, Jolanda, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, González, Roberto and Carvacho, Héctor (2024). Identifying different ‘types’ of participants in the Chilean student movement: A latent transition analysis of collective action intentions, social class and movement identification. Political Psychology, 45 (1), 151-173. doi: 10.1111/pops.12918
La Rue, Crystal J., Steffens, Niklas K., Werth, Belén Álvarez, Bentley, Sarah V. and Haslam, Catherine (2023). A latent profile analysis of the nature of social group memberships and their contribution to retirement outcomes. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63 (2), 591-613. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12694
Carvacho, Héctor, González, Roberto, Cheyre, Manuel, Rocha, Carolina, Cornejo, Marcela, Jiménez-Moya, Gloria, Manzi, Jorge, Álvarez-Dezerega, Catalina, Álvarez, Belén, Castro, Diego, Varela, Micaela, Valdenegro, Daniel, Drury, John and Livingstone, Andrew (2023). When social movements fail or succeed: social psychological consequences of a collective action’s outcome. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 1155950, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1155950
Jetten, Jolanda, Zhao, Chongting, Álvarez, Belén, Kaempf, Sebastian and Mols, Frank (2023). Trying to unplug for 24 hours: conspiracy mentality predicts social isolation and negative emotions when refraining from internet use. advances.in/psychology, 1 (1). doi: 10.56296/aip00003
Bentley, Sarah V., Young, Tarli, Álvarez, Belén, Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador, Crimston, Charlie R., Dare, Michael, Ionescu, Octavia, Krug, Henning, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida, Steffens, Niklas K., Wang, Zhechen and Wibisono, Susilo (2022). Double jeopardy: How lower levels of support during COVID-19 exacerbated the relationship between loneliness and distress. Frontiers in Public Health, 10 976443, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.976443
Jiménez-Moya, Gloria, Carvacho, Héctor, Álvarez, Belén, Contreras, Camila and González, Roberto (2022). Is support for feminism enough for change? How sexism and gender stereotypes might hinder gender justice. Frontiers in Psychology, 13 912941, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.912941
Crimston, Charlie R., Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Álvarez, Belén, Jetten, Jolanda, Bentley, Sarah, Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador, Ionescu, Octavia, Krug, Henning, Steffens, Niklas K., Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida and Wibisono, Susilo (2022). Cracks before the crisis: polarization prior to COVID‐19 predicts increased collective angst and economic pessimism. European Journal of Social Psychology, 52 (4), 669-678. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2845
Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida, Álvarez, Belén, Jetten, Jolanda, Bentley, Sarah V., Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador, Crimston, Charlie R., Ionescu, Octavia, Jarukasemthawee, Somboon, Krug, Henning, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Steffens, Niklas K., Wang, Zhechen and Wibisono, Susilo (2021). Unlocking collective cooperation in the midst of COVID‐19: the role of social support in predicting the social class disparity in cooperation. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61 (3), 940-951. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12514
Jetten, Jolanda, Peters, Kim, Álvarez, Belén, Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador, Dare, Michael, Kirkland, Kelly, Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Sprong, Stefanie, Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida, Wang, Zhechen and Mols, Frank (2021). Consequences of economic inequality for the social and political vitality of society: a social identity analysis. Political Psychology, 42 (S1), 241-266. doi: 10.1111/pops.12800
Pagliaro, Stefano, Sacchi, Simona, Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina, Brambilla, Marco, Lionetti, Francesca, Bettache, Karim, Bianchi, Mauro, Biella, Marco, Bonnot, Virginie, Boza, Mihaela, Butera, Fabrizio, Ceylan-Batur, Suzan, Chong, Kristy, Chopova, Tatiana, Crimston, Charlie R., Alvarez, Belen, Cuadrado, Isabel, Ellemers, Naomi, Formanowicz, Magdalena, Graupmann, Verena, Gkinopoulos, Theofilos, Jeong, Evelyn Hye Kyung, Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga, Jetten, Jolanda, Bin, Kabir Muhib, Mao, Yanhui, McCoy, Christine, Mehnaz, Farah, Minescu, Anca ... Zubieta, Elena (2021). Trust predicts COVID-19 prescribed and discretionary behavioral intentions in 23 countries. PLoS One, 16 (3) e0248334, e0248334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248334
Hornsey, Matthew J., Chapman, Cassandra M., Alvarez, Belen, Bentley, Sarah, Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador, Crimston, Charlie R., Ionescu, Octavia, Krug, Henning, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Steffens, Niklas K. and Jetten, Jolanda (2021). To what extent are conspiracy theorists concerned for self versus others? A COVID‐19 test case. European Journal of Social Psychology, 51 (2) ejsp.2737, 285-293. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2737
Wang, Zhechen, Jetten, Jolanda, Steffens, Niklas K., Álvarez, Belén, Bentley, Sarah V., Salvador Casara, Bruno Gabriel, Crimston, Charlie R., Ionescu, Octavia, Krug, Henning, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida, Wibisono, Susilo, Chen, Shuting, Wang, Jiajun, Zhang, Xin and Sun, Shijin (2021). A world together: global citizen identification as a basis for prosociality in the face of COVID-19. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 26 (1) 13684302211051619, 71-95. doi: 10.1177/13684302211051619
Cornejo, Marcela, Rocha, Carolina, Castro, Diego, Varela, Micaela, Manzi, Jorge, González, Roberto, Jiménez-Moya, Gloria, Carvacho, Héctor, Álvarez, Belén, Valdenegro, Daniel, Cheyre, Manuel and Livingstone, Andrew G. (2021). The intergenerational transmission of participation in collective action: the role of conversation and political practices in the family. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60 (1) bjso.12420, 29-49. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12420
González, Roberto, Alvarez, Belén, Manzi, Jorge, Varela, Micaela, Frigolett, Cristián, Livingstone, Andrew G., Louis, Winnifred, Carvacho, Héctor, Castro, Diego, Cheyre, Manuel, Cornejo, Marcela, Jiménez-Moya, Gloria, Rocha, Carolina and Valdenegro, Daniel (2020). The role of family in the intergenerational transmission of collective action. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12 (6), 856-867. doi: 10.1177/1948550620949378
Lay, Siugmin, Zagefka, Hanna, Gonzalez, Roberto, Alvarez, Belen and Valdenegro, Daniel (2019). Don't forget the group! The importance of social norms and empathy for shaping donation behaviour. International Journal of Psychology, 55 (4), 518-531. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12626
Conference Papers
Edwards, Martin R., Jooss, Stefan, Alvarez Werth, Belen and Steffens, Niklas K. (2024). Effects of high potential designation. 15th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Perth, Australia, 24-26 October 2024.
Dawson, Niamh, Kunzelmann, Arian, Chong, Jane and Alvarez, Belen (2024). Person-Centered Approaches to Diversity And Inclusion Research. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024), Chicago, IL United States, 9-13 August 2024. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/amproc.2024.15774symposium
Thesis
Alvarez Werth, Belen (2024). Why does the upper-class care? Explaining the involvement of the upper-class in actions for social equality. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/ccaeb42