Biography
I am an Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Granada. I teach in the Degree in Psychology and in the Master in Psychology of Social Intervention. Throughout my academic career, my research has focused on the study of resistance and confrontation processes in unequal intergroup relations, as well as on the study of new forms of prejudice (sexism) and stereotyping. In my current research I focus on the analysis of cooperative intergroup relationships (alliances) from the perspective of advantaged and disadvantaged groups.
I have carried out research stays at Cardiff University (United Kingdom), University of Groningen (Holland), Jagellonian University (Poland) and Simon Fraser University (Canada).
Main interests
- Analysis of intergroup cooperation relations between disadvantaged groups and between disadvantaged and advantaged groups (allies).
- Implicit and explicit reactions of disadvantaged groups to threats to their social identity (resistance and coping).
- Development of ambivalent sexism in childhood and adolescence.
- Interventions to reduce sexism and gender stereotypes.
Contact
Training and professional career
2018 - Nowadays
Associate Professor
University of Granada
2011
Assistant Professor
University of Granada
2010
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Cardiff University
2008
PhD in Psychology
University of Granada
Publications
2024
Galván Hernández, D., del Fresno-Díaz, A., Sáez-Lumbreras, A., Estevan-Reina, L., de Lemus, S., (2024). “We are all feminist”, but do we think the same? A focus group analysis of cisgender heterosexual and LBQ+ women on the collaboration between feminist and LGBTIQA+ movement in Spain. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000778
del Fresno-Díaz, Á., de Lemus, S., & Willis, G. B. (2024). “We are the 99%”: Exploring the impact of politicized wealth-based identity on the established middle-class. Self and Identity, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2024.2344252
Bukowski, M., de Lemus, S., Potoczek, A., Sankaran, S., Petkanopoulou, K., Montañés Muro, M. P., … Tausch, N. (2024). United as one? Personal and social identity threats differentially predict cooperation and prejudice toward minorities. Self and Identity, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2024.2336939
2024). How do disadvantaged groups perceive allies? Women’s perceptions of men who confront sexism in an egalitarian or paternalistic way. European Journal of Social Psychology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3059
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2023
Urbiola, A., Carmona-López, C., & de Lemus, S. (2023). Why, how and with whom? The impact of perceived ally motives on migrants’ support for collective actions. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100157.
del Fresno-Díaz, A., Estevan-Reina, L., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., Willis, G. B., & de Lemus, S. (2023). Fighting inequalities in times of pandemic: The role of politicized identities and interdependent self-construal in coping with economic threat. Journal of Community and Applied Psychology, 33(2), 436-453. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.
2023). Gender gap in parental leave intentions: Evidence from 37 countries. Political Psychology, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12880
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van Breen, J.A., de Lemus, S., Kuppens, T., Barreto, M., Spears, R. (2023). Extending the scope for resistance to gender-based devaluation. European Review of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2023.2170854
Potoczek, A., Bukowski, M., de Lemus, S., Jiménez-Moya, G., Rodríguez-López, A., & Jasko, K. (2023). Walk This Way: Ingroup Norms Determine Voting Intentions for Those Who Lack Sociopolitical Control. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN, 49(5), 692-708. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211070070
2022
Rodríguez-López, Á., de Lemus, S., Bukowski, M., Potoczek, A., & Fritsche, I. (2022). Political change as group-based control: Threat to personal control reduces the support for traditional political parties. PLoS ONE, 17(12): e0278743. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278743
Navarro-Mantas, L., de Lemus, S., García-Sánchez, E., McGill, L., Hansen, N., & Megías, J. L. (2022). Defining power and agency in gender relations in El Salvador: Consequences for intimate partner violence and women’s mental health. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 867945. https:/doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.867945
Jiménez-Moya, G., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Spears, R., de Lemus, S., & Contreras, C. (2022). Dealing with (Legitimized) Inequality: The Role of Ingroup Support to Resist Social Disadvantage. Psykhe. https://doi.org/10.7764/psykhe.2021.38671
van Breen, J. A., de Lemus, S., Spears, R., & Kuppens, T. (2022). Counteracting subliminal cues that threaten national identity. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 61(1), 143-166. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12474
