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Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir - Professor

Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir

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School of Health Sciences

Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir

Professor

Professor of social psychology

Location
Nýi Garður / Ng-109
Phone
525 - 4178
Email
rbg [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Psychology
Published Work
Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir - published work

Curriculum Vitae
Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
By appointment
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3368-4616
Research portal – Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir

Published works

2024

Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countriesNature Communications
The Role of Cultural Heterogeneity in Strengthening the Link Between Family Relationships and Life Satisfaction in 50 SocietiesJournal of Happiness Studies
Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of LivingPerspectives on Psychological Science
Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societiesScientific Reports

2023

Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construalSelf and Identity
Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritageSelf and Identity
Family FirstJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

2022

Íslensk útgáfa Bergen kaupfíknikvarðans og sálfélagslegar skýringar á kaupfíknSálfræðiritið
On the relationship between valence and arousal in samples across the globeEmotion
Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country studyJournal of Positive Psychology
Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well-Being: Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness Across 49 Different CulturesJournal of Happiness Studies

2021

Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfactionJournal of Positive Psychology
Author CorrectionNature Communications
Author Correction: Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies (Nature Communications, (2021), 12, 1, (1481), 10.1038/s41467-021-21602-9)Nature Communications
Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societiesNature Communications
Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic PresumptionJournal of Happiness Studies
Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societiesNature Communications

2020

Protect Me from What I Want: Understanding Excessive Polluting Behavior and the Willingness to ActSustainability

2019

Decreasing income inequality and adolescent emotional distress: a population-based case study of Icelandic adolescents 2006-2016.International Journal of Public Health

2018

Shifts in subjective well-being of different status groups: A longitudinal case-study during declining income inequalityResearch in Social Stratification and Mobility
Being oneself through time: Bases of self-continuity across 55 cultures<sup>*</sup>Self and Identity
Community income inequality and adolescent emotional problems: A population-based studyJournal of Community Psychology
Community income inequality and adolescent emotional problemsJournal of Community Psychology
Being oneself through time: Bases of self-continuity across 55 cultures<sup>*</sup>Self and Identity
On the Relation Between Social Dominance Orientation and EnvironmentalismSocial Psychological and Personality Science
Shifts in subjective well-being of different status groupsResearch in Social Stratification and Mobility

2017

On the Relation Between Social Dominance Orientation and EnvironmentalismSocial Psychological and Personality Science

2016

Neighborhood income inequality, social capital and emotional distress among adolescentsJournal of Adolescence
An Icelandic translation and validation of the revised 19-value Portrait Values QuestionnairePersonality and Individual Differences
Beyond the 'East-West' dichotomyJournal of Experimental Psychology: General
ErratumNature Climate Change
Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the worldNature Climate Change
Portrait Values Questionnaire--19 value; Icelandic Version
Individual and culture-level components of survey response stylesInternational Journal of Psychology
An Icelandic translation and validation of the revised 19-value Portrait Values QuestionnairePersonality and Individual Differences

2014

The influence of materialism and ideal body internalization on body-dissatisfaction and body-shaping behaviors of young men and womenScandinavian Journal of Psychology

2013

Contextualism as an important facet of individualism-collectivismJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Forspárréttmæti Sjálfsmisræmiskvarðans og tengsl sjálfsmisræmis við líðan.Sálfræðiritið

2012

Áhrif persónuleika á starfsráp með tilliti til starfstengdrar áhugahvatarSálfræðiritið
Gerð starfsrápskvarðansSálfræðiritið
Ethical consumption in Iceland: Results from an exploratory study in consumer awareness
Áhrif stjórnunarstíls á starfsþrot starfsmanna á niðurskurðartímumSálfræðiritið
The relationship of materialism to debt and financial well-beingJournal of Economic Psychology
The relationship of materialism to debt and financial well-being: The case of Iceland's perceived prosperityJournal of Economic Psychology
Financial Worry Scale
The relationship of materialism to debt and financial well-being:The case of Iceland’s perceived prosperityJournal of Economic Psychology

2011

Tengsl fæðutakmörkunar og óánægju með líkamsvöxt við líkamsþyngdarstuðul og innfæringu á gildum um grannt vaxtarlagSálfræðiritið
„Gjörið svo vel að breyta gildum ykkar, takk!“: Lífsgildi og líðan í kjölfar kreppuSálfræðiritið

2009

IT'S NOT THE MONEY, IT'S THE QUEST FOR A HAPPIER SELF: THE ROLE OF HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS MOTIVES IN THE LINK BETWEEN FINANCIAL GOALS AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEINGJournal of Social and Clinical Psychology
It's not the money, it's the quest for a happier selfJournal of Social and Clinical Psychology
It's not the money, it's the quest for a happier self: The role of happiness and success motives in the link between financial goals and subjective well-beingJournal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Sálfræðileg forspá um skuldir

2007

Is this as good as it gets? Materialistic values and well-being
Materialistic values and subjective well-being: Is this as good as it gets?
Psychological predictors of personal debt in Iceland
Leitin að hamingjunni? Efnishyggið gildismat og vellíðan Íslendinga
Is this as good as it gets? Materialistic values and well-being
Is this as good as it gets? Materialistic values and well-being

Keywords for Specialisation:

Social psychology of consumer culture and economic life

Social Psychology

Materialistic values

Identity and body image

Subjective well-being

Environmental behaviour and attitudes

Income inequality