CURRICULUM VITAE OF PROF.DR. A.P. (BRAM) BUUNK Personal Information Professional Address:

CURRICULUM VITAE OF PROF.DR. A.P. (BRAM) BUUNK
Personal Information
Professional Address:
Department of Psychology
University of Groningen
Grote Kruisstraat 2/1
9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands
Phone: (international access number) +31-50-363 63 80
Home Address:
Prinsenstraat 13
9711 CL Groningen, The Netherlands
Phone: (international access number) +31-50-313 61 87
Professional Employment
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1990 - 2005
Academy Professor, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
(KNAW)
Professor Asociado Invitado, Universidad Catolica del Uruquay
Honorary Research Fellow, International Center for Interpersonal
Relationships Research, Vítoria, Brazil
Professor Honorario, Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentinië
Professor of Evolutionary Social Psychology, University of Groningen
Professor Invitado EU Erasmus Mundo Program, Universidad de Valencia
Professor Invitado, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
Professor and Chair of Social Psychology, University of Groningen
Education
Ph.D.
M.A.
B.A.
Gymnasium ß (1965)
Utrecht University, 1980
University of Groningen, 1971
University of Groningen (cum laude), 1968
Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium, Groningen, 1965
Honors and distinctions
2005
2004
Academy Professor, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
(KNAW) (the highest honor and award a senior professor can attain in The
Netherlands)
Member Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Current Research Interests
Social comparison, jealousy, evolutionary social psychology, parental control of mate choice, intrasexual
competition, social psychology and health, reciprocity in interpersonal relationships.
International collaboration
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Status in organisation and intrasexual competition, with S. Franco, Universidad de la Republica,
Montevideo, Urugay
Sex differences in jealousy, with M. Casullo, A. Kansanzew and A. Castro, Universidad de Palermo,
Buenos Aires, Argentinia
Intrasexual competition, with M. Fischer, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada
Individual differences in social comparison orientation, with F.X. Gibbons and M. Gerrard, Iowa State
University, Ames
Intrasexual competition and jealousy in organisations, with J.M. Peíró and R. Zurriaga, University of
Valencia, Spain
Reciprocity in relationships, social comparison, and quality of life among paraplegics, with R. Zurriaga and
P. Gonzalez, University of Valencia, Spain
Social comparison, coping and health outcomes in chronic patients, with C. Terol Cantero, S. Lopez-Roig,
N. Pons, M. Martin-Aragon and M.C. Neipp, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, San Juan, Spain
Social comparison and adherence to medical prescriptions, with S. Hernandez Plaza, E.A. Morillejo, &
C.P. Muñoz, Universidad de Almeria, Spain
Reciprocity and stress at work, with A. Väänänen and others, Finnish Institute for Occupational Health
Major research grants since 1990
Social comparison from an evolutionary perspective, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (
KNAW), € 1.000.000,Evidence based development of patient education information to be provided through different media to
increase quality if life in cancer patients, KWF, € 350.000,Unconscious evaluation of rivals, Program Evolution and Behavior. NWO € 160.000,Framing: Solidarity and mismatches in social relations. ICS/KLI Breedtestrategie, University of
Groningen, ± € 110.000,- (met Dr. A. Dijkstra)
Social-comparison as determinant of educational attainment. PROO/NWO, (with M.P.C. van
der Werf and H. Kuyper), (2001-2005) ± € 167.672,A new look at social comparison. NWO (with D.A. Stapel), (2001-2005) ± € 544.536,University of Groningen Central Policy Fund (CBR) Cognitive distortions and comparison processes (with
E. van de Vliert), ± € 181.512,STIMULANS-proposal Graduate School Kurt Lewin Institute, NWO, ± € 453.780,- (with G. Semin and
Hk. Thierry)
Grants obtained under my supervision:
Fellowship Dutch Cancer Society for dr. N. Frieswijk € 90.000,-
Journal editorships and board memberships
2005 – present
2003 - present
1985 - present
1980 - present
Board member Personal Relationships
Board member Revista de Psicología Occupational
Member Editorial Board Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Occasional Reviewer for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Psychological
Bulletin, British Journal of Social Psychology; European Journal of Social Psychology;
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology; Journal of Sex Research; Review of
Personality and Social Psychology; Journal of Social and Personal Relationships;
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Lifestyles, A Journal of Changing
Patterns; Anxiety, Stress, and Coping; Communication Theory; Personal Relationships;
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Journal of Applied Social Psychology; Journal of Language and Social Psychology,
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personal Relationships; Work and Stress,
Personality and Individual Differences
Major professional service in The Netherlands
2004 - present
2002 - present
1997 - present
1997 - 2005
Member Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Member Program Committee on Evolution and Behaviour (E&G), Netherlands
Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
Vice-chair Program Committee Successful Ageing (SOW), Netherlands Organization
for Scientific Research (NWO)
Member Scientific Board for Social Oncology (WRSO), Dutch Cancer Foundation
(NKB-KWF)
Supervised doctoral dissertations completed
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M.Wehrens - Social comparison in the classroom (with H. Kuyper), 28 april 2008
