Francesca Righetti
Assistant Professor| E-mail: | f.righetti@vu.nl |
| Phone: | +31 (0) 20 59 88727 |
| Room: | MF-B558 |
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Biography
Francesca Righetti is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology at the VU Amsterdam. She obtained her Research Master degree in 2007 (cum laude) and a PhD in 2011 (cum laude). Francesca’s research focuses on close relationships. More specifically she studies sacrifice and how dual processes shape relationship dynamics (e.g., implicit partner evaluations, self-control, automatic processes). In the past she has also won several awards such as the best dissertation award from the International Association of Relationships Research (IARR), the Early Career Award from the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) and the Raising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science (APS).
Research interests
Close Relationships; Sacrifice, Automatic vs. Deliberative processes in close relationships; Interpersonal Goal Support; Self-regulation.
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Recent publications
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| R Faure, F Righetti, M Seibel & W Hofmann (2018) Speech Is Silver, Nonverbal Behavior Is Gold: How Implicit Partner Evaluations Affect Dyadic Interactions in Close Relationships. Psychological science 29 (11), 1731-1741 | 2 |
| F Righetti & M Visserman (2018) I gave too much: Low self-esteem and the regret of sacrifices. Social Psychological and Personality Science 9 (4), 453-460 | 4 |
| ML Visserman, EA Impett, F Righetti, A Muise, D Keltner & PAM Van Lange (2018) To “See” Is to Feel Grateful? A Quasi-Signal Detection Analysis of Romantic Partners’ Sacrifices. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1948550618757599 | |
| F Righetti & E Impett (2017) Sacrifice in close relationships: Motives, emotions, and relationship outcomes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass 11 (10), e12342 | 7 |
| CA Achen, JS Adams, L Berkowitz, TW Adorno, E Frenkel-Brunswik & ... (2017) Personality in context: An interpersonal systems perspective. Identity and Interethnic Marriage in the United States 71 (36), ix-xiv | |
| ML Visserman, F Righetti, EA Impett, D Keltner & PAM Van Lange (2017) It’s the Motive That Counts: Perceived Sacrifice Motives and Gratitude in Romantic Relationships.. American Psychological Association | 5 |
| NC Köbis, JW van Prooijen, F Righetti & PAM Van Lange (2017) The road to bribery and corruption: Slippery slope or steep cliff?. Psychological science 28 (3), 297-306 | 10 |
| F Righetti (2017) How self-control shapes interpersonal dynamics.. | |
| ML Visserman, F Righetti, M Kumashiro & PAM Van Lange (2017) Me or us? Self-control promotes a healthy balance between personal and relationship concerns. Social Psychological and Personality Science 8 (1), 55-65 | 6 |
| F Righetti, J Gere, W Hofmann, ML Visserman & PAM Van Lange (2016) The burden of empathy: Partners’ responses to divergence of interests in daily life.. Emotion 16 (5), 684 | 12 |
| F RIGHETTI (2016) Trust and the Perception of Self‑Control. Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications 247 | |
| NC Köbis, JW van Prooijen, F Righetti & PAM Van Lange (2016) Prospection in individual and interpersonal corruption dilemmas.. Review of General Psychology 20 (1), 71 | 18 |
| C Finkenauer, F Righetti, KD Vohs & RF Baumeister (2016) Trust and the perception of self-control: Knowing when to trust others. Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications, 247-263 | |
| F Righetti, D Balliet, M Visserman & W Hofmann (2015) Trust and the suppression of emotions during sacrifice in close relationships. Social Cognition 33 (5), 505-519 | 8 |
| F Righetti (2015) Laura B. Luchies Curriculum Vitae. Psychological Science 24, 1595-1601 | |
| NC Köbis, JW Van Prooijen, F Righetti & PAM Van Lange (2015) “Who doesn’t?”—The impact of descriptive norms on corruption. PloS one 10 (6), e0131830 | 30 |
| F Righetti, LB Luchies, S van Gils, EB Slotter, B Witcher & M Kumashiro (2015) The prosocial versus proself power holder: How power influences sacrifice in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 41 (6), 779-790 | 22 |
| LD Muusses, C Finkenauer, P Kerkhof & F Righetti (2015) Partner effects of compulsive Internet use: A self-control account. Communication Research 42 (3), 365-386 | 15 |
| TM Pronk & F Righetti (2015) How executive control promotes happy relationships and a well-balanced life. Current Opinion in Psychology 1, 14-17 | 15 |
| ML Visserman, F Righetti, EA Impett, D Keltner & PAM van Lange (2015) Thanks for making me happy! Perceived partner’s sacrifice motives and gratitude.. |