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Selected recent papers/book chapters:

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  • Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2025). Beyond WEIRDs – How we advanced theories of gender beliefs – Insights from Toward Gender Harmony Project. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(2), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1213 

  • Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., & Easterbrook, M. J. (2025). Contextualizing identities with fundamental inequalities: Commentary on “Beyond Identity: A Framework for the Study of Social Inequalities and Social Change.” Psychological Inquiry, 36(2), 125–128. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2025.2513816

  • Żadkowska, M., Szlendak, T., Kossakowski, R., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2025)What makes a man unmanly? The global concept of ‘unmanliness’. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 12, 348 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04667-5

  • Zawisza, M., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Glick, P., Olech, M., Besta, T., Jurek, P., Sobiecki, J., Best, D. L., Bosson, J. K., Vandello, J. A., Safdar, S., Włodarczyk, A., & Żadkowska, M. (2025). Worse for Women, Bad for All: A 62-Nation Study Confirms and Extends Ambivalent Sexism Principles to Reveal Greater Social Dysfunction in Sexist Nations. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241302882  

  • Block, K., Olsson, M. I. T., van Grootel, S., Schuster, C., Meeussen, L., Van Laar, C., Martiny, S., Croft, A., Sun, M. S., Wee, S., Ainsaar, M., Aarntzen, L., Adamus, M., Anderson, J., Atkinson, C., Avicenna, M., Bąbel, P., Barth, M., Benson-Greenwald, T. M., . . . Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Schmader, T. (2025). The gender gap in the care economy is larger in highly developed countries: Sociocultural explanations for paradoxical findings. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001512

  • Celikkol, G., Sawicki, A., Brzezińska, D., Sobiecki, J., Olsen, K. B., Besta, T., Martiny, S. E., Thorsteinsen, K., & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2025). Adolescents’ Collective Action Intentions for Gender Equality in Norway and Poland: Role of Gender Identification, Perceived Discrimination, and Well-Being. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 35(6), e70204. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.70204

  • Yang, C., Zhang, T. H., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Du, H., & Chi, P. (2025). Bridging awareness and action: The roles of gender inequality, power distance, and individualism in shaping collective action intentions for gender equality across 61 societies. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251388699

  • Jurek, P., Bosson, J. K., Olech, M., Young, R., & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2025). Zero-sum gender beliefs: A multi-nation validation of a single-item measure. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000924

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  • Sobiecki, J., & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2024). The relationship between religiosity and ambivalent sexism: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Current Issues in Personality Psychology, 13(2), 67-81. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp/19089

  • Besta, T., Thomas, E., Celikkol, G., Olech, M., Jurek, P., Van Zomeren, M., Pozzi, M., Pistoni, C., Palace, M., Akbas, G., Becker, J. C., Becker, M., Brik, T., Chayinska, M., Deguchi, M., Dhakal, S., Kelmendi, K., Kende, A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., . . . Wlodarczyk, A. (2024). Cultural logics of honor, face, and dignity as moderators of the relationship between group process and pro-migrant collective action intentions. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 9, 100234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100234

  • Besta, T., Jurek, P., Olech, M., Włodarczyk, A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Bender, M., Vandello, J. A., Abuhamdeh, S., Agyemang, C. B., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Ariyanto, A., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Ashraf, M., Bakaitytė, A., . . . Żadkowska, M. (2024). Measuring collective action intention toward gender equality across cultures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000857

  • Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta. T., Jurek, P., Olech, M., Sobiecki, J., Bosson, J., Vandello, J, Best, D., Zawisza, M., Safdar, S., Włodarczyk, A., Żadkowska, M. (2024).  Towards Gender Harmony Dataset: Gender Beliefs and Gender Stereotypes in 62 Countries. Nature Scientific Data, 10.1038/s41597-024-03235-x   

  • Van Laar, C., Van Rossum, A., Bongiorno, R., & Block, K. (2024). MANdatory - why men need (and are needed for) gender equality progress. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1263313. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1263313

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  • Vandello, J.A., Upton, R.A., Wilkerson, M.,..., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. et al (2023). Cultural Beliefs About Manhood Predict Anti-LGBTQ+ Attitudes and Policies. Sex Roles 88, 442–458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-023-01365-x

  • Vandello, J. A., Wilkerson, M., Bosson, J. K., Wiernik, B. M., & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2023). Precarious manhood and men’s physical health around the world. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 24(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000407

  • Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Best, D. L., Besta, T., … Žukauskienė, R. (2022). Gendered self-views across 62 countries: A test of competing models. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/194855062211296

  • Bosson, J. K., Wilkerson, M., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Jurek, P., & Olech, M. (2022). Harder won and easier lost? Testing the double standard in gender rules in 62 countries. Sex Roles, 87, 1–19 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-022-01297-y

  • Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Dukala, K., & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2022). Perception of work in the IT sector among men and women-A comparison between IT students and IT professionals. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 944377. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.944377

  • Adamska, K., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Jurek, P., & Konarski, R. (2022). Gender perspectives on self-censorship in organizations: The role of management position, procedural justice and organizational climate. European Journal of Social Psychology, 52, 570– 583.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2838 

  • Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J. A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Olech, M., Besta, T., Bender, M., Hoorens, V., Becker, M., Timur Sevincer, A., Best, D. L., Safdar, S., Włodarczyk, A., Zawisza, M., Żadkowska, M., Abuhamdeh, S., Badu Agyemang, C., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., … Žukauskienė, R. (2021). Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(3), 231–258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121997997

  • Valved, T., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta, T., & Martiny, S. E. (2021). Gender belief systems through the lens of culture—Differences in precarious manhood beliefs and reactions to masculinity threat in Poland and Norway. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(2), 265–276. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000331  

  • Kosakowska‐Berezecka, N, Besta, T, Bosson, JK, et al. (2020). Country‐level and individual‐level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries. Eur J Soc Psychol. 1276– 1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696

  • Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Korzeniewska, L., & Seibt, B. (2020). De-gender them! Gendered vs cooperative division of housework – cross-cultural comparison of Polish and Norwegian students. Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues, 39(6), 2276–2284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9915-6

  • Vescio, T. & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2020). The not so subtle and status quo maintaining nature of every day Sexism. In: F. Cheung & D. Halpern (Eds.), Cambridge International Handbook on  Psychology of Women.

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