L. Niezink - Empathy and social comparison 2003-2007 (with F.W. Siero), 27 maart 2008
D. Trampe – Sociale vergelijking en reclame (met D.A.Stapel & F.W.Siero), 7 juni 2007
C. Carmona - Social comparison, self-efficacy and professional burnout, 2002-2006 ( with J.M.
Peiro & A. Dijkstra).
R. Smaniotto - Emotional behavioral mechanisms for social behavior: an evolutionary
psychological perspective, 1999-2004 (with F. Stokman, H. de Vos, & A. Flache).
H. Groothof - When others are doing better or worse: Responses from the heart and the head
(with F. Siero).
M. Luxen - Evolutionary approach of personnel selection 2003-2004
N. Frieswijk - Frail, but happy: The importance of self-management ability and social
comparison for the subjective well-being of elderly persons (with N. Steverdink & J. Slaets).
Current Ph.D. Thesis Supervision
A.D. Hoben – Incest avoidance and consanguineous marriages (with J. Park) 2007-2011
T. van Brakel - Evidence based development of patienteducation information to be provided through
different media to increase quality of life in cancerpatients (met A. Dijkstra) 2007-2011
L. van der Meij – The influences of competition on the behavioural and hormonal components of the
mating response of men, (met A. Salvador, Univ. de Valencia) 2006-2010
S.L. Dubbs – Mating strategies and parental offspring conflict (with J. Park) 2006-2010
L. Klavina – Mating and intergroup conflict (with J.Park) 2006-2010
M. Vos - Social identity, social comparison and organizations (with K. van der Zee)
Z. Bosch - Social comparison and individual differences in social comparison orientation, 2001-2008 (with
F. Siero)
S. Dalley - Body image and social comparison, 2001-2008
K. Massar – Unconscious evaluation of rivals in jealousy situations, 2004 - 2009
M. Bügel – Love and marketing 2004-2008
C. Ras – The influence of brands and advertising on social comparison: an evolutionary perpsective 20042008
B. Bos – Marketing of libraries 2005 - 2008
A.Våånånen – Social support, reciprocity and health (with J. Vahtera) 2006 - 2010
Major Invited Addresses and Colloquia
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Relaciones Íntimas y Celos: Una Perspectiva Evolucionista. Universidade Federal do
Esperito Santo, Vitoria, Brazilie, 16 oktober 2007.
WHY are we jealous? Symposium ‘Ultimate questions in behavioral biology’.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 12 december 2006.
Evolutietheorie en psychologie: het ultieme gelijk van Darwin. Themabijeenkomst
‘Evolutie’, KNAW, 6 november 2006.
Quality of working life. Work and Stress. Seminar ‘Organizational structure and
processes: Conceptual models’. Erasmus Mundus Program, Universidad de Valencia,
October – November 2006.
Evaluación automática de los rivales sentimentales: estudio evolutionisto de los celos.
Workshop Graduate Students, Universidad de la Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentinie,
Septembre.
Comparación social en organizaciones. Workshop for the Programma Doctorado
Interuniversitario de Psicología de Trabajo y Organizaciones, Madrid, April
Automatically evaluating one’s romantic rivals: a social cognitive approach to
studying jealousy from an evolutionary perspective’. Sydney Symposium on Social
Psychology.Invited address for ‘ Evolution of the social mind: Evolutionar psychology
and social cognition’ , Australia, Sydney, 13-16 March 2006.
‘Comparacíon social y activacíon del conflicto en las organizaciones”. Curso
Doctorado interuniversitario psicología de las organizaciones y del trabajo (POT).
