I am a psychologist interested in the relationship between culture and social/personality psychological processes. My research activities can be organized around the following 3 general areas: (1) Bicultural identity: Socio-cognitive processes, individual differences, and consequences of biculturalism; (2) Culture and self/other perceptions: Identification and measurement of culture-specific and -general personality constructs, bilingualism and self-schemas; and (3) Culture and symbols: how culture is transmitted and institutionalized by social symbols (e.g., commercial brands).
Aaker, J., Benet-Martínez, V., & Garolera, J. (2001). Consumption symbols as carriers of culture: A study of Japanese and Spanish brand personality constructs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 249-264.
Benet-Martínez, V., & Haritatos, J. (2005). Bicultural Identity Integration (BII): Components and psychosocial antecedents. Journal of Personality, 73, 1015-1050.
Benet-Martínez, V. & John, O.P. (1998). Los Cinco Grandes across cultures and ethnic groups: Multitrait method analyses of the Big Five in Spanish and English. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 729-750.
Benet-Martínez, V. & Karakitapoglu-Aygun, Z. (2003). The interplay of cultural values and personality in predicting life-satisfaction: Comparing Asian- and European-Americans. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 34, 38-61.
Benet-Martínez, V., Lee, F., & Leu, J. (2006). Biculturalism and cognitive complexity: Expertise in cultural representations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37, 386-407.
Benet-Martínez, V., Leu, J., Lee, F., & Morris, M. (2002). Negotiating biculturalism: Cultural frame-switching in biculturals with "oppositional" vs. "compatible" cultural identities. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 33, 492-516.
Benet-Martínez, V. & Waller, N. G. (1997). Further evidence for the cross-cultural generality of the "Big Seven" model: Imported and indigenous Spanish personality constructs. Journal of Personality, 65, 567-598.
Benet, V. & Waller, N. G. (1995). The "Big Seven" model of personality description: Evidence for its cross-cultural generality in a Spanish sample. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 701-718.
Hong, Y., Morris, M., Chiu, C., & Benet-Martínez, V. (2000). Multicultural minds: A dynamic constructivist approach to culture and cognition. American Psychologist, 55, 709-720.
Miramontez, D., Benet-Martínez, V., & Nguyen, A.N. (2008). Bicultural Identity Integration and self-group personality perceptions. Self and Identity, 7, 430-445
Ozer, D., & Benet-Martínez, V. (2006). Personality and the prediction of consequential outcomes. Annual Review of Psychology, 57, 401-421.
Ramirez-Esparza, N., Gosling, S., Benet-Martínez, V., Potter, J. & Pennebaker, J. (2006). Do bilinguals have two personalities? A special case of cultural frame-switching. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 99-120.
Other Publications:
Benet-Martínez, V. (2007). Cross-cultural personality research: Conceptual and methodological issues. In R.W. Robins, R.C. Fraley, & R. Krueger (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in personality psychology. New York, NY: Guildford Press.
Benet-Martínez, V., & Oishi, S. (2008). Culture and personality. In O.P. John, R.W. Robins, & L.A. Pervin (Editors), Handbook of personality: Theory and research. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
John, O.P. & Benet-Martínez, V. (2000). Measurement, scale construction, and reliability. In H.T. Reis and C.M. Judd (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in social and personality psychology (pp. 339-369). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Courses Taught:
Acculturation and Enculturation
Cultural Perspectives in Personality and Social Psychology
Cultural Psychology
Introduction to Personality Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Acculturation and Enculturation
Cultural Perspectives in Personality and Social Psychology
Cultural Psychology
Introduction to Personality Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Verónica Benet-Martínez Department of Social and Political Sciences
Pompeu Fabra University
Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27, Jaume I Building
08005 Barcelona Spain
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