Joseph A. Bulbulia
Professor, School of Psychological Sciences
Director, Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research
Faculty of Education, Health, and Psychological Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Contact
joseph.bulbulia@vuw.ac.nz
Linguistic and Cultural Evolution (Max Planck)
ORCID 0000-0002-5861-2056
Lab
Work
| Years | Position |
|---|---|
| 2020– | Professor of Psychology, Victoria University, New Zealand |
| 2018–2020 | Maclaurin Goodfellow Chair, School of Humanities, The University of Auckland |
| 2000–2017 | Lecturer → Senior Lecturer → Reader → Professor of Religion, Victoria University |
Specialisations
Causal inference Evolution of religion National-scale panel data collection
Education
| Year | Degree |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Princeton University, PhD |
| 1997 | Princeton University, M.A. |
| 1993 | Harvard University, M.T.S. |
| 1990 | Holy Cross, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) |
Awards
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2025 | William C. Bier Award: APA Division 36 – Outstanding interdisciplinary work on issues of psychology of religion and related fields |
| 2023 | Godin Prize: International Association for the Psychology of Religion – Awarded once every four years for research excellence in the psychology of religion |
| 2016 | Victoria University Research Excellence Award |
| 2000 | Faculty Fellowship, Stevenson Hall: Princeton University |
| 1996 | Mellon Fellowship: Princeton University |
| 1996 | Bowen Merit Award: Princeton University |
| 1990 | Flatly Award (top philosophy graduate): Holy Cross |
Grants
| Years | Grant |
|---|---|
| 2026–2027 | Causal Processes of Language Endangerment and Religious Diversification in Vanuatu. Principal Investigator, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. April 2026–December 2027. NZD 155,476.33 |
| 2025–2027 | TRT-2022-30666: Mapping Places of Worship: A Tool for Efficient Global Data Collection on Religious Communities. Principal Investigator, Templeton Religion Trust. Until 31 January 2027. NZD 244,312.48 |
Service/Appointments
| Years | Role |
|---|---|
| 2022– | Director, Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, Victoria University |
| 2022– | Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of Canterbury |
| 2020– | Director, Lab, Victoria University |
| 2018– | Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History |
| 2018– | Advisory Board: Templeton Religion Trust: Social Consequences of Religion Initiative |
| 2018–2020 | Maclaurin Goodfellow Chair, University of Auckland |
| 2014–2024 | Co-editor: Religion Brain & Behavior |
| 2014–2016 | President: International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion |
| 2012–2014 | President Elect: International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion |
| 2013– | Editorial Advisory Board: Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science |
| 2011– | Editorial Advisory Board: Journal of The Cognitive Science of Religion |
| 2011– | Senior Leadership Team: New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study |
| 2010–2012 | Secretary General (elected): International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion |
| 2010–2014 | Editorial Advisory Board: Religion, Brain & Behavior |
| 2010–2012 | Advisor: The Adaptive Logic of Religious Belief and Behaviour Group |
| 2012 | Ernst Strugmann Forum: Cultural Evolution (Religion) Rapporteur |
| 2008–2010 | Steering committee, Cognitive Study of Religion Group, American Academy of Religion |
| 2008–2010 | Co-chair, Explanation, International Association for the History of Religions Conference, Toronto |
| 2006– | Distinguished Fellow: Religion Cognition and Culture Group, Aarhus University |
| 2006–2010 | Executive Committee (elected): International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion |
| 2006 | Gaesteprofessor: Religion, Cognition, Culture Group, Aarhus University |
| 1996–1999 | Assistant Master, Stevenson Hall: Princeton University |
Student Supervision
| Years | Student |
|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | Zahle Wisely, MSc Psychological Science. Average and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Employer Gratitude on Employees - Evidence from A National Prospective Cohort Study? Primary Supervisor. |
Software
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). margot: MARGinal Observational Treatment-effects. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10907724
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). boilerplate: Managing and Compiling Manuscript Templates. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13370825
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). places-of-worship: Global Places of Worship Database. https://github.com/go-bayes/places-of-worship
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). causalworkshop: Teaching Materials and Reproducible Code for Causal Inference Workshops. https://github.com/go-bayes/causalworkshop
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). margo: A Command-line Interface for Registering and Creating Reproducible Workflows in Causal Inference Studies Using Non-parametric Estimation. https://github.com/go-bayes/margo
Publications
1.
