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Vita

I am a (cross-cultural) social psychologist interseted in researching on values, stereotype accommodation as well as old age stereotypes and discrimination. More recently, I also research on methods-related issues. I hold degrees in Sociology, Social Sciences and Psychology from universities in Romania, the Netherlands and Germany respectively.


In addition to my employment at GESIS, I am a visiting scholar to prof. Klaus Boehnke at the department of Psychology and Methods, Jacobs University Bremen.

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Service

Internal:
- Conception and implementation of the German General Social Survey program (ALLBUS)

External:
- Associate Editor at Online Readings in Psychology and Culture (ORPC)
- Editorial Board at Journal of Social and Political Psychology (JSPP)
- Occasional Reviewer at more than 20 outlets
- Member of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)
- Member of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP)

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Research

Main topics of interest

i) Empirically adequate theoretical predictions in social sciences
ii) Stereotype accommodation
iii) Mesurement structure of stereotype content
iv) Values and value measurement in a new approach
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Publications

Publication

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Journal article

Pick, Cari M., Ahra Ko, Alexandra S. Wormley, Adi Wiezel, Douglas T. Kenrick, Laith Al-Shawaf, Oumar Barry, Yoella Bereby-Meyer, Watcharaporn Boonyasiriwat, Eduard Brandstätter, Ana Carla Crispim, Julio Eduardo Cruz, Daniel David, Oana A. David, Renata Pereira Defelipe, Pinar Elmas, Agustin Espinosa, Ana Maria Fernandez, Velichko H. Fetvadjiev, Stefka Fetvadjieva, Ronald Fischer, Silvia Galdi, Oscar Javier Galindo-Caballero, Galina Golovina, Luis Gomez-Jacinto, Sylvie Graf, Igor Grossmann, Pelin Gul, Peter Halama, Takeshi Hamamura, Lina S. Hansson, Hidefumi Hitokoto, Martina Hrebičková, Darinka Ilic, Jennifer Lee Johnson, Mane Kara-Yakoubian, Johannes A. Karl, Michal Kohut, Julie Lasselin, Norman P. Li, Anthonieta Looman Mafra, Oksana Malanchuk, Simone Moran, Asuka Murata, Serigne Abdou Lahat Ndiaye, Jiaqing O, Ike E. Onyishi, Eddieson Pasay-an, Muhammed Rizwan, Eric Roth, Sergio Salgado, Elena S. Samoylenko, Tatyana N. Savchenko, A. Timur Sevincer, Eric Skoog, Adrian Stanciu, Eunkook M. Suh, Daniel Szycer, Thomas Talhelm, Fabian O. Ugwu, Ayse K. Uskul, Irem Uz, Jaroslava Varella Valentova, Marco Antonio Correa Varella, Danilo Zambrano, and Michael E.W. Varnum. 2022. "Family still matters: Human social motivation across 42 countrie during a global pandemic." Evolution and Human Behavior 43 (6): 527-535. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.09.003.

Pick, Cari M., Ahra Ko, Douglas T. Kenrick, Adi Wiezel, Alexandra S. Wormley, Edmond Awad, Laith Al-Shawaf, Oumar Barry, Yoella Bereby-Meyer, Watcharaporn Boonyaisiriwat, Eduard Brandstätter, Suzan Ceylan-Batur, Bryan K.C. Choy, Ana Carla Crispim, Julio Eduardo Cruz, Daniel David, Oana A. David, Renata Pereira Defelipe, Pinar Elmas, Agustin Espinosa, Ana Maria Fernandez, Velichko H. Fetvadjiev, Stefka Fetvadjieva, Ronald Fischer, Silvia Galdi, Oscar Javier Galindo-Caballero, Elena V. Golovina, Galina M. Golovina, Luis Gomez-Jacinto, Sylvie Graf, Igor Grossmann, Pelin Gul, Peter Halama, Takeshi Hamamura, Shihui Han, Lina S. Hansson, Hidefumi Hitokoto, Martina Hrebičková, Darinka Ilic, Jennifer Lee Johnson, Mane Kara-Yakoubian, Johannes A. Karl, Jinseok P. Kim, Michal Kohut, Julie Lasselin, Hwaryung Lee, Norman P. Li, Anthonieta Looman Mafra, Oksana Malanchuk, Simone Moran, Asuka Murata, Jinkyung Na, Seringne Abdou Lahat Ndjaye, Jiaqing O, Ike E. Onyishi, Eddieson Pasay-an, Muhammed Rizwan, Eric Roth, Sergio Salgado, Elena S. Samoylenko, Tatyana N. Savchenko, Catarina Sette, A. Timur Sevincer, Adrian Stanciu, Eunkook M. Suh, Daniel Szycer, Thomas Talhelm, Fabian O. Ugwu, Ayse K. Uskul, Irem Uz, Jaroslava Varella Valentova, Marco Antonio Correa Varella, Liuqing Wei, Danilo Zambrano, and Michael E.W. Varnum. 2022. "Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves." Scientific Data (9): 499. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01579-w.

