Isabella Rebasso, PhD

1. Rebasso, I., Schumacher, G., Rooduijn M. (conditionally accepted). The Limits of Appraisals Theory for Political Emotions: Evidence from Two U.S. Surveys. Political Psychology.
2. Rebasso, I., & Krupnikov, Y. (conditionally accepted). Rethinking assumptions about moral content selection: Moral-emotional content may be less appealing than assumed. Political Communication.
3. Friesen, A., Rebasso, I., Chow, J., & Djupe, P. (accepted). Gender, extraversion, and the perceived pleasantness of politics. Social Science Quarterly.
4. Rebasso, I., Schumacher, G., & Rooduijn, M. (2026). Disentangling the sophistication-emotion link: Political interest and confidence-in-knowledge, but not knowledge, drive emotional responses. Political Behavior, 1–24.
5. Schumacher, G., Homan, M. D., Rebasso, I., Fasching, N., Bakker, B. N., & Rooduijn, M. (2024). Establishing the validity and robustness of facial electromyography measures for political science. Politics and the Life Sciences, 1–18.
6. Schäfer, S., Rebasso, I., Boyer, M. M., & Planitzer, A. M. (2024). Can we counteract hate? Effects of online hate speech and counter speech on the perception of social groups. Communication Research, 51(5), 553–579.
7. Van der Velden, M., & Rebasso, I. (2021). Media, politics, and affect. In K. Döveling & E. A. Konijn (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of emotions and media. Routledge.

Rebasso, I., Cakir, S., & Wagner, M. (manuscript under review). Party leaders and partisan stereotypes. Paper available on request. OSF Pre-Registration.

Rebasso, I., & Wagner, M. (manuscript under review). Citizen perceptions of partisan discrimination. Paper available on request. OSF Pre-Registration.

Rooduijn, M. et al. (manuscript under review) Arts-based interventions and prejudice reduction: do narratives of empathy and tolerance affect feelings towards outgroups?

Rebasso, I., Wagner, M., & Dalheimer, A. (manuscript in preparation). In-party moralization and political intolerance. Paper available on request. OSF Pre-Registration.

Rebasso, I., & Wagner, M. (manuscript in preparation). Measuring network homogeneity in multiparty systems. Paper available on request.

Rebasso I. Political Apathy and Preferences for Strong Leaders.

This project introduces measures for political apathy and political disengagement, tests their validity and reliability, and studies their relationship with authoritarian attitudes and support for democracy.

Rebasso I., Heinz E., Dalheimer A., Wagner. M. A Lab-in-the-Field study on Partisan Discrimination.

This project studies the extent to which people can accurately infer others' partisanship in real-life encounters, how these inference predict democratic and social behavior and investigates why people often collaborate quite successfully despite political differences.

Rebasso I. Wagner M. How political polarization erodes social norms and exacerbates intergroup prejudice.

In this registered report, we try to find out how conflict between political groups can lead to prejudice between other social groups.

Cakir, S., Dalheimer A., Heinz E., Rebasso I., Wagner M., Do citizens feel discriminated against for political reasons? Survey evidence from 11 countries.

Vik A. & Rebasso I. A social constructionist approach to political emotions.

In this project, we discuss how political scientists can and should study emotions when taking seriously social constructionist views on emotions.