Bulbulia, J. A., Davis, D. E., Park, C. L., Rice, K. G., Troughton, G., Van Tongeren, D. R., & Sibley, C. G. (2026). Target trial emulation shows that supported causal effects of religious attendance on well-being are selective. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 8, e16. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2026.10043
2.
Bulbulia, J., Afzali, U., Rasheed, A. A., Troughton, G., Yogeeswaran, K., & Sibley, C. G. (2026). Beyond deficit narratives: Religious practice, meaning, and resilience in a national sample of New Zealand Muslims. Religion, Brain & Behavior, In press. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2026.2645568
3.
Chong, B. X. S., Sibley, C. G., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2026). How work hours affect well-being: A target trial emulation. PLOS ONE, 21(6), e0350816. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0350816
4.
Chvaja, R., Shaver, J. H., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2026). Investigating the causal effects of religiosity on childbearing among U.S. Adolescents using a three-wave longitudinal design. Scientific Reports, 16, 4255. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-34358-9
5.
Counted, V., Miner, M., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2026). Australia and New Zealand: The psychology of religion up to 2020. In K. L. Ladd, J. Basu, V. DeMarinis, Ü. Ok, W. Zangari, & M. L. Ladd (Ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Religion (pp. 27–49). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108771122.003
6.
Cowden, R. G., Fung, E. N., Davis, D. E., Rosa, P. A. de la, Sibley, C. G., Worthington Jr, E. L., VanderWeele, T. J., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2026). Causal estimates of multidimensional well-being under hypothetical forgiveness shift scenarios: Longitudinal evidence from a national panel in New Zealand. SSM-Mental Health, 100619
7.
McCullough, M. E., Davis, D. E., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2026). Religion, cooperation, and prosocial behavior: Methods and evidence for causality. Religion, Brain & Behavior, In press. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2026.2695639
8.
Afzali, M. U., Badis, J. S., Khoso, P., Aqsa, G. e., Ahmed, M. S., Ali, A., Ali, A., Ali, Z. S., Arkilic, A., Azeem, T., Burhoum, H., Emamzadeh, Z., Haidary, Z., Hamid, N., Husain, I., Junaid, F. A., Khan, M., Mustapha-Koiki, A., Shawkat, F., Sulehry, R., Tamimi, M., Tanveer, S., Tasneem, S., Yogeeswaran, K., Sibley, C. G., Bulbulia, J. A., & Rasheed, A. A. (2025). Muslim diversity study: Quantitative protocol and practical insights on engaging New Zealand’s Muslim communities. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 54(2), 90–104
9.
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). Margot: MARGinal observational treatment-effects. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10907724
10.
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). Boilerplate: Managing and compiling manuscript templates. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13370825
11.
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). Places-of-worship: Global places of worship database. https://github.com/go-bayes/places-of-worship
12.
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). Causalworkshop: Teaching materials and reproducible code for causal inference workshops. https://github.com/go-bayes/causalworkshop
13.
Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). Margo: A command-line interface for registering and creating reproducible workflows in causal inference studies using non-parametric estimation. https://github.com/go-bayes/margo
14.