Witte, Erich H., Adrian Stanciu, and Frank Zenker. 2022. "Predicted as observed? How to identify empirically adequate theoretical constructs." Frontiers in Psychology 13 (01 December 2022): 980261. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.980261.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2022. "Stereotype accommodation concerning older people." International Journal of Psychology 57 (2): 199-208. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12800. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/635qn.

English, Alexander S., Xinyi Zhang, Adrian Stanciu, Steve J. Kulich, Fuxia Zhao, and Milica Bojovic. 2021. "Ethnic stereotype formation and its impact on sojourner adaptation: A case of “Belt and Road” Chinese migrant workers in Montenegro." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (18): 9540. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189540.

Witte, Erich H., Adrian Stanciu, and Klaus Boehnke. 2020. "A new empirical approach to inter-cultural comparisons of value preferences based on Schwartz’s theory." Frontiers in Psychology 11 1723. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01723.

Ko, Ahra, Cari M. Pick, Jung Yul Kwon, Michael Barlev, Jaimie Arona Krems, Michael E.W. Varnum, Rebecca Neel, Mark Peysha, Watcharaporn Boonyasiriwat, Eduard Brandstätter, Ana Carla Crispim, Julio Eduardo Cruz, Daniel David, Oana A. David, Renata Pereira de Felipe, Velichko H. Fetvadjiev, Ronald Fischer, Silvia Galdi, Oscar Galindo, Galina Golovina, Luis Gomez-Jacinto, Sylvie Graf, Igor Grossmann, Pelin Gul, Takeshi Hamamura, Shihui Han, Hidefumi Hitokoto, Martina Hrebičková, Jennifer Lee Johnson, Johannes A. Karl, Oksana Malanchuk, Asuka Murata, Jinkyun Na, Jiaqing O, Muhammed Rizwan, Eric Roth, Sergio Antonio Salgado Salgado, Elena Samoylenko, Tatyana Savchenko, A. Timur Sevincer, Adrian Stanciu, Eunkook M. Suh, Thomas Talhelm, Ayse K. Uskul, Irem Uz, Danilo Zambrano, and Douglas T. Kenrick. 2020. "Family matters: Rethinking the psychology of human social motivation." Perspectives on Psychological Science 15 (1): 173-201. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619872986.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2020. "Value systems as motivational forces for the suppression of ageism towards older people amongst young adults: an analysis across countries." Ageing & Society online first. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20001257.

Stanciu, Adrian, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, and Nicole Rodda. 2019. "Evidence for stereotype accommodation as an expression of immigrants socio-cognitive adaptation." International Journal of Intercultural Relations (72): 76-86. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.07.003. https://adrianstanciu.eu/pdf/stanciuetal2019.pdf.

Stanciu, Adrian, and Christin-Melanie Vauclair. 2018. "Stereotype accommodation: A socio-cognitive perspective on migrants’ cultural adaptation.." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (49,7): 1027-1047. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022118777300.

Stanciu, Adrian, and Menno W. Vos. 2017. "Stereotype-based faultlines and out-group derogation in diverse teams: The moderating roles of task stereotypicality and need for cognition.." The Journal of Social Psychology (157,6). doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2016.1218321. https://adrianstanciu.eu/pdf/StanciuVos2017.pdf.

Stanciu, Adrian, Christopher J. Cohrs, Katja Hanke, and Alin Gavreliuc. 2017. "Within-culture variation in the content of stereotypes: Application and development of the stereotype content model in an Eastern European culture." The Journal of Social Psychology (157,5): 611-628. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2016.1262812. https://adrianstanciu.eu/pdf/Stanciuetal2017.pdf.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2015. "Four sub-dimensions of stereotype content: Explanatory evidence from Romania." International Psychology Bulletin (19): 14-20. https://adrianstanciu.eu/pdf/stanciu2015b.pdf.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2015. "The underlying structure of diverse work groups: A literature review on faultlines and diversity outcomes." Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology (17): 63-71. http://www.rjap.psihologietm.ro/Download/rjap172_4.pdf.

