Tunçgenç, B., van Mulukom, V., & Newson, M. (2023) Social bonds are related to health behaviours and positive wellbeing globally. Scientific Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add3715

Newson, M., White, F., Whitehouse, H. (2022) Does loving a group mean hating its rivals? Exploring the relationship between ingroup cohesion and outgroup hostility among football fans.
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2022.2084140

*Tunçgenç, B., Newson, M., Sulik, J., Zhao, Y., Dezecache, G., Deroy, O., El Zein, M. (2022) Social alignment matters: Following pandemic guidelines is associated with better wellbeing. BMC Public Health. DOI: 0.1186/s12889-022-13130-y

Baranowski-Pinto, G., Profeta, V.L.S., Newson, M., Whitehouse, H., & Xygalatas, D. (2022) Being in a crowd bonds people via physiological synchrony. Scientific Reports. DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-04548-2

*Newson, M., van Mulukom V., Johns, S. E. (2021). Future orientation is associated with less lockdown rule breaking, even during large illegal gatherings. Futures. DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2021.102883

*Newson, M., El Zein, M., Sulik, J., Deroy, O., Dezecache, G., Zhao, Y., Tunçgenç, B. (2021). Digital Contact Does Not Promote Wellbeing, but Face-to-Face Does: A Cross-National Survey During the Covid-19 Pandemic. New Media and Society. DOI: 10.1177/14614448211062164

*Sulik, J., Deroy, O., Dezecache, G., Newson, M., Zhao, Y., El Zein, M., Tunçgenç, B. (2021). Trust in science matters for approval of COVID-19 prevention measures, but not immediate adherence. American Psychologist

*Newson, M., Khurana, R., Cazorla, F., van Mulukom, V. (2021) ‘I Get High With a Little Help From My Friends’ - How Raves Can Invoke Identity Fusion and Lasting Co-operation via Transformative Experiences. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.719596

Newson, M. (2021) High and highly bonded: Fused football fans who use cocaine are most likely to be aggressive toward rivals. International Journal of Drug Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103263

White, F., Newson, M., Verrelli, S., Whitehouse, H. (2021) Pathways to Prejudice and Outgroup hostility: Group alignment and intergroup conflict among football fans. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 1– 7. DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12773

Newson, M., Buhrmester, M., & Whitehouse, H. (2021) United in Defeat: Shared suffering and group bonding among football fans. Managing Sport & Leisure. 1-18. DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2020.1866650

*Tunçgenç, B., El Zein, M., Sulik, J., Newson, M., Zhao, Y., Dezecache, G., & Deroy, O. (2021). Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does. British Journal of Psychology. DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12491

Newson, M., Buhrmester, M., Xygalatas, D., & Whitehouse, H. (2020) Go WILD, Not WEIRD. Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion.

Knijnik, J., & Newson, M. (2020) ‘Tribalism’, identity fusion and football fandom in Australia: the case of Western Sydney. Soccer & Society, DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2020.1802254.

Newson, M., Shiramizu, V., Buhrmester, M., Hattori, W. T., Jong, J., Yamamoto, E., & Whitehouse, H. (2020) Devoted fans release more cortisol when watching live soccer matches. Stress & Health, 36(2), 220-227.

Newson, M., & Whitehouse, H. (2020). The Twinning Project: how football, the beautiful game, can be used to reduce reoffending. Prison Service Journal, 248.

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*Kapitány, R., Kavanagh, C., Buhrmester, M., Newson, M., & Whitehouse, H. (2018). Ritual, Identity Fusion, and the Inauguration of President Trump: A pseudo-experiment of Ritual Modes theory. Self and Identity, 1-31.

Buhrmester, M. D., Newson, M. (joint first authors), Vázquez, A., Hattori, W. T., & Whitehouse, H. (2018). Winning at any cost: Identity fusion, group essence, and maximizing ingroup advantage. Self and Identity, 17(5), 500-516.

Newson, M., Bortolini, T., Buhrmester, M., da Silva, S., Acquino, J., & Whitehouse, H. (2018). Brazil’s Football Warriors: Social bonding and inter-group violence. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39(6), 675-683.

Bortolini, T., Newson, M., Natividade, J., Vázquez, A., Gómez, Á (2018). Identity Fusion Predicts Endorsement of Pro-group Behaviours Targeting Nationality, Religion or Football in Brazilian Samples. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(2), 346-366.

Newson, M. (2017) Football, Fan Violence, and Identity Fusion. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 54(4), 431-444.

Whitehouse, H., Jong, J., Buhrmester, M., Gomez, A., Bastian, B., Kavanagh, C., Newson, M., Matthews, M., Lanman, J. A., McKay, R. & Gavrilets, S. (2017). The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences. Scientific Reports. 7: 44292.

Newson, M., Buhrmester, M., Whitehouse, H. (2016). Explaining lifelong loyalty: The role of identity fusion and self-shaping group events. PLoS one. 11(8), e0160427.

Lyngs, U., Cohen, E., Hattori, W., Newson, M., Levin, D., T., (2016). Hearing in Color: How Expectations Distort Perception of Skin Tone. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 42(12), 2068.

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