Thomas Morton

Thomas Morton

Professor

Office hours: Mondays 15:00-16:00

I am a quantitatively-trained social psychologist with interests that span theoretical and applied concerns. My current research centres around specific questions of: (a) how social identities are a lens through which people experience the world and act in it; (b) how people navigate membership in groups that are marginalised or devalued, and express themselves and their identity to others against this backdrop, and; (c) how social group memberships, and social relationships, impact on individual health and well-being. 

Selected publications

  1. Published

    Evaluations of science are robustly biased by identity concerns

    Salvatore, J. & Morton, Thomas, 31 May 2021, In: Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 24, 4, p. 568-582 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Seeing our self reflected in the world around us: The role of identity in making (natural) environments restorative

    Morton, Thomas, van der Bles, A. M. & Haslam, S. A., 1 Apr 2017, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 49, p. 65-77 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Activating and Guiding the Engagement of Seniors With Online Social Networking: Experimental Findings From the AGES 2.0 Project

    Morton, Thomas, Wilson, N., Haslam, C., Birney, M., Kingston, R. & McCloskey, L. G., 1 Jan 2018, In: Journal of Aging and Health. 30, 1, p. 27-51 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Paradoxes of praise: Identity-inconsistent praise results in praise-inconsistent responses

    Rabinovich, A. & Morton, Thomas, 1 Aug 2017, In: European Journal of Social Psychology. 47, 5, p. 628-644 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Coping with Identity Conflict: Perceptions of Self as Flexible versus Fixed Moderate the Effect of Identity Conflict on Well-being

    Rabinovich, A. & Morton, Thomas, 3 Mar 2016, In: Self and Identity. 15, 2, p. 224-244 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Multiple group membership and well-being: Is there always strength in numbers?

    Sønderlund, A. L., Morton, Thomas & Ryan, M. K., 1 Jan 2017, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 8, JUN, 1038.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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