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Chapter in an edited book

Stanciu, Adrian. 2017. "Overall and contextually-bound well-being. Life satisfaction of Romanian migrant-emerging-adults as the outcome of a mediated association acculturation-adaptation." In Well-being of Youth and Emerging Adults across Cultures. Springer Series on Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, edited by Radosveta Dimitrova, Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, 173-190. Springer eBook. https://adrianstanciu.eu/pdf/Stanciu_Chapter2017.pdf.

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Monograph

Stanciu, Adrian. 2010. Uniforma vestimentară. Ipostază a conformării astăzi. [Dressing uniform. A modern instance of conformity]. Iasi: Lumen.

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Working and discussion paper

Karakulak, Arzu, Beyza Tepe, Radosveta Dimitrova, Mohamed Abdelrahman, Plamen Akaliyski, Rana Alaseel, Yousuf Alkamali, Azzam Amin, Andrii Andres, John Aruta, Hrant Avanesyan, Norzihan Ayub, Maria Bacikova-Sleskova, Raushan Baikanova, Batoul Bakkar, Suncica Bartoluci, David Benitez, Ivanna Bodnar, Aidos Bolatov, Judyta Borchet, Ksenija Bosnar, Yunier Broche-Perez, Carmen Buzea, Rosalinda Cassibba, Bin-Bin Chen, Duong Cong Doanh, Alejandra Dominguez-Espinoza, Nelli Ferenczi, Regina Fernandez-Morales, Jorge Gaete, Yiqun Gan, Wassim Gharz Edine, Suely Giolo, Maria-Therese Friehs, Shahar Gindi, Biljana Gjoneska, Juan Godoy, Maria del Pilar Grazioso, Camelia Hancheva, Given Hapunda, Shogo Hihara, Mohd. Husain, Md. Islam, Anna Janovska, Nino Javakhishvili, Veljko Jovanovic, Russel Kabir, Nor Ba'yah Abdul Kadir, Johannes A. Karl, Darko Katovic, Zhumaly Kauyzbay, Tinka Kawashima, Maria Kazmierczak, Richa Khanna, Meetu Khosla, Martina Klicperova, Ana Kozina, Steven Krauss, Rodrigo Landabur, Katharina Lefringhausen, Aleksandra Lewandowska-Walter, Yun-Hsia Liang, Danny Lizarzaburu Aguinaga, Ana Makashvili, Sadia Malik, Marta de la C. Martin-Carbonell, Denisse Manrique-Millones, Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, Breeda McGrath, Enkeleint Mechili, Marines Mejia, Samson Mhizha, Justyna Michalek-Kwiecien, Diana Miconi, Fatema Mohsen, Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Camila Muhl, Pasquale Musso, Andrej Naterer, Arash Nemat, Felix Neto, Joana Neto, Luz Alonso Palacio, Hassan Okati, Carlos Orellana, Ligia Orellana, Sushanta Mishra, Joonha Park, Iuliia Pavlova, Eddy Peralta, Petro Petrytsa, Sasa Pisot, Franjo Prot, Jose Rasia, Gordana Ristevska-Dimitrovska, Rita Rivera, Benedicta Riyanti, Adil Samekin, Telman Seisembekov, Danielius Serapinas, Fabiola Silleti, Prerna Sharma, Shanu Shukla, Katarzyna Skrzypinska, Iva Polackova Solcova, Olga Solomontos-Kountouri, Adrian Stanciu, Delia Stefenel, Lorena Cecilia Lopez Steinmetz, Maria Stogiani, Jaimee Stuart, Laura Sudarnoto, Kazumi Sugimura, Mst. Sultana, Angela Suryani, Ergyul Tair, Lucy Tavitian-Elmadjan, Luciana Thome, Fitim Uka, Rasa Pilkauskaite Valickiene, Brett Walter, Guilherme Wendt, Pei-Jung Yang, Ebrar Yildirim, Yue Yu, Maria Angela Yunes, and Milene Zanoni da Silva. 2023. Empathy, fear of disease and support for COVID-19 containment behaviors: Evidence from 34 countries on the moderating role of governmental trust. Research Square. doi: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2412449/v1.

Witte, Erich H., Adrian Stanciu, and Frank Zenker. 2020. A simple measure for the predictive accuracy of an empirical construct. PsyArxIv. doi: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gdmvx.