Mención de Calidad del Miniterio de Educacíon, Cultura y deporte. 2005-2006.
‘El papel de la comparición social en la adaptación a cáncer’.Congreso de la Sociedad
Interamericana de Psicologia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 29.
Comparación social y adaptación en la enfermedad crónica.
Invited Lecture, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas,
Venezuela, February 2005
Efectos de la comparacíon social: El papel de la orientacíon hacia la comparacíon
social . Conferencía Presentada al Departamento de Biología,
Universidad Complutense, Madrid, March.
Comparación social en organizaciones. Workshop for the Programma Doctorado
Interuniversitario de Psicología de Trabajo y Organizaciones, Madrid, March.
Calidad de Vida de los Pacientes con Cancer’. Invited address for ‘Estrategias de
Intervención Psicosocial Individual/Grupal Familiar y Comunitaria’. I. Curso Tailer
Internacional de Postgrado, Universidad Católica de Santa Maria, Arequipa, Perú,
July 1-4.
Burnout: Estar quemado en el Trabajo. Hacia una Teoría Interpersonal’. Invited
address for ‘Estrategias de Intervención Psicosocial Individual/Grupal Familiar y
Comunitaria’. I. Curso Tailer Internacional de Postgrado, Universidad Católica de
Santa Maria, Arequipa, Perú, July 1-4.
Burnout: Estar quemado en el Trabajo. Hacia una Teoría Interpersonal’. Invited
address at the 4° Coloquio sobre Investigación Psicológica en la Organización del
Trabajo, Area de Psicologíca del Trabajo y sus Organizaciones, Facultad de
Psicología, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 17, 18, and 24.
Personality and social comparison. Invited address for the 12th European Conference on
Personality, Groningen, The Netherlands, July 18-22.
Comparación social y adaptación en la enfermedad cronica. Invited lecture for the
Universidad de Almeria, Almeria, Spain, March 22.
El circulo vicioso de burnout: Efectos longitudinales de la comparación social sobre el
burnout. Invited lecture Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 26.
Social comparison and psychological well-being: Predicting assimilation and contrast
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effects. Invited lecture for workshop ‘Cognitic’. Clermont Ferrand, France, January.
A revision of social comparison theory? The role of social comparson orientation.
Invited lecture, Laboratoire de Psychologie sociale et cognitive. Université Blaise
Pascal, Clermont Ferrand, France, January.
In Press
Dijkstra, P., Kuyper, H., Van der Werff, G., Buunk, A.P., & van der Zee, Y. (in press). Social
comparison in the classroom: A review. Review of Educational Research.
Dijkstra, P., Gibbons, F.X., & Buunk, A.P. (in press). Social Comparison Theory. In: J.E. Maddux & J.P.
Tangney (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology. Guilford Publications.
Buunk, A.P., & Dijkstra, P. (in press). Mental health and social psychology. In: L. Steg, A.P Buunk, &
J.A. Rothergatter (Eds.), Applied social psychology: Understanding and managing social problems.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Park, J.H., & Buunk A.P. (in press). Recurrent interpersonal threats and evolved social motives. In D.A.
Dunning (Ed.), Handbook of social motivation. New York: Psychology Press.
Dijkstra, A. & Buunk, A.P. (in press). Self-evaluative emotions and expectations about self-evaluative
emotions in health-behavior change. British Journal of Social Psychology.
Steg, L., Buunk, A. P., & Rothengatter, J. A. (Eds.) (in press). Applied Social Psychology:
Understanding and managing social problems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Publications in Spanisch
Terol, M.C., Pons, N., Neipp, M.C., Rodríquez-Marín, J., Buunk, B., Martín-Aragón, M., & Sánchez, P.
(2008). Estrategias de comparación social y resultados en salud: Un estudio de adaptación y
evaluación en muestra española de pacientes crónicos. Cuardernos de Medicina Psicosomática y
Psiquiatría de Enlace, 84/85, 19-31.
Buunk, A.P., Terol, M.C. y Lledó, A. (2006). El papel de la comparación social en la adaptación a la
enfermedad crónica: Un estudio en cáncer. Revista de Psicología de la Salud, 18, 27-48.
Carpi, A., Zurriaga, R., González, P., Marzo, J.C., & Buunk, A.P. (2007). Incidencia de los hábitos de
conducta en la prevención de la enfermedad cardiovascular. International Journal of Clinical and
Health Psychology, 7, 59-70.
