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ArticlePersonality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc2023

Social Psychology of and for World-Making.

Séamus A Power, Tania Zittoun, Sanne Akkerman, Brady Wagoner, Martina Cabra, Flora Cornish, Hana Hawlina, Brett Heasman, Kesi Mahendran, Charis Psaltis and 3 more

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Article in Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Séamus A PowerUniversity of Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6770-4756
Tania ZittounUniversité de Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Sanne AkkermanUtrecht University, The Netherlands.
Brady WagonerAalborg University, Denmark.
Martina CabraUniversité de Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Flora CornishLondon School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
Hana HawlinaUniversité de Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Brett HeasmanYork St. John University, UK.
Kesi MahendranThe Open University, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Charis PsaltisUniversity of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Antti RajalaUniversity of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Angela VealeUniversity College Cork, Ireland.
Alex GillespieOslo New University College, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

academic abstractSocial psychology's disconnect from the vital and urgent questions of people's lived experiences reveals limitations in the current paradigm. We draw on a related perspective in social psychology PUBLIC ABSTRACT: We propose that social psychology should focus on "world-making" in two senses. First, people are future-oriented and often are guided more by what could be than what is. Second, social psychology can contribute to this future orientation by supporting people's world-making and also critically reflecting on the role of social psychological research in world-making. We unpack the philosophical assumptions, methodological procedures, and ethical considerations that underpin a social psychology of and for world-making. Social psychological research, whether it is intended or not, contributes to the societies and cultures in which we live, and thus it cannot be a passive bystander of world-making. By embracing social psychology of and for world-making and facing up to the contemporary societal challenges upon which our collective future depends will make social psychology more humble but also more relevant.

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PsychologyPsychology, SocialHumanscultural psychologyethicsimaginationmethodological pluralismsocial psychologyworld-making

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PMID36628932
PMCPMC10559643

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