Lecture

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Presentation at a conference

Stanciu, Adrian. 2021. "Can we and should we study value development in adulthood in the right theory but with the wrong instruments?" Presentation as part of the invited symposium "Value preferences and their development across the lifespan" (Organizer: Klaus Boehnke) at the International Congress of Psychology 2020+, Prague, Czech Republic, Online, 2021-07-22. https://osf.io/cknxs/.

Stanciu, Adrian, Erich H. Witte, and Frank Zenker. 2021. "Meta-analysis 2.0: Parameter estimation by means of selective aggregation." Die 15. Tagung der Fach­gruppe Methoden und Evaluation in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Virtual, Munich, 2021-09-15.

Zhang, X., Steve J. Kulich, F. Zhao, Alexander S. English, and Adrian Stanciu. 2021. "Perceived stereotypes and adaptation in bilateral cultural-distanced social interaction." International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2020+, Online, 2021-07-26.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2021. "Poster on Value systems and ageism: Findings from egalitarian and hierarchical cultures." International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2020+, Online, 2021-07-29. https://osf.io/2f7rm/.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2021. "Stereotype accommodation concerning older people (and well-being of immigrants)." International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2020+, Online, 2021-07-26. https://osf.io/kvqmj/.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2021. "Values as justification and suppression motives to old age ageism: An analysis across countries." Presentation at the International Congress of Psychology 2020+, Prague, Czech Republic, Online, 2021-07-22. https://osf.io/trgdw/.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2019. "Horizontal transmission of elderly stereotypes from native population to immigrants: A multi-theory exploration across 29 countries." 4th International ESS Conference "Turbulent times in Europe: Instability, insecurity and inequality", 15-17 April 2019, Mannheim, Germany. https://osf.io/vu6pa/.

Stanciu, Adrian, Erich H. Witte, and Klaus Boehnke. 2019. "The Distribution Approach and The Averaging Approach: A Tale of Two Methodologies Meant to Measure Value Preferences at the Culture Level." 4th International ESS Conference "Turbulent times in Europe: Instability, insecurity and inequality", 15-17 April 2019, Mannheim, Germany, 2019-04-15. https://osf.io/evhrf/.

Stanciu, Adrian, Erich H. Witte, and Klaus Boehnke. 2018. "A new empirical approach to inter-cultural comparisons of value preferences based on Schwartz’s theory." 51st Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.. https://osf.io/x9jgp/.

Stanciu, Adrian, Klaus Boehnke, and Erich H. Witte. 2018. "Introducing the ‘distribution approach’ as an alternative methodology to empirically arrive at value priorities at the culture level." IACCP International Congress, Guelph, Canada.. https://osf.io/32zw8/.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2018. "On how a combination of the Social Network Paradigm and focus group interviews can provide insights into ‘cultural fluidity’." IACCP International Congress, Guelph, Canada. (Poster). https://osf.io/fr24x/.

Stanciu, Adrian, Oscar Smallenbroek, Regina Arant, and Klaus Boehnke. 2018. "Value development trajectories and political engagement in mid-adulthood: Evidence from a three-decade longitudinal study of peace movement sympathizers and activists." Conflict Research Society (CRS) Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK.. https://osf.io/yehav/.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2017. "Overall and Contextually-Bound Well-Being: A Suggestion of Life Satisfaction as Different Facets of Well-Being." IACCP Regional Congress, Warsaw, Poland.. https://osf.io/9r7nx/.

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Presentation not at a conference

Stanciu, Adrian, Erich H. Witte, and Klaus Boehnke. 2021. "Away from the fictitious middle individual in value research!" Webinar on Culture and Values, GESIS (online), Munich, 2021-01-21. https://osf.io/45p8k/.

Stanciu, Adrian, Erich H. Witte, and Frank Zenker. 2021. "The similarity index (ISIM): A simple deductive measure to evaluate the empirical adequacy of a theoretical construct." Virtual Seminar at Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Free University of Bruxelles, GESIS (online), Munich, 2021-03-30. https://osf.io/6xmfp/.

Other

Stanciu, Adrian. 2020. "Website for complete beginners: All the steps to create your website, for dummies (https://adrianstanciu.eu/sitedummy.html)." https://adrianstanciu.eu/sitedummy.html.

Stanciu, Adrian. 2017. "On the cognitive adaptation of migrants: Changes in migrants’ personal stereotypes while acculturating to their host countries: Doctoral thesis."

Organisation

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Event

Stanciu, Adrian. 2017. "Under-Represented Ethnic and Cultural Groups from the Eastern European Context. A Research Incubator for Young Academics (parts I & 2)." IACCP Regional Congress, Warsaw, Poland. https://osf.io/b359m/.