Zurriaga, R.L., Navarro, P.G., & Buunk, A.P. (2006). Aspectos psicocociales en lesionados medulares;
Presentación de algunos resultados de la investigación sobre estrategias de comparación social,
afrontamiento y bienestar psicológica en lesionados medulares. Federación Nacional Aspaym, 55,
(4ª), 15-20.
Buunk, A.P. (2005). Procesos de la comparación social en pacientes que sufren de cáncer.
Psicodebate, 6, 29-44.
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Buunk, A.P., & Dijkstra, P. (2005). Diferencias de género en las características del rival que provocan
celos debidos a la infidelidad emocional o sexual. In Fernández, J.S., Martínez, G.S., & Sande J.R.
(Eds.), Psicología jurídica, de la violencia y de género. (pp. 313-321). Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva.
Carmona, C., Buunk, B.P., Peiró, J.M., & Dijkstra, A. (2005). El rol de la comparacíon social en
organizaciones del sector privado y público en Holanda y España. In J. Romay, & R. García (Eds.),
Psicología social y problemas sociales, (pp. 309 – 315). Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva.
Buunk, B.P., Belmonte, J., Peiró, J.M., Zurriaga, R., & Gibbons, F.X. (2005). Diferencias individuales
en la comparación social: Propiedades de la escala española de orientación hacia la comparación
social. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, 37, 561-581.
Publications in English
Dijkstra, A., Schakenraad, R., Menninga, K., Buunk, A.P., and Siero, F. (2009). Selfdiscrepancies and involvement moderate the effects of positive and negative framing
in persuasive communication. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 31, 234-243
Kenrick, D.T., Nieuweboer, S. , & Buunk, A.P. (2009). Universal mechanisms and
cultural diversity: Replacing the blank slate with a coloring book. In M. Schaller, A.
Norenzayan, S.J. Heine, T. Yamagishi & T. Kameda, Evolution, culture, and the
human mind. (pp257-272). London: Psychology Press
Buunk, A.P. (2009). Jealousy. In: D. Sander & K.R. Scherer (Eds.). Oxford companion to
affective sciences. (pp.229-230). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Taniguchi, H., & Buunk, A. P. (2009) Reciprocity in various interpersonal relationships.
In M. Hida & Y. Nagata (Eds.) Putting modern society in perspective of social
psychology. (pp.65-80). Kyoto: Nakanishiya (in Japanese) Shuppan.
Buunk, A.P., Bennenbroek, F.T.C., Stiegelis, H., Sanderman, R., Brakel, T.M., Van den
Bergh, A.C.M., & Hagedoorn, M., (2009). Neuroticism and responses to social
comparison among patients. European Journal of Personality, 23, 475-487.
Buunk, A.P., Park, J.H., & Duncan, L.A. (2009). Cultural variation in parental influence
on mate choice. Cross-Cultural Research, 1-18.
Dalley, S.E., Buunk, A.P. & Umit, T. (2009). Female body dissatisfaction after exposure
to overweight and thin media images: The role of body mass index and neuroticism,
Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 47-51
Massar, K., Buunk, A.P. & Dechesne, M. (2009). Jealousy in the blink of an eye: jealous
reactions following subliminal exposure to rival characteristics. European Journal of
Social Psycholog,39, 769-779.
Massar, K., & Buunk, A.P. (2009). The effect of a subliminally primed context on
intrasecual competition depends on individual differences in sex drive. Journal of
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Research in Personality, 43, 691-694.
Park, J. H., & Buunk, A. P. (2009). Recurrent interpersonal threats and evolved social
motives. In D. Dunning (Ed.). Frontiers in social motivation. New York: Psychology
Press.
Buunk, A.P & Fisher, M. (2009). Individual differences in intrasexual competition.
Journal of Evolutionary Psychology,7, 37-48.
Klavina, L., Buunk, A.P., & Park, J. H. (2009). Intergroup jealousy: Effects of perceived
group characteristics and intrasexual competition between groups. In H. Høgh-Oleson,
J. Tønnesvang & P. Bertelsen (Eds.). Human characteristics – Evolutionary
perspectives on human mind and kind (pp. 382 – 397). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Scholars.