Eisenbarth, H., D’Cruz, C., Bulbulia, J. A., & Thanni, B. (2025). Culturally diverse perceptions of EEG and neurofeedback research and how to address them to reduce sampling bias. Psychophysiology, 62(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70077
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Hissey, A., Eisenbarth, H., Hammond, M., Sibley, C. G., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). Causal effect of psychopathy on partner well-being: A national longitudinal study. Journal of Personality, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.70042
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Van Tongeren, D. R., Davis, D. E., Sibley, C. G., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2025). Life loses some meaning after leaving religion. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000590
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Bulbulia, J. (2024). A half-irish exit. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 14(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599x.2024.2320523
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Bulbulia, J. (2024). A practical guide to causal inference in three-wave panel studies. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 14(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/uyg3d
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Bulbulia, J. A. (2024). Methods in causal inference. Part 2: Interaction, mediation, and time-varying treatments. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, e37. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.32
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Bulbulia, J. A. (2024). Methods in causal inference. Part 3: Measurement error and external validity threats. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, e38. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.33
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Bulbulia, J. A. (2024). Methods in causal inference. Part 4: Confounding in experiments. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, e39. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.34
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Bulbulia, J. A. (2024). Methods in causal inference. Part 1: Causal diagrams and confounding. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, e40. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.35
23.
Bulbulia, J. A., Davis, D. E., Rice, K. G., Sibley, C. G., & Troughton, G. (2024). The causal effects of religious service attendance on prosocial behaviours in New Zealand: A national longitudinal study. Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 46(3), 244–267. https://doi.org/10.1177/00846724241302810
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Bulbulia, J. A., & Kempthorne, J. (2024). Pre-registration for the effect of spirituality on multi-dimensional well-being. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/EMQ5T
25.
Bulbulia, J., & Hine, D. (2024). An invitation to causal inference in environmental psychology. PLOS ONE, 19(5), e0303845. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tbjx8
26.
Gokhale, C., Bulbulia, J., & Frean, M. (2024). Collective narratives catalyse cooperation. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6. https://doi.org/10.25455/WGTN.25100171
27.
Kempthorne, J., Yogeeswaran, K., Sibley, C. G., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2024). The anatomy of prejudice during pandemic lockdowns: Evidence from a national panel study. PLOS ONE, 19(5), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303845
28.
McLaughlin, A. T., Davis, D. E., Lee, Y., Woo, H. C., Coleman, J., Bulbulia, J. A., Osborne, D., & Sibley, C. G. (2024). Are there potential costs for humility in a pluralistic democracy? A longitudinal investigation of immigrants in the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1401182. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1401182
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Rice, K. G., Wang, Q., Wetstone, H., Bulbulia, J. A., Sibley, C. G., & Davis, D. E. (2024). The even shorter almost perfect scale: Psychometric evaluation and cross-national implications for psychological outcomes. Journal of Personality Assessment, 106(5), 609–624. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2024.2310010
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Rosa, P. A. de la, Cowden, R. G., Bulbulia, J. A., Sibley, C. G., & VanderWeele, T. J. (2024). Effects of screen-based leisure time on 24 subsequent health and wellbeing outcomes: A longitudinal outcome-wide analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 19(5), e0303845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-024-10307-0
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Sibley, C., Stronge, S., Lilly, K., Yogeeswaran, K., Van Tongeren, D., Milfont, T., Zubielevitch, E., Bulbulia, J., Wilson, M., Overall, N., & Osborne, D. (2024). Comparative reliability of 108 scales and their short-form counterparts. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 53(2), 244–267. https://doi.org/10.63146/001c.138416
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Troughton, G., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2024). Christianity in New Zealand: Key statistics and trends. In M. Nichols (Ed.) Strengthening the church in New Zealand (pp. 3–17). New Zealand Christian Network
33.
Bulbulia, J. (2023). Selection bias understood through sequential causal diagrams. Studies in Christian Ethics, 36(4), 866–878. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/cjgey
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Bulbulia, J. (2023). Measurement error bias in causal inference. Studies in Christian Ethics, 36(4), 866–878. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jq78d
35.
Bulbulia, J. A. (2023). Understanding the relationship between science and religion using bayes’ theorem. Studies in Christian Ethics, 36(4), 866–878. https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468231187772
36.
Bulbulia, J. A. (2023). On the problem of treatment-confounder feedback in longitudinal psychology. https://psyarxiv.com/tjnvh/
37.
