Dr Charlie Crimston

BPsySc (Hons), PhD

Research Fellow

The University of Queensland

+61 7 336 56690

c.crimston@uq.edu.au

Charlie is a research fellow within the SIGN team. Her research interests sit at the crossroads of moral, political and social psychology. Lately she has been focused on the nature and consequences of polarization and social change.

Featured projects	Duration
Perceived moral polarisation predicts support for strong leaders via the perceived breakdown of society
Extreme polarisation in the context of the 2020 US Presidential Election
Polarisation and COVID-19
Living a common life: How inequality led to civic morality under COVID-19
Isolated in isolation: The negative impact of social distancing for those already disconnected
Collective continuity and support for strong leaders
The role of collective memory in shaping attitudes towards Australia Day
Well-being outcomes in trans and gender diverse populations
Fear leads to suffering: Fears of compassion predict restriction of the moral boundary

Publications

Book Chapters (2)

Journal Articles (28)

Theses (2)

Book Chapters

Crimston, Charlie R. and Selvanathan, Hema Preya (2020). Polarisation. Together apart: the psychology of COVID-19. (pp. 107-112) edited by Jolanda Jetten, Stephen D. Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam and Tegan Cruwys. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.

Bastian, Brock and Crimston, Daniel (2016). The moral psychology of resource use. The social psychology of morality. (pp. 274-288) edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Lee Jussim and Paul A. M. Van Lange. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315644189-16

Journal Articles

Bentley, Sarah V., Young, Tarli, Álvarez, Belén, Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador, Crimston, Charlie R., Dare, Michael, Ionescu, Octavia, Krug, Henning, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida, Steffens, Niklas K., Wang, Zhechen and Wibisono, Susilo (2022). Double jeopardy: How lower levels of support during COVID-19 exacerbated the relationship between loneliness and distress. Frontiers in Public Health, 10 976443. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.976443

Crimston, Charlie R., Selvanathan, Hema Preya and Jetten, Jolanda (2022). Moral polarization predicts support for authoritarian and progressive strong leaders via the perceived breakdown of society. Political Psychology, 43 (4), 671-691. doi: 10.1111/pops.12787

Kirkland, Kelly, Crimston, Charlie R., Jetten, Jolanda, Rudnev, Maksim, Acevedo-Triana, Cesar, Amiot, Catherine E., Ausmees, Liisi, Baguma, Peter, Barry, Oumar, Becker, Maja, Bilewicz, Michal, Boonyasiriwat, Watcharaporn, Castelain, Thomas, Costantini, Giulio, Dimdins, Girts, Espinosa, Agustín, Finchilescu, Gillian, Fischer, Ronald, Friese, Malte, Gastardo-Conaco, Maria Cecilia, Gómez, Ángel, González, Roberto, Goto, Nobuhiko, Halama, Peter, Jiga-Boy, Gabriela M., Kuppens, Peter, Loughnan, Steve, Markovik, Marijana, Mastor, Khairul A. ... Bastian, Brock (2022). Moral Expansiveness Around the World: The Role of Societal Factors Across 36 Countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 194855062211017. doi: 10.1177/19485506221101767

Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Jetten, Jolanda and Crimston, Charlie (2022). Australia Day or Invasion Day? Perspectives on the continuing impact of colonialism underlies public contestations around Australia's national day. Political Psychology. doi: 10.1111/pops.12818

Javier, Christienne, Crimston, Charlie R. and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2022). Surgical satisfaction and quality of life outcomes reported by transgender men and women at least one year post gender-affirming surgery: a systematic literature review. International Journal of Transgender Health, 23 (3), 255-273. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2022.2038334

Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Crimston, Charlie R. and Jetten, Jolanda (2022). How being rooted in the past can shape the future: the role of social identity continuity in the wish for a strong leader. The Leadership Quarterly, 33 (4) 101608, 101608. doi: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2022.101608

Crimston, Charlie R., Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Álvarez, Belén, Jetten, Jolanda, Bentley, Sarah, Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador, Ionescu, Octavia, Krug, Henning, Steffens, Niklas K., Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida and Wibisono, Susilo (2022). Cracks before the crisis: polarization prior to COVID‐19 predicts increased collective angst and economic pessimism. European Journal of Social Psychology, 52 (4), 669-678. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2845

Jetten, Jolanda, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Crimston, Charlie R., Bentley, Sarah V. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2022). Experiments make a good breakfast, but a poor supper. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45 e79. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x21000662

Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida, Álvarez, Belén, Jetten, Jolanda, Bentley, Sarah V., Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador, Crimston, Charlie R., Ionescu, Octavia, Jarukasemthawee, Somboon, Krug, Henning, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Steffens, Niklas K., Wang, Zhechen and Wibisono, Susilo (2021). Unlocking collective cooperation in the midst of COVID‐19: the role of social support in predicting the social class disparity in cooperation. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61 (3), 940-951. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12514

Crimston, Charlie R., Blessing, Sarah, Gilbert, Paul and Kirby, James N. (2021). Fear leads to suffering: fears of compassion predict restriction of the moral boundary. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61 (1) bjso.12483, 345-365. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12483

