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KU Leuven - University of Leuven: Leuven, BE

2001-10-01 to present | Hoogleraar (Full professor) (Psychology)
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Vera Hoorens

KU Leuven - University of Leuven: Leuven, BE

1998-10-01 to 2001-09-30 | Associate Professor (Psychology)
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Vera Hoorens

Tilburg University Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences: Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, NL

1993-08-01 to 1998-09-30 | Hoofddocent (Associate Professor) (Psychology)
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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: Groningen, Groningen, NL

1991-01-01 to 1993-07-31 | Universitair Docent (Assistant Professor) (Psychology)
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FWO & KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

1990-10-01 to 1990-12-31 | Aangesteld navorser (postdoctoral researcher) (Psychology)
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Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek & KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

1986-10-01 to 1990-09-30 | Aspirant (predoctoral researcher) (Psychology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: Groningen, Groningen, NL

2007-07 to 2011-06-06 | PhD in arts (history) (Arts)
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KU Leuven - University of Leuven: Leuven, BE

1986-10-05 to 1990-02-20 | PhD in Psychology (Psychology)
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KU Leuven - University of Leuven: Leuven, BE

1981-10-05 to 1986-07-04 | Licentiaat in de Psychologie (Master in Psychology) (Psychology)
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Interpretations of Generic Versus Comparative Statements About Groups: Similarities and Differences

Journal of Language and Social Psychology
2024-10-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X241292562
Contributors: Alexandra Lux; Susanne Bruckmüller; Vera Hoorens
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Moral vs Agentic Self-Superiority and Self-Esteem: The Role of Trait Properties

Swiss Psychology Open
2024-04-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5334/spo.72
Contributors: Yujing Liang; Aisha Dondeyne; Sara Hodges; Vera Hoorens
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Are Women Brave or Braver Than Men? Judgments of Implicit and Explicit Intergroup Comparisons

Journal of Language and Social Psychology
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X231210513
Contributors: Alexandra Lux; Susanne Bruckmüller; Vera Hoorens
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Precision and Provocativeness as Virtues and Vulnerabilities in Modeling

Psychological Inquiry
2024-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2024.2366788
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Yujing Liang; Aisha Dondeyne
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Do health beliefs about COVID‐19 predict morbidity? A longitudinal study

Social and Personality Psychology Compass
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12852
Contributors: Margaux Delporte; Dries De Witte; Stefaan Demarest; Geert Verbeke; Geert Molenberghs; Vera Hoorens
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Do optimism and moralization predict vaccination? A five-wave longitudinal study.

Health Psychology
2023-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/hea0001272
Contributors: Margaux Delporte; Martial Luyts; Geert Molenberghs; Geert Verbeke; Stefaan Demarest; Vera Hoorens
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Self-uniqueness beliefs and adherence to recommended precautions. A 5-wave longitudinal COVID-19 study

Social Science & Medicine
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115595
Contributors: Dries De Witte; Margaux Delporte; Geert Molenberghs; Geert Verbeke; Stefaan Demarest; Vera Hoorens
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Comparative Optimism, Self-Superiority, Egocentric Impact Perception and Health Information Seeking: A COVID-19 Study

Psychologica Belgica
2022-04-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5334/pb.1139
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Sasha Scambler; Eliane Deschrijver; Neil S. Coulson; Ewen Speed; Koula Asimakopoulou
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Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0022022121997997
WOSUID: WOS:000626198900001
Contributors: Bosson, Jennifer K.; Jurek, Pawel; Vandello, Joseph A.; Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza; Olech, Michal; Besta, Tomasz; Bender, Michael; Hoorens, Vera; Becker, Maja; Timur Sevincer, A. et al.
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Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching: Students’ Self-Affirmation Reduces the Bias by Lowering Evaluations of Male Professors

Sex Roles
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-020-01148-8
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Gijs Dekkers; Eliane Deschrijver
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Country-level and individual-level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries

