Publications
2025
Scholarly publications
Nijs, T. (2025). Breaking False Polarization: How Information on Descriptive Norms Mitigates Worry Rooted in Polarization (Mis)perceptions. Social Inclusion, 13, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.9904
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/265854096/Nijs_2025.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/265854096/Nijs_2025.pdf
Szebeni, Z., Elovainio, R., Martinovic, B., Nijs, T., & Jasinskaja- Lahti, I. (2025). “(The story of) This country is ours!” The territorial and epistemic dimensions of collective psychological ownership among the national majority and immigrants. advances.in psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.56296/aip00035
Stark, T. H., Nijs, T., & Köbrich, J. (2025). Additive and multiplicative effects of different forms of positive and negative indirect intergroup contact in predicting intergroup attitudes. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 104, Article 102110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102110
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/247937459/1-s2.0-S0147176724001792-main.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/247937459/1-s2.0-S0147176724001792-main.pdf
Wuestenenk, N., Nijs, T., Stark, T. H., van Tubergen, F., & Ellemers, N. (2025). The interplay of misperceptions and willingness to share opinions in full classroom networks: The case of opinions towards homosexuality. Social Networks, 80, 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2024.08.003
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/243022328/1-s2.0-S0378873324000467-main.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/243022328/1-s2.0-S0378873324000467-main.pdf
2024
Scholarly publications
Nijs, T., Martinovic, B., & Verkuyten, M. (2024). The Two Routes of Collective Psychological Ownership: Rights and Responsibilities Explain Intentions to Exclude Outsiders and Engage in Stewardship Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(2), 270-284. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221129757
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436989/nijs-et-al-2022-the-two-routes-of-collective-psychological-ownership-rights-and-responsibilities-explain-intentions-to.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436989/nijs-et-al-2022-the-two-routes-of-collective-psychological-ownership-rights-and-responsibilities-explain-intentions-to.pdf?sequence=1
2023
Scholarly publications
Straver, L., Martinovic, B., Nijs, T., Nooitgedagt, W., & Storz, N. (2023). Who believes the country belongs to their ethnic ingroup? The background characteristics of 'owners' and their support for stricter immigration policies across three Western societies. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 11(2), 570-585. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.10617
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434287/10617-Article-108511-1-10-20231109.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434287/10617-Article-108511-1-10-20231109.pdf?sequence=1
Nijs, T., Martinovic, B., Coenders, M., & Ford, R. (2023). “These benefits are ours because we were here first”: relating autochthony to welfare chauvinism and welfare ethnocentrism. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(15), 3199-3223 . https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2023.2199053
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434144/These_benefits_are_ours_because_we_were_here_first_relating_autochthony_to_welfare_chauvinism_and_welfare_ethnocentrism.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434144/These_benefits_are_ours_because_we_were_here_first_relating_autochthony_to_welfare_chauvinism_and_welfare_ethnocentrism.pdf?sequence=1
2022
Scholarly publications
Nijs, T. (2022). This place is ours: Collective psychological ownership and its social consequences. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/1092
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/117341391/T%20%20Nijs%20-%20thesis.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/117341391/T%20%20Nijs%20-%20thesis.pdf
Nijs, T., Verkuyten, M., & Martinovic, B. (2022). Losing what is OURS: The intergroup consequences of collective ownership threat. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 25(2), 562–580. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220980809
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/424525/1368430220980809.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/424525/1368430220980809.pdf?sequence=1
2021
Scholarly publications
Nijs, T., Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M., & Sedikides, C. (2021). ‘This country is OURS’: The exclusionary potential of collective psychological ownership. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(1), 171-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12386
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409217/British_J_Social_Psychol_2020_Nijs_This_country_is_OURS_The_exclusionary_potential_of_collective_psychological.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409217/British_J_Social_Psychol_2020_Nijs_This_country_is_OURS_The_exclusionary_potential_of_collective_psychological.pdf?sequence=1
2019
Scholarly publications
Nijs, T., Stark, T. H., & Verkuyten, M. (2019). Negative intergroup contact and radical right-wing voting: The moderating roles of personal and collective self-efficacy. Political Psychology, 40(5), 1057-1073. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12577
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/387150/Negative.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/387150/Negative.pdf?sequence=1