Isabel Correia
Isabel Correia is an associate professor in the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL). Her research interests include bullying, the perception of victims, the social psychology of justice, and belief in a just world theory.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Intergroup Relations
- Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
- Personality, Individual Differences
Journal Articles:
- Aguiar, P., Vala, J., Correia, I., & Pereira, C. (2008). Justice in our world and in that of others: Belief in a just world and reactions to victims. Social Justice Research, 21, 50-68.
- Almeida, A., Correia, I., & Marinho, S. (2010). Moral disengagement, normative beliefs of peer group, and attitudes regarding roles in bullying. Journal of School Violence, 9, 23-36.
- Alves, H., & Correia, I. (2010). Personal and general belief in a just world as judgment norms. International Journal of Psychology. 45, 221-231.
- Alves, H., & Correia, I. (2010). The strategic expression of personal belief in a just world. European Psychologist, 15, 202-210.
- Alves, H., & Correia, I. (2008). On the normativity of expressing the belief in a just world: Empirical evidence. Social Justice Research, 21, 106-118.
- Correia, I., Alves, H., Almeida, A., & Garcia, D. (2010). Norms regarding secondary victimization of bullying victims: Do they differ according to the victim’s categorization? Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51, 164-170.
- Correia, I., Alves, H., Sutton, R., Ramos, M., Gouveia-Pereira, M., & Vala, J. (2012). When do people derogate or psychologically distance themselves from victims? Belief in a just world and ingroup identification. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 747-752.
- Correia, I., Batista, M. T., & Lima, M. L. (2009). Does the belief in a just world bring happiness? Causal relationships among belief in a just world, life satisfaction, and mood. Australian Journal of Psychology, 61, 220-227.
- Correia, I., & Dalbert, C. (2008). School bullying: Belief in a personal just world of bullies, victims, and defenders. European Psychologist, 13, 248-254.
- Correia, I., & Dalbert, C. (2007). Belief in a just world, justice concerns, and well-being at Portuguese schools. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 22, 421-437.
- Correia, I. F., & Vala, J. (1997). Can interdependence override the impact of categorization on social influence? Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale, 10, 97-106.
- Correia, I., Kamble, S. V., & Dalbert, C. (2009). Belief in a just world and well-being of bullies, victims, and defenders: A study with Portuguese and Indian students. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 22, 497-508.
- Correia, I., & Vala, J. (2003). When will a victim be secondarily victimized? The effect of observer’s belief in a just world, victim’s innocence and persistence of suffering. Social Justice Research, 16, 379-400.
- Correia, I., Vala, J., & Aguiar, P. (2007). Victim’s innocence, social categorization, and the threat to the belief in a just world. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 31-38.
- Correia, I., Vala, J., & Aguiar, P. (2001). The effects of BJW and victim’s innocence on secondary victimization, judgements of justice, and victim’s deservingness. Social Justice Research, 14, 327-341.
Other Publications:
- Almeida, A., Correia, I., Marinho, S., & Garcia, D. (2012). Virtual but not less real: A study of cyberbullying and its relations to moral disengagement and empathy. In Q. Li, D. Cross, & P. K. Smith (2012), Cyberbullying in the global playground (pp. 223-244). Oxford: Wiley.
- Correia, I, & Vala, J. (2004). Belief in a just world, subjective well-being and trust of young adults. In C. Dalbert and H. Sallay (Eds.), The justice motive in adolescence and young adulthood: Origins and consequences. London: Routledge.
Courses Taught:
- Areas of Application of Social Psychology II
- Attitudes and Attitude Change
- Educational Psychology
- Health in Educational Contexts
- Methods and Application Areas of Psychology
- Organizational Behavior
- Quantitative Methods of Research
- Research Methods in Social and Organizational Psychology
- Social and Organizational Psychology
- Social Psychology I
- Social Psychology of Justice
Isabel Correia
Departamento de Psicologia Social e das Organizações
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Av. das Forças Armadas
1649-026 Lisboa
Portugal