European Journal of Social Psychology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/EJSP.2696
WOSUID: WOS:000564178400001
Contributors: Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza; Besta, Tomasz; Bosson, Jennifer K.; Jurek, Pawel; Vandello, Joesph A.; Best, Deborah L.; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Safdar, Saba; Zawisza, Magdalena; Zadkowska, Magdalena et al.
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Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from COVID‐19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice

Health Expectations
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/hex.13134
Contributors: Koula Asimakopoulou; Vera Hoorens; Ewen Speed; Neil S. Coulson; Dominika Antoniszczak; Fran Collyer; Eliane Deschrijver; Leslie Dubbin; Denise Faulks; Rowena Forsyth et al.
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THE HUBRIS HYPOTHESIS: PEOPLE PARTICULARLY DISLIKE EXPLICITLY COMPARATIVE BRAGGERS FROM THEIR INGROUP

Social Cognition
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1521/SOCO.2019.37.4.405
WOSUID: WOS:000479099400004
Contributors: Hoorens, Vera; Van Damme, Carolien; Sedikides, Constantine
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The hubris hypothesis: The downside of comparative optimism displays

Consciousness and Cognition
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.CONCOG.2016.07.003
WOSUID: WOS:000398649300006
Contributors: Hoorens, Vera; Van Damme, Carolien; Helweg-Larsen, Marie; Sedikides, Constantine
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When Praising Yourself Insults Others: Self-Superiority Claims Provoke Aggression

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0146167217703951
WOSUID: WOS:000402617700008
Contributors: Van Damme, Carolien; Deschrijver, Eliane; Van Geert, Eline; Hoorens, Vera
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Indirect Stereotype Change in Artificial and Real-Life Stereotypes

Social Cognition
2016-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2016.34.1.55
Contributors: Stefanie Maris; Joke Claes; Carolien Van Damme; Vera Hoorens
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Initial and noninitial name-letter preferences as obtained through repeated letter rating tasks continue to reflect (different aspects of) self-esteem

Psychological Assessment
2015 | Journal article
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Contributors: Hoorens, V.; Takano, K.; Franck, E.; Roberts, J.E.; Raes, F.
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Initial and Noninitial Name-Letter Preferences as Obtained Through Repeated Letter Rating Tasks Continue to Reflect (Different Aspects of) Self-Esteem

Psychological Assessment
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/PAS0000092
WOSUID: WOS:000360386700016
Contributors: Hoorens, Vera; Takano, Keisuke; Franck, Erik; Roberts, John E.; Raes, Filip
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Less is more? Think again! A cognitive fluency-based more–less asymmetry in comparative communication.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000032
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Susanne Bruckmüller
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SELF-ENHANCING SELF-PRESENTATION Interpersonal, Relational, and Organizational Implications

Self-concept, Motivation, and Identity: Underpinning Success with Research and Practice
2015 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000363223000002
Contributors: Sedikides, Constantine; Hoorens, Vera; Dufner, Michael
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Why Self-enhancement Provokes Dislike: The Hubris Hypothesis and the Aversiveness of Explicit Self-superiority Claims

Self and Identity
2015-11-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2015.1095232
Contributors: Carolien Van Damme; Vera Hoorens; Constantine Sedikides
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Positivity Bias

Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
2014 | Other
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2219
Contributors: Vera Hoorens
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Why did Johann Weyer write De praestigiis daemonum? How Anti-Catholicism inspired the Landmark Plea for the Witches

Bijdragen en Mededelingen Betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden
2014 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000333631000002
Contributors: Hoorens, Vera
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Why did Johann Weyer write De praestigiis daemonum?: How Anti-Catholicism inspired the Landmark Plea for the Witches

BMGN-LCHR
2014-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.18352/bmgn-lchr.9436
Contributors: Vera Hoorens
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What’s really in a Name-Letter Effect? Name-letter preferences as indirect measures of self-esteem

European Review of Social Psychology
2014-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/10463283.2014.980085
Contributors: Vera Hoorens
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A Gricean approach to the use of consensus and distinctiveness in causal attributions of verbally described interpersonal events

Eur. J. Soc. Psychol.
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1997
Contributors: Stefanie Maris; Vera Hoorens
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Vera Hoorens, Een ketterse arts voor de heksen. Jan Wier (1515-1588)