Jetten, Jolanda, Fielding, Kelly S., Crimston, Charlie R., Mols, Frank and Haslam, S. Alexander (2021). Responding to climate change disaster: the case of the 2019/2020 bushfires in Australia. European Psychologist, 26 (3), 161-171. doi: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000432

Rottman, Joshua, Crimston, Charlie R. and Syropoulos, Stylianos (2021). Tree-huggers versus human-lovers: anthropomorphism and dehumanization predict valuing nature over outgroups. Cognitive Science, 45 (4) e12967, e12967. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12967

Jetten, Jolanda, Bentley, Sarah V., Crimston, Charlie R., Selvanathan, Hema Preya and Haslam, S. Alexander (2021). COVID‐19 and social psychological research: A silver lining. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24 (1) ajsp.12465, 34-36. doi: 10.1111/ajsp.12465

Hornsey, Matthew J., Chapman, Cassandra M., Alvarez, Belen, Bentley, Sarah, Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador, Crimston, Charlie R., Ionescu, Octavia, Krug, Henning, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Steffens, Niklas K. and Jetten, Jolanda (2021). To what extent are conspiracy theorists concerned for self versus others? A COVID‐19 test case. European Journal of Social Psychology, 51 (2) ejsp.2737, 285-293. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2737

Wang, Zhechen, Jetten, Jolanda, Steffens, Niklas K., Álvarez, Belén, Bentley, Sarah V., Salvador Casara, Bruno Gabriel, Crimston, Charlie R., Ionescu, Octavia, Krug, Henning, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida, Wibisono, Susilo, Chen, Shuting, Wang, Jiajun, Zhang, Xin and Sun, Shijin (2021). A world together: global citizen identification as a basis for prosociality in the face of COVID-19. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. doi: 10.1177/13684302211051619

Moreton, Sam G., Arena, Andrew, Hornsey, Matthew, Crimston, Charlie and Tiliopoulos, Niko (2019). Elevating nature: moral elevation increases feelings of connectedness to nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 65 101332, 101332. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101332

Bain, Paul G., Kroonenberg, Pieter M., Johansson, Lars-Olof, Milfont, Taciano L., Crimston, Charlie R., Kurz, Tim, Bushina, Ekaterina, Calligaro, Carolina, Demarque, Christophe, Guan, Yanjun and Park, Joonha (2019). Public views of the sustainable development goals across countries. Nature Sustainability, 2 (9), 819-825. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0365-4

Ferris, Laura J., Radke, Helena R. M., Walter, Zoe C. and Crimston, Charlie R. (2019). Divide and conquer? Identity, threat, and moral justification of violence at the G20. Australian Journal of Psychology, 71 (3) ajpy.12249, 312-321. doi: 10.1111/ajpy.12249

Cruwys, Tegan, Saeri, Alexander K., Radke, Helena R. M., Walter, Zoe C., Crimston, Charlie and Ferris, Laura J. (2019). Risk and protective factors for mental health at a youth mass gathering. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 28 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00787-018-1163-7

Crimston, Charlie and Hornsey, Matthew J. (2018). Extreme self-sacrifice beyond fusion: moral expansiveness and the special case of allyship. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41 e198, e198. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18001620

Crimston, Charlie R., Hornsey, Matthew J., Bain, Paul G. and Bastian, Brock (2018). Moral expansiveness short form: validity and reliability of the MESx. PLoS ONE, 13 (10) e0205373, e0205373. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205373

Neldner, Karri, Crimston, Charlie, Wilks, Matti, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2018). The developmental origins of moral concern: an examination of moral boundary decision making throughout childhood. PLoS One, 13 (5) e0197819, e0197819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197819

Hornsey, Matthew J., Faulkner, Callum, Crimston, Daniel and Moreton, Sam (2018). A microscopic dot on a microscopic dot: self-esteem buffers the negative effects of exposure to the enormity of the universe. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 198-207. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2018.02.009

Crimston, Charlie R., Hornsey, Matthew J., Bain, Paul G. and Bastian, Brock (2018). Toward a psychology of moral expansiveness. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27 (1), 14-19. doi: 10.1177/0963721417730888

Crimston, Charlie R., Bain, Paul G., Hornsey, Matthew J. and Bastian, Brock (2016). Moral expansiveness: Examining variability in the extension of the moral world. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000086

Bastian, Brock and Crimston, Daniel (2014). Self-dehumanization. TPM: Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 21 (3), 241-250. doi: 10.4473/TPM21.3.1

Bain, Paul G., Hornsey, Matthew J., Bongiorno, Renata, Kashima, Yoshihisa and Crimston, Charlie R. (2013). Collective futures: how projections about the future of society are related to actions and attitudes supporting social change. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39 (4), 523-539. doi: 10.1177/0146167213478200

Theses

Crimston, Daniel Charles (2016). Moral expansiveness: a psychological exploration of moral boundaries, self-sacrifice, and moral flexibility. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.1038

Daniel Crimston (2010). Future Thinking: Predicting Social Attitudes from Collective Futures. Honours Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.