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2026/in press
Open Science Collaboration. (in press). Investigating the replicability of the social and behavioral sciences. Nature.
Paredes, B., Briñol, P., Santos, D., Moreno, L., Guyer, J., & Petty, R. E. (2026). Attitudes guiding behavior as a function of perceived knowledge: The moderating role of epistemic vs. hedonic mindsets. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 123, 104857. [PDF]
Requero, B., Santos, D., & Martín-Fernández, M. (in press). Intervention intentions and donation decisions for nonprofit organizations combatting violence against women: The role of holistic vs. analytic thinking style. Violence Against Women. [PDF]
2025
Santos, D., Requero, B., & Martín-Fernández, M. (2025). Holism and causal responsibility: The role of number and valence of event consequences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 53(1), 452-466. [PDF]
Santos, D., Ghodsinia, A., Requero, B., Gonçalves, D., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2025). Certainty improves the predictive validity of honesty-humility and dark triad traits on cheating behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 116, 104694. [PDF]
Santos, D., Requero, B., Moreno, L., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2025). Certainty in holistic thinking and responses to contradiction: Dialectical proverbs, counter-attitudinal change, and ambivalence. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e12782. [PDF]
Briñol, P., Burton, B. S., Santos, D., & Petty, R. E. (2025). Strengthening personalized matching by targeting persuasive messages to strong traits of the recipient. Cogent Psychology, 12(1), 2545290. [PDF]
Moreno, L., Bustos, D., Gandarillas, B., Santos, D., Requero, B., Gascó, M., Briñol, P., Lazaro, M., y Simón T. (2025). Pensamiento y lenguaje, en D. Díaz, J. M., Latorre y L. Beato, Psicología Médica 3ª ed. Elsevier.
Moreno, L., Bustos, D., Requero, B., Santos, D., Gandarillas, B., Gascó, M., Blanco, R., Blanco, A., y Briñol, P. (2025). Psicología social: influencia social, cognición social y cambio de actitudes, en D. Díaz, J. M., Latorre y L. Beato, Psicología Médica 3ª ed. Elsevier.
2024
Lamprinakos, G., Santos, D., Stavraki, M., Briñol, P., Magrizos, S., & Petty, R. E. (2024). Power can increase but also decrease cheating depending on what thoughts are validated. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 111, 104578. [PDF]
Santos, D., Sayin, E., & Requero, B. (2024). The impact of individual differences in holistic-analytic thinking style and product incongruencies on word of mouth. International Journal of Social Psychology, 39(2), 294-323. [PDF]
Santos, D., Horcajo, J., Gil, R., & Guyer, J. (2024). Changing attitudes regarding a pro-environmental proposal about solar power: The self-validating role of ingroup versus outgroup sources. Psicothema, 36(1), 46-54. [PDF]
Santos, D. (2024). Physical constitution and type of job: What impact does it have on salary? In T. Gamble & A. Zicari (Eds.), Employee Meaning and Wellbeing: The responsible organisation, Routledge CoBS Focus on Responsible Business. Routledge.
2023
Santos, D., Martínez, R., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2023). Improving attitudes toward minority groups by thinking about the thoughts and metacognitions of their members. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(3), 552-566. [PDF]
2022
Santos, D., Paredes, B., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2022). Trait aggressiveness and aggressive behavior: The simultaneous influence of contextual variables. Psychology of Violence, 12(6), 438-449. [PDF]
Lamprinakos, G., Magrizos, S., Kostopoulos, I., Drossos, D., & Santos, D. (2022). Overt and covert customer data collection in online personalized advertising: The role of user emotions. Journal of Business Research, 141, 308-320. [PDF]
Martín-Fernández, M., Requero, B., Zhou, X., Gonçalves, D., & Santos, D. (2022). Refinement of the Analysis-Holism Scale: A cross-cultural adaptation and validation of two shortened measures of analytic versus holistic thinking in Spain and the United States. Personality and Individual Differences, 186, 111322. [PDF]
Horcajo, J., Santos, D., & Higuero, G. (2022). The effects of self–efficacy on physical and cognitive performance: An analysis of meta-certainty. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 58, 102063. [PDF]