BMGN-LCHR
2013-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.18352/bmgn-lchr.8284
Contributors: Hans de Waardt
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Expectation

Encyclopedia of Human Behavior
2012 | Other
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-375000-6.00163-4
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and witchcraft: A reappraisal

Sixteenth Century Journal
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84861638190
Contributors: Hoorens, V.; Renders, H.
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Witchcraft: A Reappraisal

Sixteenth Century Journal
2012 | Journal article
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Contributors: Hoorens, Vera; Renders, Hans
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The Hubris Hypothesis: You Can Self-Enhance, But You'd Better Not Show It

J Pers
2012-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00759.x
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Mario Pandelaere; Frans Oldersma; Constantine Sedikides
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What Do People Infer from Social Comparisons? Bridges between Social Comparison and Person Perception

Social and Personality Psychology Compass
2012-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00451.x
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Carolien Van Damme
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When Words Speak Louder: The Effect of Verb Abstraction on Inferences from Interpersonal Events

Social Cognition
2012-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2012.30.3.253
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Judith Maier; Stefanie Maris
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The ISI Change phenomenon: When contradicting one stereotype changes another

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
2012-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.01.001
Contributors: Stefanie Maris; Vera Hoorens
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Does mood really influence comparative optimism? Tracking an elusive effect

British Journal of Social Psychology
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1348/014466608x387098
Contributors: Sasa Drace; Olivier Desrichard; James A. Shepperd; Vera Hoorens
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Comparative optimism in the spontaneous generation of future life-events

British Journal of Social Psychology
2008-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1348/014466607x236023
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Tim Smits; James A. Shepperd
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The “extent of information desired”-scale in psychiatric in-patients: A behavioural approach

Patient Education and Counseling
2006-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.06.006
Contributors: Lieven Zwaenepoel; Vera Hoorens; Jozef Peuskens; Gert Laekeman
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The effect of category focus at encoding on category frequency estimation strategies

Memory & Cognition
2006-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3758/bf03193384
Contributors: Mario Pandelaere; Vera Hoorens
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How probable isprobably? It depends on whom you're talking about

J. Behav. Decis. Making
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.485
Contributors: Tim Smits; Vera Hoorens
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Desire for information about drugs: a survey of the need for information in psychiatric in-patients

Pharm World Sci
2005-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-005-4696-z
Contributors: Lieven Zwaenepoel; Rita Bilo; Willy De Boever; Marc De Vos; Johan Reyntens; Vera Hoorens; Walter Sermeus; Gert Laekeman
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The science of self-report. Implications for research and practice

Experimental Psychology
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1026//1617-3169.50.3.231
WOSUID: WOS:000183971300008
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Why Ask About Peter? Do You Think He Caused It? How the Description of Causal Events Guides the Selection of Questions About Them

Basic and Applied Social Psychology
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2504_3
Contributors: Mario Pandelaere; Vera Hoorens; Guido Peeters
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Introduction and overview of the issue

Psychologica Belgica
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036433252
Contributors: Hoorens, V.; Desrichard, O.
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Self-other asymmetries in social cognition - Introduction and overview of the issue

Psychologica Belgica
2002 | Journal article
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Contributors: Hoorens, V; Desrichard, O
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Self-other asymmetries: Three wonders in "hot" social cognition and three questions about them

Psychologica Belgica
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036433239
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Self-other asymmetries: Three wonders in "hot" social cognition and three questions about them

Psychologica Belgica
2002 | Journal article
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Risk and 'the other'

Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews
2001 | Journal article
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Time is an amazingly variable amount of money: Endowment and ownership effects in the subjective value of working time

Journal of Economic Psychology
1999-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4870(99)00014-8
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Nicole Remmers; Kamieke van de Riet
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Distortions in reports of health behaviors: The time span effect and illusory superiority

Psychology and Health
1998 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0032252332
Contributors: Hoorens, V.; Harris, P.
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Distortions in reports of health behaviors: The time span effect and illusory supefuority

Psychology & Health
1998-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/08870449808407303
Contributors: Vera Hoorens; Peter Harris
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