Bulbulia, J. A., Afzali, M. U., Yogeeswaran, K., & Sibley, C. G. (2023). Long-term causal effects of far-right terrorism in New Zealand. PNAS Nexus, 2(8), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad242
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Bulbulia, J. A., Eisenbarth, H., Sibley, C. G., Hammond, M., & Hissey, A. (2023). Validation of a new psychopathy questionnaire. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/3AJXM
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Bulbulia, J. A., Troughton, G., Highland, B. R., & Sibley, C. G. (2023). A national-scale typology of orientations to religion poses new challenges for the cultural evolutionary study of religious groups. In M. Gelfand (Ed.) Religion and its evolution (pp. 23–35). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032628042-3
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Cristofori, I., Hoogeveen, S., Rohr, D., Bulbulia, J., Shaver, J., Sosis, R., & Wildman, W. J. (2023). Introducing our new editors. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599x.2023.2173715
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Hammond, M., Eisenbarth, H., Bulbulia, J. A., Zubielevitch, E., Sibley, C. G., & Hissey, A. (2023). Psychopathy, relationship satisfaction and professional success over time. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5ZFN7
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Hoogeveen, S., Altay, S., Bendixen, T., Berniūnas, R., Bulbulia, J., Cheshin, A., Gentili, C., Georgescu, R., Haaf, J. M., Hagel, K., Kavanagh, C. M., Levy, N. L., McKay, R., Neely-Prado, A., Qiu, L., Rabelo, A. L. A., Ramsay, J. E., Ross, R. M., Turpin, H., Wuyts, R., Xygalatas, D., & Elk, M. van. (2023). Does she still love and feel hungry? Afterlife continuity beliefs and religion across 24 countries. Terrorism and Political Violence, 35(1), 156–174. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tvycp
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Shanaah, S., Yogeeswaran, K., Greaves, L., Bulbulia, J. A., Osborne, D., Afzali, M. U., & Sibley, C. G. (2023). Hate begets warmth? The impact of an anti-Muslim terrorist attack on public attitudes toward Muslims. Terrorism and Political Violence, 35(1), 156–174. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2021.1877673
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Sheehan, O., Watts, J., Gray, R. D., Bulbulia, J. A., Claessens, S., Ringen, E. J., & Atkinson, Q. D. (2023). Coevolution of religious and political authority in Austronesian societies. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(1), 38–45. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01471-y
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Bulbulia, J. A. (2022). A workflow for causal inference in cross-cultural psychology. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(3), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599x.2022.2070245
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Byrne, H. K. G., Yogeeswaran, K., Dorahy, M. J., Gale, J., Afzali, M. U., Bulbulia, J. A., & Sibley, C. G. (2022). Psychological impact of far-right terrorism against Muslim minorities on national distress, community, and wellbeing. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1620. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05678-x
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Eisenbarth, H., Hart, C. M., Zubielevitch, E., Keilor, T., Wilson, M. S., Bulbulia, J. A., Sibley, C. G., & Sedikides, C. (2022). Aspects of psychopathic personality relate to lower subjective and objective professional success. Personality and Individual Differences, 186, 111340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111340
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Hoogeveen, S., Haaf, J. M., Bulbulia, J. A., Ross, R. M., McKay, R., Altay, S., Bendixen, T., Berniūnas, R., Cheshin, A., Gentili, C., Georgescu, R., Gervais, W. M., Hagel, K., Kavanagh, C. M., Levy, N., Neely-Prado, A., Qiu, L., Rabelo, A. L. A., Ramsay, J. E., Rutjens, B. T., Turpin, H., Uzarevic, F., Wuyts, R., Xygalatas, D., & Elk, M. van. (2022). The Einstein effect provides global evidence for scientific source credibility effects and the influence of religiosity. Nature Human Behaviour, 6(4), 523–535. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01273-8
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Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., Aditya, Y., Alayan, A. J., Allen, P. J., Altay, S., Alzahawi, S., Amir, Y., Anthony, F.-V., Bulbulia, J. A., & others. (2022). A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 1–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255
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Marques, M. D., Sibley, C. G., Wilson, M. S., Bulbulia, J. A., Osborne, D., Yogeeswaran, K., Lee, C. H. J., Duck, I. M., Douglas, K. M., & Cichocka, A. (2022). Psychological predictors of COVID-19 vaccination in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 51(1), 10–27
