Bortolini, T., Newson, M., Moll, J., Whitehouse, H., Fischer, R. (accepted). Effects of synchronous chanting and identity fusion on perceived ingroup formidability, outgroup threat, and parochial altruism among football fans. Evolution & Human Behavior.

Peitz, L., Lobban, R., Ruler, M., Newson, M. (2025) Scoring Second Chances: Addressing Women's Unique Challenges and Opportunities in a Football-Based Prison Programme. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology.

Newson, M. & Watson, S (2024) How to demonstrate the real-world impact of your research. Nature.

Newson, M., Peitz, L., Cunliffe, J., & Whitehouse, H. (2024) A soccer-based intervention improves incarcerated individuals' behaviour and public acceptance through social bonding. Nature Human Behavior.

Newson, M. & Whitehouse, H. (2024) Social bonds and community support are vital to prison reform. Nature Human Behavior.

Newson, M., Haslam, A., Haslam, C., Cruwys, T., Roseman, L. (2024) Social identity processes as a vehicle for therapeutic success in psychedelic treatment: Harnessing the social cure. Nature Mental Health.

Peitz, L., & Newson, M. (2024) Sport-based Interventions and Health in Prisons: The Impact of Twinning Project on Prisoner Wellbeing and Attitudes. Journal of Health Psychology.

Newson, M., Peitz., L., White, F., Wibisono, S., Knijnik, J., Whitehouse, H. (accepted) Antisocial Behaviour and Football Identities Among Ultras: Different Continents, Same Mindset? Self and Identity.

Newson, M., Peitz, L., Gitsham, H., Imada, H., & Abrams, D. (2023) ‘We need community’: Bridging the path to desistance from crime with community football. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology.

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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