2021
de Lemus, S., & Estevan-Reina, L. (2021). Influence of sexist language on motivation and feelings of ostracism. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 36(1), 61–97. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2020.1840230
Estevan-Reina, L., de Lemus, S., Megias, J. L., Kutlaca, M., Belmonte-Garcia, M., & Becker, J. (2021). Allies Against Sexism: The Impact of Men’s Egalitarian Versus Paternalistic Confrontation on Women’s Empowerment and Well-Being. SEX ROLES, 84(9–10), 536–553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-020-01184-4
Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J. A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Olech, M., Besta, T., Bender, M., Hoorens, V., Becker, M., Timur Sevincer, A., Best, D. L., Safdar, S., Wlodarczyk, A., Zawisza, M., Zadkowska, M., Abuhamdeh, S., Badu Agyemang, C., Akbas, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., … Zukauskiene, R. (2021). Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, 52(3), 231–258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121997997
Navarro-Mantas, L., de Lemus, S., & Megias, J. L. (2021). Mental Health Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in El Salvador. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, 27(15–16), 2927–2944. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220978803
van Breen, J. A., Goclowska, M. A., de Lemus, S., Baas, M., Kelleci, B., & Spears, R. (2021). Creativity for the Group: Distinctive Feminists Engage in Divergent Thinking When Acting on Behalf of Women. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE, 12(4), 461–470. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620926414
Navarro-Mantas, L., Velasquez, M. J., de Lemus, S., & Megias, J. L. (2021). Prevalence and Sociodemographic Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in El Salvador. JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, 36(7–8), NP3547–NP3573. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518779065
van Breen, J. A., de Lemus, S., Spears, R., & Kuppens, T. (n.d.). Counteracting subliminal cues that threaten national identity. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12474
2020
Estevan-Reina, L., de Lemus, S., & Megias, J. L. (2020). Feminist or Paternalistic: Understanding Men’s Motivations to Confront Sexism. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02988
Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta, T., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J. A., Best, D. L., Wlodarczyk, A., Safdar, S., Zawisza, M., Zadkowska, M., Sobiecki, J., Agyemang, C. B., Akbas, G., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Ashraf, M., Bakaityte, A., … Zukauskiene, R. (2020). Country-level and individual-level predictors of men’s support for gender equality in 42 countries. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 50(6), 1276–1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696
Brandt, M. J., Kuppens, T., Spears, R., Andrighetto, L., Autin, F., Babincak, P., Badea, C., Bae, J., Batruch, A., Becker, J. C., Bocian, K., Bodroza, B., Bourguignon, D., Bukowski, M., Butera, F., Butler, S. E., Chryssochoou, X., Conway, P., Crawford, J. T., … Zimmerman, J. L. (2020). Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 50(5), 921–942. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2694
2019
Bukowski, M., de Lemus, S., Marzecova, A., Lupianez, J., & Goclowska, M. A. (2019). Different faces of (un)controllability: Control restoration modulates the efficiency of task switching. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION, 43(1), 12–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-018-9745-8
Bukowski, M., de Lemus, S., Rodriguez-Bailon, R., Willis, G. B., & Alburquerque, A. (2019). When lack of control enhances closeness to others: The case of unemployment and economic threat. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 49(6), 1144–1160. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2563
2018
de Lemus, S., Spears, R., Lupiáñez, J., Bukowski, M., & Moya, M. (2018). Automatic ingroup bias as resistance to traditional gender roles? Social Psychological Bulletin, 13(4), Article e29080. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.v13i4.29080
Telga, M., de Lemus, S., Canadas, E., Rodriguez-Bailon, R., & Lupianez, J. (2018). Category-Based Learning About Deviant Outgroup Members Hinders Performance in Trust Decision Making. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01008
van Breen, J. A., Spears, R., Kuppens, T., & de Lemus, S. (2018). Subliminal Gender Stereotypes: Who Can Resist? PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN, 44(12), 1648–1663. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218771895
Navarro-Mantas, L; Estevan-Reina, L; de Lemus, S. 2018. Importancia del lenguaje inclusivo en la intervención para la reducción del sexismo. De la igualdad de género a la igualdad sexual y de género. (Coordinadores/as: Venegas, M., Chacón-Gordillo, P., y Fernández-Castilo, A.). Dykinson. pp.115-129.