Moreno, L., Requero, B., Santos, D., Paredes, B., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2022). Attitudes and attitude certainty guiding pro-social behavior as a function of perceived elaboration. European Journal of Social Psychology. 51(6), 990-1006. [PDF]
Cárdaba, M.A., Requero, B., Antoñanzas, G., Sáenz, B., & Santos, D. (2022). You earn what you weigh: The effect of physical complexion and type of work on remuneration in a simulated personnel selection context. International Journal of Social Psychology, 37(1), 67-92. [PDF]
2021
Santos, D., Mateos-Pérez, E., Cantero-García, M., & Gámez-Guadix, M. (2021). Cyberbullying in adolescents: Resilience as a protective factor of mental health outcomes. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 24(6), 414-420. [PDF]
Santos, D., Requero, B., & Martín-Fernández, M. (2021). Individual differences in thinking style and dealing with contradiction: The mediating role of mixed emotions. PloS One, 16(9), e0257864. [PDF]
Requero, B., Santos, D., Cancela, A., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2021). Promoting healthy eating practices through persuasion processes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 43(4), 239-266. [PDF]
Zhou, X., Requero, B., Gonçalves, D., & Santos, D. (2021). Every penny counts: The effect of holistic-analytic thinking style on donation decisions in the times of Covid-19. Personality and Individual Differences, 175, 110713. [PDF]
Rivera, R., Santos, D., Grau-Grau, M., & DeRose, L. (2021). Family relationships and internet abuse in 25 European countries. Families, Relationships and Societies, 10(2), 249-268. [PDF]
Moreno, L., Requero, B., Santos, D., Gandarillas, B., Gascó, M., & Briñol, P. (2021). Cognición social y cambio de actitudes. En D. Díaz y J. M. Latorre, Psicología Médica (Segunda edición; pp. 258-278). Barcelona: Elsevier.
Moreno, L., Gandarillas, B., Santos, D., Requero, B., Gascó, M., & Briñol, P. (2021). Pensamiento. En D. Díaz y J. M. Latorre, Psicología Médica (Segunda edición; pp. 141-158). Barcelona: Elsevier.
2020
Requero, B., Santos, D., Paredes, B., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2020). Attitudes toward hiring people with disabilities: A meta-cognitive approach to persuasion. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 50(5), 276-288. [PDF]
Horcajo, J., Santos, D., Guyer, J., & Mateos, R. (2020). A meta-cognitive approach to doping in sports: The effects of thought validation on attitudes related to doping. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(19), 2242-2252. [PDF]
Paredes, B., Santos, D., Briñol, P., Gómez, A., & Petty, R. E. (2020). The impact of meta-cognitive certainty on the relationship between identity fusion and endorsement of extreme pro-group behavior. Self and Identity, 19(7), 804-824. [PDF]
2019
Santos, D., Briñol, P., Petty, R. E., Gandarillas, B., & Mateos, R. (2019). Trait aggressiveness predicting aggressive behavior: The moderating role of meta-cognitive certainty. Aggressive Behavior, 45, 255-264. [PDF]
Horcajo, J., Santos, D., Guyer, J., & Moreno, L. (2019). Changing attitudes and intentions related to doping: An analysis of individual differences in need for cognition. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37, 2835-2843. [PDF]
Santos, D., Briñol, P., Petty, R. E., Gascó, M., Gandarillas, B., & Horcajo, J. (2019). Separating thoughts from the self by selling them to others: The moderating role of self-esteem. International Journal of Social Psychology, 34, 506-534. [PDF]
Paredes, B., Santos, D., del Olmo, S., Gandarillas, B., & Briñol, P. (2019). La evaluación de candidatos en un proceso de selección de personal: Preferencia por la experiencia sobre el potencial en contextos desfavorables. Anales de Psicología, 35, 514-520. [PDF]
2018
Gascó, M., Briñol, P., Santos, D., Petty, R. E., & Horcajo, J. (2018). Where did this thought come from? A self-validation analysis of the perceived origin of thoughts. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44, 1615-1628. [PDF]
Rivera, R., Santos, D., Martín-Fernández, M., Requero, B., & Cancela, A. (2018). Predicting attitudes and behavioral intentions towards social entrepreneurship: The role of servant leadership in young people. Revista de Psicología Social, 33, 650-681. [PDF]