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Piven, S. D., Fischer, R., Shaver, J. H., Mogan, R., Karl, J. A., Kesberg, R., Richardson, A., Singh, P., Tewari, S., & Bulbulia, J. (2022). Kiwi diwali: A longitudinal investigation of perceived social connection following a civic religious ritual. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 12(3), 235–253. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599x.2021.2006288
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Sosis, R., Wildman, W. J., Bulbulia, J. A., & Shaver, J. (2022). A changing of the guard. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 12(3), 233–234
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Beheim, B., Atkinson, Q. D., Bulbulia, J. A., Gervais, W. M., Gray, R. D., Henrich, J., Lang, M., Monroe, M. W., Muthukrishna, M., Norenzayan, A., Purzycki, B. G., Shariff, A., Slingerland, E., Spicer, R., & Willard, A. K. (2021). Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods. Nature, 595(7866), E29–E34. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03655-4
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Bulbulia, J. A., & Johnson, D. (2021). Can evolution make sense of fear? Lessons from Bonhoeffer and Darwin. The Bonhoeffer Legacy: An International Journal, 7(1–2), 59–79
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Bulbulia, J. A., Wildman, W. J., Sosis, R., & Schjoedt, U. (2021). Announcing a new type of manuscript submission: The “retake.” Religion, Brain & Behavior, 11(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.1876333
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Cristofori, I., Zhong, W., Cohen-Zimerman, S., Bulbulia, J. A., Gordon, B., Krueger, F., & Grafman, J. (2021). Brain networks involved in the influence of religion on empathy in male Vietnam war veterans. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1–13
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Deak, C. K., Hammond, M. D., Sibley, C. G., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2021). Individuals’ number of children is associated with benevolent sexism. PLoS ONE, 16(5), e0252194
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Ejova, A., Krátký, J., Klocová, E. K., Kundt, R., Cigán, J., Kotherová, S., Bulbulia, J., & Gray, R. D. (2021). The awe-prosociality relationship: Evidence for the role of context. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 11(3), 294–311. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599x.2021.1940254
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Highland, B., Worthington, E. L., Davis, D. E., Sibley, C. G., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2021). National longitudinal evidence for growth in subjective well-being from spiritual beliefs. Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053211009280
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Lilly, K. J., Zubielevitch, E., Hobbs, M., Milfont, T. L., Cho, C., Barlow, F., Overall, N., Satherley, N., Costa Marques, M. da, Sibley, C. G., Bulbulia, J. A., Osborne, D., & Yogeeswaran, K. (2021). New Zealand attitudes and values study. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/75SNB
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Schjoedt, U., Wildman, W. J., Sosis, R., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2021). Celebrating the uninvited. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 11(2), 121–122
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Stronge, S., Bulbulia, J. A., Davis, D. E., & Sibley, C. G. (2021). Religion and the development of character: Personality changes before and after religious conversion and deconversion. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(5), 801–811
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Van Tongeren, D. R., DeWall, C. N., Chen, Z., Sibley, C. G., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2021). Religious residue: Cross-cultural evidence that religious psychology and behavior persist following deidentification. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120(2), 484–503. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000288
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Zubielevitch, E., Eisenbarth, H., Hissey, A., Sibley, C. G., Hammond, M., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2021). Does psychopathy predict partners’ professional success? https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/43KNV
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Bulbulia, J. A., Piven, S. D., Barlow, F. K., Davis, D. E., Greaves, L. M., Highland, B., Houkamau, C. A., Milfont, T. L., Osborne, D., Overall, N. C., Shaver, J. H., Troughton, G., Wilson, M., Yogeeswaran, K., & Sibley, C. G. (2020). Longitudinal mediators of early pandemic distress. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.15.20194829
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Bulbulia, J., Barlow, F., Davis, D. E., Greaves, L., Highland, B., Houkamau, C., Milfont, T. L., Osborne, D., Piven, S., Shaver, J., Troughton, G., Wilson, M., Yogeeswaran, K., & Sibley, C. G. (2020). The bittersweet dynamics of psychological distress and relief during New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown clarify avoidable mental health burdens. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2m7re