2017
Fritsche, I., Moya, M., Bukowski, M., Jugert, Ph., de Lemus, S., Decker, O., Valor-Segura, I., & Navarro-Carrillo, G. (2017). The Great Recession and group-based control: converting personal helplessness into social class ingroup trust and collective action. Journal of Social Issues, 73(1), 117-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12207
de Lemus, S., Spears, R., van Breen, J., & Telga, M. (2017). COPING WITH IDENTITY THREATS TO GROUP AGENCY AS WELL AS GROUP VALUE Explicit and implicit routes to resistance. In M. Bukowski, I. Fritsche, A. Guinote, & M. Kofta (Eds.), COPING WITH LACK OF CONTROL IN A SOCIAL WORLD.
Leicht, C., Goclowska, M. A., Van Breen, J. A., de Lemus, S., & de Moura, G. R. (2017). Counter-Stereotypes and Feminism Promote Leadership Aspirations in Highly Identified Women. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00883
Jimenez-Moya, G., Rodriguez-Bailon, R., Spears, R., & de Lemus, S. (2017). Collective resistance despite complicity: High identifiers rise above the legitimization of disadvantage by the in-group. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 56(1), 103–124. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12182
van Breen, J. A., Spears, R., Kuppens, T., & de Lemus, S. (2017). A Multiple Identity Approach to Gender: Identification with Women, Identification with Feminists, and Their Interaction. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01019
Kulich, C., de Lemus, S., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., & Lorenzi-Cioldi, F. (2017). Editorial: Multiple Identities Management: Effects on (of) Identification, Attitudes, Behavior and Well-Being. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02258
Bukowski, M., de Lemus, S., Rodriguez-Bailon, R., & Willis, G. B. (2017). Who’s to blame? Causal attributions of the economic crisis and personal control. GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS, 20(6), 909–923. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430216638529
2015
Jimenez-Moya, G., Spears, R., Rodriguez-Bailon, R., & de Lemus, S. (2015). By Any Means Necessary? When and Why Low Group Identification Paradoxically Predicts Radical Collective Action. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES, 71(3), 517–535. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12126
De Lemus, S., Montañés, P., Megías, J. L. & Moya, M. (2015). Development of gender prejudice from childhood to adulthood: a Spanish perspective. En S. Safdar & N. Kosakowska-Berezecka (Eds.), Psychology of Gender Through the Lens of Culture. Theories and Applications (pp. 219-238). Springer
de Lemus, S., & Stroebe, K. (2015). Achieving Social Change: A Matter of All for One? JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES, 71(3), 441–452. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12122
Montañés, P., Megías, J. L., de Lemus, S. & Moya, M. (2015). Sexismo en la adolescencia: influencia de las primeras relaciones de pareja. Revista de Psicología Social: International Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 219-240. https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2015.1016756
de Lemus, S., Bukowski, M., Spears, R., & Telgal, M. (2015). Reactance to (or Acceptance of) Stereotypes Implicit and Explicit Responses to Group Identity Threat. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOLOGIE-JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 223(4), 236–246. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000225
2014
de Lemus, S. de, Lupiáñez, J., Moya, M., & Bukowski, M. (2014). Men in the office, women in the kitchen? Contextual dependency of gender stereotypes activation in Spanish women. Sex Roles, 70, 468–478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-013-0328-6
de Lemus, S., Navarro, L., Velasquez, M. J., Ryan, E., & Megias, J. L. (2014). From Sex to Gender: A University Intervention to Reduce Sexism in Argentina, Spain, and El Salvador. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES, 70(4), 741–762. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12089
2013
