dr. Yvette Stráznický van Osch

Bio

I am an enthusiastic researcher and educator. The main topics that I am interested in are emotions, honor, culture, stereotypes, and ambition.

Emotion: I have published on pride and social comparisons, and how pride expressions are dependent on the immediate social and cultural environment. I am continuing this work by looking into experiences of vicarious pride and the extent to which counter-factual thinking elicits pride.

Honor and honor-related violence: I have developed a theoretical framework to be able to understand the concepts of honor, honor cultures, and honor-related violence from a Western perspective. We also disseminate this knowledge to for example the Dutch Police.

Stereotypes: I have always been interested in stereotypes and how they impact perceptions and judgments. I have looked into cultural stereotypes and meta-stereotypes of different cultural groups.

I publish under the name Van Osch

Teaching

I have taught courses on economic psychology, social psychology, cultural psychology, occupational health psychology, emotion and motivation, attitudes and communication, group skills, communication skills

Courses

• Cultural Psychology
• Bachelor's Thesis: Work and Organizational Psychology
• Bachelor's Thesis: Economic Psychology
• Bachelor's Thesis: Social Psychology
• RM: Emotion and Motivation
• Occupational Health Psychology

Recent publications

1. Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an i…

   Krys, K., Park, J., Kocimska-zych, A., Kosiarczyk, A., Selim, H. A., Wojtczuk-turek, A., Haas, B. W., Uchida, Y., Torres, C., Capaldi, C. A., Bond, M. H., Zelenski, J. M., Lun, V. M., Maricchiolo, F., Vauclair, C., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Sirlopú, D., Xing, C., Vignoles, V. L., ... Adamovic, M. (Accepted/In press). Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption: Evidence from fifty countries. Journal of Happiness Studies.

2. Is an emphasis on dignity, honor and face more an attribute of indivi…

   Smith, P. B., Easterbrook, M. J., Koc, Y., Lun, V. M., Papastylianou, D., Grigoryan, L., Torres, C., Efremova, M., Hassan, B., Abbas, A., Ahmad, A. H., Al-bayati, A., Selim, H. A., Anderson, J., Cross, S. E., Delfino, G. I., Gamsakhurdia, V., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., ... Chobthamkit, P. (2021). Is an emphasis on dignity, honor and face more an attribute of individuals or of cultural groups? Cross-Cultural Research.

3. The association between threat and politics simultaneously depends on…

   Brandt, M. J., Turner-Zwinkels, F. M., Karapirinler, B., van Leeuwen, F., Bender, M., van Osch, Y. M. J., & Adams, B. G. (2020). The association between threat and politics simultaneously depends on the type of threat, the political domain, and the country. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. ,

4. Sex differences in self-construal and in depressive symptoms - Predic…

   Smith, P. B., Easterbrook, M. J., Al-selim, H., Lun, V. M. C., Koc, Y., Gul, P., Papastylianou, D., Grigoryan, L., Torres, C., Efremova, M., Hassan, B., Ahmad, A. H., Al-bayati, A., Anderson, J., Cross, S. E., Delfino, G. I., Gamsakhurdia, V., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., ... Chobthamkit, P. (2020). Sex differences in self-construal and in depressive symptoms: Predictors of cross-national variation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51(7-8), 616-635.

5. Assessing the importance of internal and external self-esteem and the…

   Van Osch, Y., Bender, M., He, J., Adams, B. G., Kunuroglu, F., Tillman, R. N., Benítez, I., Sekaja, L., & Mamathuba, N. (2020). Assessing the importance of internal and external self-esteem and their relationship to honor concerns in six countries. Cross-Cultural Research, 54(5), 462-485.