Park, J.H., Dubbs, S.L., & Buunk, A.P. (2009). Parents, offspring and mate-choice
conflicts. In H. Høgh-Oleson, J. Tønnesvang & P. Bertelsen (Eds.). Human
characteristics – Evolutionary perspectives on human mind and kind (pp. 352 – 365).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Scholars.
Dalley, S.E., & Buunk, A.P. (2009). “Thinspiration”vs. “fear of fat”: Using prototypes to
predict frequent weight-loss dieting in females, Appetite, 52, 217-221.
Massar, K., & Buunk, A.P. (2009). Rivals in the mind’s eye: Jealous responses after
subliminal exposure to body shapes. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 129134.
Carmona, C., Buunk, A.P., Dijkstra, A., & Peiro, J.M. (2008). The relationship between goal
orientation, social comparison responses, self-efficacy and performance. European Psychologist, 13,.
Buunk, A.P., Park, J.H., Dubbs, S.L. (2008). Parent-offspring conflict in mate preferences. Review of
General Psychology,21, 47-62.
Buunk, A.P., Park, J.H., Zurriaga, R., Klavina, L. & Massar, K. (2008). Height predicts jealousy
differently for men and women. Evolution and Behavior, 29, 133-139.
Park, J.H., Wieling, M.B., Buunk, A.P., & Massar, K. (2008). Sex-specific relationship between digit ratio
(2D:4D) and romantic jealousy. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1039-1045.
Buunk, A.P. & Van Vugt, M. (2008). Applying social psychology. From problems to solutions. London:
Sage.
Seaton, M., Marsh, H.W., Dumas, F., Huguet, P., Monteil, J-M., Regner, I., Blanton, H., Buunk,
A.P.,Gibbons, F.X., Kuyper, H., Suls, J., Wheeler, L. (2008). In search of the big fish: Investigating
the coexistance of the big-fish-little-pond effect with the positive effects of upward comparison.
British Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 73-103.
Buunk, A.P., & Dijkstra, P. (2008). Affiliation, attraction and close relationships. In M. Hewstone, W.
Stroebe & Jonas, K. (Eds.), Introduction to Social Psychology. (pp. 196-215). Oxford, Blackwell
Publishing.
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Buunk, A.P., & Park, J.H. (2008). Not massive, but messy modularity. Psychological Inquiry, 19, 23-26.
Buunk A.P. , Cohen-Schotanus, J., & Van Nek, R.H. (2007). Why and how people engage in social
comparison while learning social skills in groups. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and
Practice, 11 140-152.
Dijkstra, A., Borland, R. Buunk, A.P. (2007). The motivation to stay abstinent in ex-smokers:
Comparing the present with the past. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2372-2376.
Park, J.H., Buunk, A.P. & Wieling, M.B. (2007). Does the face reveal athletic flair? Positions in team
sports and facial attractiveness. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1960-1965.
Mollema, E., Nauta, A., & Buunk, A.P. (2007). Social comparison-based thoughts in groups: Their
associations with interpersonal trust and learning outcomes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology,
37 (6), 1163-1180.
Guimond, S., Branscombe, N.R., Brunot, S., Buunk, A.P., Désert, M., Garcia, D.M., Haque, S.,
Martinot, D., & Yzerbyt, V. (2007). Culture, gender, and the self: Variations and impact of social
comparison processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92 (6), 1118-1134.
Buunk, A.P., Peiró, J.M., & Griffioen, C. (2007). A positive role model may stimulate career oriented
behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37 (7), 1489–1500.
Buunk, A.P., Peíró, J.M., Rodríguez, I., & Bravo, J.M. (2007). An evolutionary perspective on
professional burnout. European Journal of Personality, 21(4), 471-485.
Frieswijk, N., Buunk, A.P., Steverink, N., & Slaets, J.P.J. (2007). Subjective well-being in frail older
people : Why social comparison orientation and self-management are important. Revue Internationale
de Psychologie Sociale, 20 (1), 105-124.
Buunk, A.P., Groothof, H.A.K., & Siero, F.W. (2007). Social comparison and satisfaction with one’s
social life. Journal of Social and Personal Relationship, 24(2),197-206.
Buunk, A.P., & Gibbons, F.X. (2007). Social comparison: The end of a theory and the emergence of a
field. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Process, 102, 3-21.
