Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology

The Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale—Short Form (PSPS-SF): Development and Validation

This study aimed to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a brief version of the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale (PSPS), a measure of the interpersonal expression of perfectionism. Adult participants (N = 2223; Mage = 36.67) from three samples completed all...

Grey voters and populist voting. The role of religiosity and national collective narcissism

The current study aimed to explore the role of religiosity and the social psychology concept of collective narcissism in political behaviour. Individuals endorsing national collective narcissism perceive their nation as superior to others, which is accompanied by the demand that...

Severity Benchmarks for the Pennsylvania Inventory of Scrupulosity: Brief Screening Measure for Pastoral Care and Counseling

The objective of the present study was to determine whether the Pennsylvania Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS) can effectively distinguish between individuals with clinically significant religious scrupulosity and those experiencing non-pathological religious concerns. To establis...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...

Culture as a System of Models

The concept of culture appears crucial in human sciences but remains ambiguous, which results in a diversity of its implementation and a multiplicity of approaches to culture itself. I view a good line of inquiry in developing a unified definition of culture that accommodates a n...