Santos, D., Stavraki, M., Gandarillas, B., Cancela, A., & Briñol, P. (2018). Interrupting a joke validates thoughts and polarizes attitudes towards a recycling company. Revista de Psicología Social, 33, 529-554. [PDF]
Santos, D., Abad, F. J., Miret, M., Chatterji, S., Olaya, B., Zawisza, K., Koskinen, S., Leonardi, M., Haro, J. M., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., & Caballero, F. F. (2018). Measurement invariance of the WHOQOL-AGE questionnaire across three European countries. Quality of Life Research, 27(4), 1015-1025. [PDF]
2017
Briñol, P., Petty, R. E., Santos, D., & Mello, J. (2017). Meaning moderates the persuasive effect of physical actions: Buying, selling, touching, carrying, and cleaning thoughts as if they were commercial products. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 2(4), 460-471. [PDF]
Stavraki, M., Santos, D., Cancela, A., Requero, B., & Briñol, P. (2017). The evaluation of green companies changes after remembering tip of the tongue experiences. Psicothema, 29(4), 502-507. [PDF]
Requero, B., Gandarillas, B., Santos, D., Paredes, B., García, L., & Briñol, P. (2017). El efecto del foco regulatorio sobre el rendimiento y la evaluación de la formación en el contexto de las organizaciones. Revista Mexicana de Psicología, 34(2), 134-141. [PDF]
Rivera, R., Santos, D., & Martín-Fernández, M. (2017). Spanish validation of the Servant Leadership Short Scale for young adults and adolescents. Revista de Psicología Social, 32(2), 392-423. [PDF]
2016
Rivera, R., Santos, D., Brändle, G., & Cárdaba, M.A. (2016). Design effectiveness analysis of a media literacy intervention to reduce violent videogames consumption among adolescents: The relevance of lifestyles segmentation. Evaluation Review, 40(2), 142-161. [PDF]
Cancela, A., Requero, B., Santos, D., Stavraki, M., & Briñol, P. (2016). Attitudes toward health-messages: The link between perceived attention and subjective strength. European Review of Applied Psychology, 66, 57-64. [PDF]
Rivera, R., & Santos, D. (2016). Civic and political participation of children and adolescents: A lifestyle analysis for positive youth developmental programs. Children & Society, 30(1), 59-70. [PDF]
Rivera, R., Santos, D., Cabrera, V., & Docal, M. (2016). Online and offline pornography consumption of Colombian adolescents. Comunicar, 46(XXIV), 37-45. [PDF]
2015
Open Science Collaboration. (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science, 349(6251), aac4716. [PDF]
Santos, D., & Rivera, R. (2015). The accessibility of justice-related concepts can validate intentions to punish. Social Influence, 10(3), 180-192. [PDF]
Requero, B., Cancela, A., Santos, D., Díaz, D., & Briñol, P. (2015). Feelings of ease and attitudes toward healthy foods. Psicothema, 27(3), 241-246. [PDF]
Santos, D., Requero, B., Cancela, A., & Pedrazzoli, A. (2015). Juventud proactiva: Cómo crear unas actitudes fuertes y positivas hacia el emprendimiento. Revista de Estudios de Juventud, 107, 125-148. [PDF]
Rivera, R., Santos, D., Brändle, G., & Cárdaba, M.A. (2015). Interactive audiences analysis and segmentation: The moderating role of relational lifestyles in adolescents. In M. Herrero & S. Wildman (Eds.). The Business of Media: Change and Challenges (pp. 95-108). Porto: Media XXI. [PDF]
Rivera, R., & Santos, D. (2015). El perfil de los futuros emprendedores sociales: Competencias y estilos de vida. Revista de Estudios de Juventud, 107, 13-28. [PDF]
Rivera, R., & Santos, D. (2015). Participación de los niños y educación cívica: Bases para un modelo social inclusivo. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación, 67(2), 37-52. [PDF]
Gascó, M., Requero, B., Santos, D., & Briñol, P. (2015). Cognición social y cambio de actitudes. En D. Díaz y J.M. Latorre (Eds.). Psicología Médica (pp. 231-248). Barcelona: Elsevier. [PDF]
Santos, D., Requero, B., Gascó, M., & Briñol, P. (2015). Pensamiento y lenguaje. En D. Díaz y J.M. Latorre (Eds.). Psicología Médica (pp. 133-144). Barcelona: Elsevier. [PDF]
2014
Martín-Fernández, M., Santos, D., Requero, B., & Cedeño, M. (2014). Cambio de actitudes hacia la diversidad sexual: la reducción de la percepción del intento persuasivo. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 23(1), 107-118. [PDF]
Santos, D. (2013). La crisis en la psicología social contemporánea: el fenómeno del priming. Revista Electrónica de Psicología Social «Poiésis», 13(25), 1-8. [PDF]
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