Buunk, A.P., Massar, K., & Dijkstra, P. (2007). A social cognitive evolutionary approach to jealousy :
The automatic evaluation of one’s romantic rivals. In Forgas, J., Haselton, M., & Von Hippel, W.
(Eds.) Evolution and the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and social cognition. ( pp. 213-228)
New York: Psychology Press.
Buunk, A.P., Zurriaga, R., & González, P. (2006). Social comparison, coping and depression in people
with spinal cord injury. Psychology and Health, 21, 791-807.
Van Yperen, N.W., Brenninkmeijer, V., & Buunk, A.P. (2006). People’s responses to upward and
downward social comparisons: The role of the individual’s effort-performance expectancy. British
Jorunal of Social Psychology, 45, 519-533.
Buunk, A.P. (2006) . Responses to a happily married other: The role of relationship satisfaction and
social Comparion orientation. Personal Relationship, 13, 397-409
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Buunk, B.P, & Dijkstra, P. (2006). The threat of temptation: Extradyadic relationships and jealousy.In
D. Perlman & A.L. Vangelisti (Eds.). Handbook of personal relationships. (pp. 533-556). New York:
Cambridge University Press.
Buunk, A.P., Zurriaga, R., González, P., Terol, C., & Lopez Roig S. (2006). Targets and
dimensions of social comparison among people with spinal cord injury and other health
problems. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 677-693.
Frieswijk, N., Steverink, N., Buunk, A.P., & Slaets, J.P.J. (2006). The effectiveness of a
bibliography in increasing the self-management ability of slightly to moderately frail older
people. Patient Education and Counseling, 61, 219-227
Lindenberg, S., Fetchenhauer, D., Flache, A., & Buunk, A.P. (2006). Solidarity and prosocial behavior: a
framing approach. In Fetchenhauer, D., Flache, A., Lindenberg, S., & Buunk, A .P. (Eds.). Solidarity
and prosocial behavior. (pp. 3–20). New York: Springer.
Carmona, C., Buunk, B.P., Peiro, J.M., Rodriguez, I., & Bravo, M.J. (2006). Do social comparison and
coping play a role in the development of burnout? Journal of Occupational and Organizational
Psychology, 79, 83-99.
Fetchenhauer, D., Flache, A., Lindenberg, S., & Buunk, B.P. (Eds.) (2006). Solidarity and prosocial
behavior. New York: Kluwer.
Buunk, A.P., & Dijkstra, P. (2006). The ultimate betrayal. Infidelity and solidarity in close
relationships. In: Fetchenhauer, D., Flache, A., Lindenberg, S., & Buunk, B.P. (Eds.). Solidarity
and prosocial behavior (pp. 111-125). New York: Springer.
Luxen, M.F., & Buunk, A.P. (2006). Human intelligence, fluctuating asyemetry and the peacock’s tail;
General intelligence (g) as an honest signal of fiteness. Personal and Individual Differences, 41,
897-902.
Buunk, A.P., & De Dreu, C.K.W. (2006). The moderating role of communal orientation on equity
considerations in close relationships. International Review of Social Psychology, 19, 133-156.
Buunk, B.P. 2006). Social psychology deserves better: marketing the pivotal social sciene. In Van
Lange, P.A.M. (Ed.). Bridging social psychology. (83-89). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Guimond, S., Chatard, A., Branscombe, N.R., Brunot, S., Buunk, B.P., Conway, M.A., Crisp, R.,
Dambrun, M., Désert, M., Garcia, D.M., Haque, S., Leyens, J.-P., Lorenzi-Cioldi, F., Martinot, D.,
Redersdorff, S., & Yzerbyt, V. (2006). Social comparisons across cultures II: Change and stability
in self-views – experimental evidence. In Guimond, S. (Ed.)., Social comparision and social
psychology; Understanding cognition, intergroup relations and culture (pp. 318-345. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Buunk, B.P. & Gibbons, F.X. (2006). Social Comparison Orientation: A new perspective on those
who do, and those who don’t compare with others. In: Guimond, S. (Ed.), Social comparison
and social psychology; understanding cognition, intergroup relations and culture (pp.15-33).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Fetchenhauer, D., & Buunk, B.P. (2005) How to explain gender differences in fear of crime: Towards
An evolutionary approach. Sexualities, Evolution and Gender, 7, 95-113.
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Hofstra, J., Van Oudenhoven, J.P., & Buunk, B.P. (2005) Attachment styles and majority members’
Attitudes towards adaptation strategies of immigrants. International Jorunal of Intercultural
Relations, 29, 601-619.