Montañés, P., de Lemus, S., Megías, J. L., Moya, M. & Bohner, G. (2013). How attractive are sexist intimates to adolescents? The influence of sexist beliefs and relationship experience. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 37(4), 494-506. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684313475998
Zorza, J. P., Marino, J., de Lemus, S., & Acosta Mesas, A. (2013). Academic Performance and Social Competence of Adolescents: Predictions based on Effortful Control and Empathy. SPANISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 16. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2013.87
de Lemus, S. de, Spears, R., Bukowski, M., Moya, M. & Lupiáñez, J. (2013). Reversing implicit gender stereotype activation as a function of exposure to traditional role relations. Social Psychology, 44(2), 109–116. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000140
de Lemus, S., & Bukowski, M. (2013). When Interdependence Shapes Social Perception: Cooperation and Competition Moderate Implicit Gender Stereotyping. SPANISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 16. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2013.96
2012
Jimenez-Moya, G., de Lemus, S., Rodriguez-Bailon, R., & Spears, R. (2012). Dealing with powerlessness: The strategic use of ingroup stereotypes. REVISTA DE PSICOLOGIA SOCIAL, 27(3), 355–367. https://doi.org/10.1174/021347412802845522
Montañés, P., de Lemus, S., Bohner, G. Megías, J. L., Moya, M. & Garcia-Retamero, R. (2012). Intergenerational transmission of benevolent sexism from mothers to daughters and its relation to daughters’ academic performance and goals. Sex Roles, 66(7-8), 468-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-0116-0
De Lemus, S., Spears, R. & Moya, M. (2012). The power of a smile to move you: Complementary submissiveness in women’s posture as a function of gender salience and facial expression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1483-1497. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167212454178
2011
Loughnan, S., Kuppens, P., Allik, J., Balazs, K., de Lemus, S., Dumont, K., Gargurevich, R., Hidegkuti, I., Leidner, B., Matos, L., Park, J., Realo, A., Shi, J., Eduardo Sojo, V., Tong, Y., Vaes, J., Verduyn, P., Yeung, V., & Haslam, N. (2011). Economic Inequality Is Linked to Biased Self-Perception. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 22(10), 1254–1258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611417003
Kossowska, M., Trejtowicz, M., de Lemus, S., Bukowski, M., Van Hiel, A., & Goodwin, R. (2011). Relationships between right-wing authoritarianism, terrorism threat, and attitudes towards restrictions of civil rights: A comparison among four European countries. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 102, 245–259. https://doi.org/10.1348/000712610X517262
2010
de Lemus, S. de, Moya, M., & Glick, P. (2010). When contact correlates with prejudice: Romantic adolescents’ relationship experience predicts greater benevolent sexism in boys and hostile sexism in girls. Sex Roles, 63, 214–225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-010-9786-2
2009
Bukowski, M., Moya, M., & de Lemus, S. de (2009). Selective stereotype activation: The joint impact of interpersonal goals and task context. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 317-324. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.585
2008
de Lemus, S. de, Moya, M., Bukowski, M., & Lupiáñez, J. (2008). Activación automática de las dimensiones de competencia y sociabilidad en el caso de los estereotipos de género. Psicológica, 29(2), 115-132.
de Lemus, S. de, Castillo, M., Moya, M., Padilla, J. L., & Ryan, E. (2008). Elaboración y validación del Inventario de Sexismo Ambivalente para adolescentes. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 8(2), 537-562.
2007
Moya, M., Glick, P., Expósito, F., de Lemus, S., & Hart, J. (2007). It’s for your own good: Benevolent sexism and women’s reactions to protectively justified restrictions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(10), 1421-1434. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167207304790
2005
de Lemus, S., & Expósito, F. (2005). Nuevos retos para la Psicología Social: edadísmo y perspectiva de género. Pensamiento Psicológico, 1(4),33-52.