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Bulbulia, J., Piven, S., Barlow, F., Davis, D. E., Greaves, L., Highland, B., Houkamau, C., Milfont, T. L., Osborne, D., Shaver, J., Troughton, G., Wilson, M., Yogeeswaran, K., & Sibley, C. G. (2020). Mechanisms of COVID-19 mental-health burden. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/cswde
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Bulbulia, J., Piven, S., Greaves, L., Osborne, D., Troughton, G., Yogeeswaran, K., & Sibley, C. G. (2020). Longitudinal study of pandemic and natural disaster distress. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/erfhp
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Cohen-Zimerman, S., Cristofori, I., Zhong, W., Bulbulia, J., Krueger, F., Gordon, B., & Grafman, J. (2020). Neural underpinning of a personal relationship with god and sense of control: A lesion-mapping study. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 20, 575–587. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-020-00787-4
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Ejova, A., Milojev, P., Worthington, E. L., Bulbulia, J., & Sibley, C. G. (2020). The big six personality traits and mental distress: Dynamic modeling in a population panel study reveals bidirectional relationships involving neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(9), 1287–1302. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219895349
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Ejova, A., Milojev, P., Worthington, E. L., Sibley, C. G., & Bulbulia, J. (2020). Church attendance buffers against longer-term mental distress. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 11(2), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599x.2020.1831580
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Fraser, G., Bulbulia, J., Greaves, L. M., Wilson, M. S., & Sibley, C. G. (2020). Coding responses to an open-ended gender measure in a New Zealand national sample. The Journal of Sex Research, 57(8), 979–986. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2019.1687640
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Fraser, G., Huang, Y., Robinson, K., Wilson, M. S., Bulbulia, J. A., & Sibley, C. G. (2020). New Zealand pet owners’ demographic characteristics, personality, and health and wellbeing: More than just a fluff piece. Anthrozoös, 33(4), 561–578. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2020.1771060
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Grafman, J., Cristofori, I., Zhong, W., & Bulbulia, J. (2020). The neural basis of religious cognition. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(2), 126–133. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419898183
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Greaves, L. M., Rasheed, A., D’Souza, S., Shackleton, N., Oldfield, L. D., Sibley, C. G., Milne, B., & Bulbulia, J. (2020). Comparative study of attitudes to religious groups in New Zealand reveals muslim-specific prejudice. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 15(2), 260–279. https://doi.org/10.1080/1177083x.2020.1733032
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Bulbulia, J. A. (2009). Religiosity as mental time travel: Cognitive adaptations for religious behavior. In J. Schloss & M. Murray (Ed.) The believing primate: Scientific, philosophical and theological perspectives on the evolution of religion (pp. 44–75). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557028.003.0003
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Bulbulia, J. A., & Frean, M. (2009). Religion as superorganism: On David Sloan Wilson, Darwin’s cathedral (2002). In M. Stausberg (Ed.) Contemporary theories of religion: A critical companion (pp. 173–194). Routledge
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Bulbulia, J. A., & Krueger, F. (2009). Comment on attachment and cooperation in religious groups. Current Anthropology, 50(6), 772–773. https://doi.org/10.1086/605767
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Bulbulia, J. A. (2008). Meme infection or religious niche construction? An adaptationist alternative to the cultural maladaptationist hypothesis. Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, 20(1), 67–107
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Bulbulia, J. A. (2006). Nature’s medicine: Religiosity as an adaptation for health and cooperation. In P. McNamara (Ed.) Where man and god meet: The new sciences of religion and brain (pp. 87–121). Greenwood Publishers
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Bulbulia, J. (2005). Are there any religions? An evolutionary exploration. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 17(2), 71–100. https://doi.org/10.1163/1570068054305619
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Bulbulia, J. A. (2003). Book review: Nicholas Agar, life’s intrinsic value: Science, ethics and nature. Sophia, 42(1), 85–89
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