Efisio MANUNTA

Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie (CLLE)

Coordonnées

Adresse: Addresse 1 : Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès Maison de la recherche 5 Allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse
Bureau: Maison de la Recherche - C602
Bureau 2: Bâtiment Philippe Malrieu - M173
Mail: efisio.manunta@univ-tlse2.fr
Site internet: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Efisio-Manunta

Corps

Maître de Conférences - Associate Professor

Discipline(s) enseignée(s)

Undargraduate degree modules / Cours en licence :
UE 203 - Social psychology / Psychologie sociale (CM/TD)
UE 501 - Social psychology / Psychologie sociale (TD)
UE 504 - Applied social psychology / Psychologie sociale appliquée (TD)

PEPSCO postgraduate degree modules / Cours master PEPSCO :
UE 803 - Social psychology / Psychologie sociale (CM)

Thèmes de recherche

BIO:
Dr. Efisio Manunta obtained his doctoral degree from the Université de Toulouse (CLLE, CNRS, France) in 2022 under the supervision of Professor Maja Becker. In general terms, his social psychological research interests lie at the intersection of political, health, and social identity processes (in particular, motivated identity construction).

Efisio Manunta is the co-president of the Association Francophone pour la Recherche en Psychologie Politique (AFR-PsyPol) and the author of several scientific publications in world-class (Q1) journals in social, political psychology and multidisciplinary field: e.g., Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Political Psychology (as first author), Nature Human Behaviour, PNAS, etc. (as co-author). His international background includes undergraduate and postgraduate studies primarily in Italy and France, at institutions such as the Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Université de Tours, and Université de Toulouse, a postodctoral post at the University of Limerick (Ireland) under Pr. Orla Muldoon's ERC Advanced Grant, as well as long-term visiting positions at various European universities, including University of Sussex (UK) and Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy). In addition, E.M. has participated in numerous international and national conferences (EASP, ISPP, AIP, ADRIPS).

Research interests:
Dr Efisio Manunta mainly studies the motivational processes driving identity construction (perception of one's self) and how these influence behaviour, intentions, attitudes and opinions in the political and public health spheres (voting behaviour, ideology, populism, radicalisation, pro-health behaviour, etc.). He has particularly focused on how the frustration of identity motives, identity threat and other psychological threats affect the adhesion to populist beliefs. In addition, he has experience in the construction and validation of psychometric instruments, such as political attitude and opinion scales.

Activités / CV

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS (first five in order of importance):

1. Manunta, E., Becker, M., Vignoles, V.L., Bertin, P., Crapolicchio, E., Contreras, C., Gavreliuc, A., González, R., Manzi, C., Salanova, T., & Easterbrook, J.M. (2024). Populism, Economic Distress, Cultural Backlash, and Identity Threat: Integrating Patterns and Testing Cross-National Validity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241231727 [SJR Q1 in social psychology, Clarivate IF = 4.0]

2. Manunta, E., Becker, M., Easterbrook, J.M., & Vignoles, V.L. (2022). Economic distress and populism: Examining the role of identity threat and feelings of social exclusion. Political Psychology, 43 (5), 893-912. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12824 [SJR Q1 in social psychology, Q1 in experimental and cognitive psychology, Clarivate IF = 4.6]

3. Wang, K., Goldenberg A., Dorison, C.A., Miller, J.K., Uusberg, A., Lerner, J.S., … Manunta, E., …, & Moshontz, H. (2021). A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 1089-1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x [SJR Q1 in social psychology, Clarivate IF = 29.9]

4. Legate, N., Ngyuen, T., Weinstein, N., Moller, A., Legault, L., Vally, Z., … Manunta, E., …, & Primbs, M.A. (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122 (22), e2111091119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.211109111 [SJR Q1 in multidisciplnary, Clarivate IF = 11.1]

5. Dorison, C.A., Lerneer, J.S., Heller, B.H., Rothman, A.J., Kawachi, I.I., Wang, K., … Manunta, E., …, & Coles, N.A. (2022). In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety with little-to-no concomitant benefits: Experimental evidence from 84 countries. Affective Science, 3, 577-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3 [SJR Q1 social psychology, Clarivate IF = 2.2]

6. Foran, A.-M., Cruwys, T., Rathbone, J. A., Ferris, L. J., Jetten, J., McMahon, G., Manunta, E., Whelan, É., & Muldoon, O. T. (2025). Multiple Group Membership and Trust Protect Against Distress in the Context of Unwanted Sexual Experiences at a Youth Mass Gathering. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251318278 [SJR Q1 in applied psychology, Clarivate IF = 2.6]

7. McMahon, G., Howard, S., Manunta, E., Griffin, S., Bradshaw, D., Nightingale, A., & Muldoon, O. T. (2024). Social group membership and biomarkers of health. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 54(7), 405–415. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13048 [SJR Q2 in social psychology, Clarivate IF = 2.2]

8. Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Dinić, B. M., Pisanski, K., Gjoneska, G., Frederick, D. A., … Manunta, E., … & Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Validation of the Short Version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) across 37 Languages. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02702-7 [PsycINFO, SJR Q1 general psychology, Clarivate IF = 3.8]

9. Meskó, N., Kowal, M., Lang, A., Kocsor, F., Bandi, S. A., , Putz, Á., … Manunta, E., …, & Han, H. (2023). Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02724-1 [SJR Q1 in general psychology, Clarivate IF = 3.8]

10. Buchanan, E., Lewis, S., Paris, B., Forscher, P., Pavlacic, J., Beshears, J., … Manunta, E., …, & Primbs, M. (2023). The Psychological Science Accelerator's COVID-19 rapid-response dataset. Scientific Data, 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01811-7 [SJR Q1 in statistics and probability, Clarivate IF = 9.8]

11. Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Pisanski, K., Valentova, J.V., Varella, M.A.C., Frederick, D.A., … Manunta, E., …, & Zumárraga-Espinosa, M. (2022). Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43 (6), 455-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.08.003 [SJR Q1 in experimental and cognitive psychology, Clarivate IF = 5.1]

12. Manzi, C., Adorni, R., Di Cicco, G., Milano, V., Manunta, E., Montermini, F., Becker, M., & Steca, P. (2022). Implicit and explicit attitudes towards hearing aids: The role of media language. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 41(2), 171-190. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X211009292 [SJR Q1 in social psychology, Q1 in linguistics, Clarivate IF = 2.1]

HANDBOOK'S CHAPTERS:

1. Manunta, E., & Becker, M. (2024). Populist Thin Ideology: From a Theoretical Conceptualisation to the Development of a New Scale. In G. Sensales (Ed.), Political Psychology Perspectives on Populism (pp. 187-233). Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology. Palgrave McMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44073-1_6