Research Interests

My main research interests are in moral emotions, social cognition and culture. My research to date has uncovered two novel differences between moral anger and disgust, and provided an explanation for why these differences may occur. 

Peer- Reviewed Journal Publications

Russell, P.S., & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2011a). Moral anger, but not moral disgust, responds to intentionality. Emotion, 11, 233-240. doi:10.1037/a0022598

Russell, P.S., & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2011b). Moral anger is more flexible than moral disgust. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 360-364. doi:10.1177/1948550610391678

Russell, P.S., & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2011c). Social justifications for moral emotions: When reasons for disgust are less elaborated than for anger. Emotion, 11, 637-646. doi:10.1037/a0022600

Other Publications

Russell, P.S., & Giner-Sorolla, R. (July 2011). The dangers of disgust in the courtroom. The Jury Expert, 28.

Abrams, D., Russell, P.S, Vauclair, M., Swift, H. (2011). Ageism in Europe: Findings from the European Social Survey. London: AgeUK.

Giner-Sorolla, R, & Russell, P.S. (2009). Anger, disgust and sexual crimes. In Horvath, M.A.H. & Brown, J.M. (Eds.), Rape: Challenging contemporary thinking (Chapter 3). Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

Selected Conference Presentations

Russell, P.S. & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2010). Social justifications for moral anger and disgust. Presentation at Moral Reasoning and Emotion Workshop, University of Birmingham.

Russell, P.S. & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2010). The unreasonable influence of disgust in moral and legal judgments. Presentation at British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology.

Russell, P.S. & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2009). Anger, not disgust, respects intentions. Poster presentation at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference in Tampa, Florida.

Russell, P.S. & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2008). The processes that accompany emotions of moral disapproval. Presentation at ESCON Transfer of Knowledge Conference in Volterra, Italy.

Russell, P.S., Giner-Sorolla, R., Veenvliet, S.G., & Esses, V.M. (2008). The Role of Society in Predicting the Bases of Sexual Prejudice. Poster presentation at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

School of Psychology
Keynes College
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent
CT2 7NP
United Kingdom

Tel. +44 (0)1227 827411
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Email: P.S.Russell@kent.ac.uk

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