Dr. Tom Nijs

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

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
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

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

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
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

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
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

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

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