Schuurmans, H., Steverink, N., Frieswijk, N., Buunk, B.P., Slaets, J.P.J., & Lindenberg, S. (2005).
How to measure self-management abilities in older people by self-report. The development of the
SMAS-30. Quality of Life Research.
Väänänen, A., Buunk, B.P., Mika Kivimäki, M., Pentti, J., & Vahtera, J. (2005). When it is better to
give than to receive: A 9-year prospective study on the effects of reciprocity in support exhange on
health and sickness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Buunk, B.P. (2005). How do people respond to others with high levels of commitment or
autonomy in their relationships? Effects of gender and social comparison orientation. Journal of
Social and Personal Relationships, 22, 653-672.
Luxen, M.F., & Buunk, B.P. (2005) Second-to-fourth digit ratio related to verbal and numerical
intelligence and the big five. Personality and Individual Differences, 39, 959-966.
Buunk, A.P., Blanton, H., Schuurman, M.K., & Siero, F.W. (2005). Issue involvement and low-versus
high- power style as related to attitude change in sex-role egalitarianism. Journal of Language and
Social Psychology, 24, 412-421.
Buunk, B.P., Kuyper, H., & Van der Zee, Y.G. (2005). Affective responses to social comparison in the
classroom. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 27, 229-237.
Buunk, B.P., & Dijkstra, P. (2005). A narrow waist versus broad shoulders: Sex and age differences in
the jealousy-evoking characteristics of a rival’s body build. Personality and Individual Differences,
39, 379-389.
Buunk, B.P., & Gibbons, F.X. (2005). Social comparison. In G. Davey (Ed.). The Encyclopaedic
Dictionary of Psychology (pp. 278-279). London: Hodder Education.
Buunk, B.P, Nauta, A., & Molleman, E. (2005). In search of the true group animal: the effects of
affiliation orientation and social comparison orientation upon group satisfaction. European Journal
of Personality, 19, 69-81.
Buunk, B.P., Zurriaga, R., Peíró, J.M., Nauta, A., & Gosalvez, I. (2005). Social comparisons at work as
related to a cooperative social climate and to individual differences in social comparison orientation.
Applied Psychology: An International Review, 54, 61-80.
Väänänen, A., Pahkin, K., Kalimo, R., & Buunk, B.P. (2004). Maintenance of subjective health during a
merger: the role of experienced change and pre-merger social support at work in white- and bluecollar workers. Social Science & Medicine, 58, 1903-1915.
Buunk, B.P., & Dijkstra, P. (2004). Gender differences in rival characteristics that evoke jealousy in
response to emotional versus sexual infidelity. Personal Relationships, 11, 395-408.
Frieswijk, N. , Buunk, B.P., Steverink, N., & Slaets, J.P.J. (2004). The interpretation of social
comparison and its relation to life satisfaction among elderly people: does frailty make a
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difference? Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 59B, 250-257.
Kuijer, R.G., Buunk, B.P., De Jong, G.M., & Ybema, J.F. (2004). Effects of a brief intervention
program for patients with cancer and their partners on feelings of inequity, relationship quality and
psychological distress. Psycho Oncology, 13, 321-334.
Stiegelis, H.E., Hagedoorn, M, Sanderman, R., Bennenbroek, F.T.C, Buunk, B.P., Van den Bergh,
A.C.M., Botke, G., & Ranchor, A. (2004). The impact of an informational self-management
intervention on the association between control and illness uncertainty before and psychological
distress after radiotherapy, Psycho-Oncology, 13, 248-259.
Frieswijk, N., Buunk, B.P., Steverink, N., & Slaets, J.P.J. (2004). The effect of social comparison
information on the life of satisfaction of frail older persons. Psychology and Aging, 19, 183-190.
Scientific Publications in Dutch
Buunk, A.P. & Dijkstra, P. (2007). Contacten en relaties via het internet. Verrijking of verarming van
het gemeenschapsleven? Liberaal Reveil 2, 83-88.
Pietersma, S., Dijkstra, A. & Buunk, A.P. (2007). Zelfbevestiging, betrokkenheid en defensieve reacties
bij persuasieve communicatie. Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2006. (pp. 395-402). Groningen: Aspo
Pers.
Wehrens, M.J.P.W., Kuyper, H., Buunk, A.P. & Van der Werf, G.P.C. (2006). Verklaart
prestatiemotivatie het lange termijn effect van sociale vergelijking in het middelbaar onderwijs. In:
Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie. (pp.523-530). Groningen: Aspo Pers.
Pass, J.A., Lindenberg, S.M., Buunk, A.P., Pollmann, M., Finkenauer, C., & Aker, I. (2006). Waarom
voel ik me zo pro-sociaal? In: Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie. (pp. 365-380). Groningen: Aspo Pers.
Niezink, L., & Buunk, A.P. (2006). Jouw leed is mijn leed: Invloed van sociale vergelijkingsoriëntatie
en perspectief innemen op emotionele reacties op een persoon in nood. In: Jaarboek Sociale
Psychologie. (pp. 349-356). Groningen: Aspo Pers.
Groothof, H.A.K., Buunk, A.P. & Siero, F.W. (2006). Sociale vergelijking van het sociale leven. In:
Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie. (pp.177-184). Groningen: Aspo Pers.
Bosch, Z., Buunk, A.P., & Siero, F.W. (2006). Sociale vergelijkingsoriëntatie: Waarom de een meer
vergelijkt dan de ander; de relatie tussen sociale vergelijkings-oriëntatie en dimensionale nabijheid.
In: Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie. (pp.51-57). Groningen: Aspo Pers.
Massar, K., Buunk, B., & Dechesne, M. (2005). Hoge hakken, echte liefde: jaloezie en de onbewuste
detectie van rivaalkenmerken. In E.H. Gordijn, R. Holland, A. Meijnders & J. Ouwerkerk (Eds.).,
Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2004, 265-272. . Groningen: Aspo Pers.
Niezink, L., & Buunk, B.P. (2005). Invloed van sociale vergelijking en perspectief innemen op affect
resulterend in hulpbereidheid. In E.H. Gordijn, R. Holland, A. Meijnders & J. Ouwerkerk (Eds.).,
Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2004, 289-296. Groningen: Aspo
Pers.
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Frieswijk, N., Buunk, B.P., Steverink, N., & Slaets, J.P.J. (2005). Het effect van sociale vergelijkingsinformatie op de levenssatisfactie van fragiele ouderen. Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie,
36, 100-108.
Hofstra, J., Van Oudenhoven, J.P., & Buunk, B.P. (2005). Hechtingsstijl en Houding ten opzichte van
Adaptiestrategieën van Immigranten. In E.H. Gordijn, R. Holland, A. Meijnders & J. Ouwerkerk
(Eds.)., Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2004, 163-171. Groningen: Aspo Pers.
Kleinjan, M., Buunk, B.P., & De Groot, F. (2005). AIDS-preventie: de effectiviteit van theater voor en
door asielzoekers. Gedrag & Gezondheid, 33, 82-86.
Massar, K., & Buunk, B.P. (2005). Jaloezie vanuit een evolutionair perspectief: onbewuste waarneming
van rivaalkenmerken. Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, 47, 188-192.
Frieswijk, N., Dijkstra, P., Steverink, N., Buunk, B.P., & Slaets, J.P.J. (2004). Grip op het leven: genieten
van het ouder worden (Grip on life: How to enjoy aging). Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
Buunk, B.P., & Dijkstra, P. (2004). Attractie en intieme relaties. In R. Vonk (Red.). Sociale Psychologie
(pp. 231-283). Groningen, NL.: Wolters-Noordhof.
Werkhoven, Y., Spreen, M., Buunk, B., & Schaub, R. (2004). Mondzorg in de Dr. S. van Mesdagkliniek
heeft meer om het lijf. GGzet Wetenschappelijk, 8, 36-40.
Pietersma, S., Buunk, A.P., Van der Werff, G.F.M., & Van den Bergh, A.C.M. (2004). Palliatief Team
Oncologie - de start van een multidisciplinair consultteam. De houding van medici en
verpleegkundigen ten opzichte van het palliatieve team. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Palliatieve
Zorg, 3, 65-71.
Henselmans, I., Hagedoorn, M., Buunk, B.P., & Sanderman, R. (2004). Communicatie in de relatie als
voorspeller van relatietevredenheid en depressieve symptonen van kankerpatiënten en hun intieme
partners. Gedrag & Gezondheid, 32, 75-85.
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