All Publications
Journal Articles
15. Billet, M. I., White, C. J. M., Shariff, A., & Norenzayan, A. (in press). End of world beliefs are common, diverse, and predict how people perceive and respond to global risks. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/hq59n
14. Billet, M. I. & Baimel, A. (in press). Ecospirituality predicts pro-environmental outcomes across cultures. Environment and Behavior. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/dtu7c
13. Billet, M. I., Hohm, I., Dunn, R. M.*, Hofer, M. K., Sidloski, B., & Schaller, M. (in press). What do people want to know about another person? The answer differs depending on whether that person is an adult or a child. PLOS One. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/p3xf6
12. Billet, M. I., Baimel, A., Schaller, M., & Norenzayan, A. (2025) Ecospirituality. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 34(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214241304326
11. Billet, M. I., McPherson, A. R.*, Norenzayan, A., & Schaller, M. (2025). Seeing nature through a spiritual lens: An experimental test of the effects of a novel photo-taking task on environmental concern and well-being. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1), 128463. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.128463
10. Billet, M. I., Baimel, A., Milfont, T. L., & Norenzayan, A. (2024). Political common ground on preserving nature: Environmental motives across the political spectrum. Environment and Behavior, 56(7-8), 542-576. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241303315
9. White, C. J. M., & Billet, M. I. (2024). The roles of anthropomorphism, spirituality, and gratitude in pro-environmental attitudes. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2024.2363759
8. Billet, M. I., Baimel, A., Sahakari, S. S.*, Schaller, M., & Norenzayan, A. (2023). Ecospirituality: The psychology of moral concern for nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 87, 102001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102001
7. Billet, M. I. & Norenzayan, A. (2023). Global supernatural beliefs. Nature Human Behaviour. 7, 670–671. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01568-y
6. Tanjitpiyanond, P., Jetten, J., Peters, K., Ashokkumar, A., Barry, O., Billet, M. I., ... & Yeung, V. W. L. (2023). A 32‐society investigation of the influence of perceived economic inequality on social class stereotyping. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(2), 367–382. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2908
5. Holden, R. R., Lambert, C. E., Billet, M. I., La Rochelle, M., & Fekken, G. C. (2023). Factor structure and proposed scoring revision of the Invalidating Childhood Environment Scale: Getting more from less. Current Psychology. 42, 6022–6030. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01952-9
4. Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., Aditya, Y., Alayan, A. J., … Billet, M. I., … Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2022). A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(3), 237-283. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255
3. Billet, M. I., McCall, H. C., & Schaller, M. (2022). What motives do people most want to know about when meeting another person? An investigation into prioritization of information about seven fundamental motives. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49(4), 495–509. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211069468
2. Holden, R. R., Lambert, C. E., La Rochelle, M., Billet, M. I., & Fekken, G. C. (2021). Invalidating childhood environments and nonsuicidal self-injury in university students: Depression and mental pain as potential mediators. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 722–731. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23052
1. Billet, M. I., & Fekken, G. C. (2020). The influence of instrumentality in trusting Dark Triad members. Personality and Individual Differences, 154, 109690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109690
Journal Blog Posts
Billet, M. I. & Schaller, M. (2022). What motives do people most want to know about when meeting another person? Character & Context: Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Manuscripts Under Review
Billet, M. I. & Baimel, A. (invited revision JEP). Religion, urbanization, and affluence are antecedents of ecospirituality across cultures. Preprint available: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/veq2k
Billet, M. I., Götz, F. M., Gvirtz, A., Kramer, S. R., & Norenzayan, A. (under review). Natural language analyses reveal religious niches in 24,479 American sermons. Preprint available: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/jvyfz_v2
Kashima, Y., Billet, M. I., Saber, S., Sewell, D. K., & Li, Y. (under review). Climate governance and green transition: Business as usual, green growth, or degrowth? Preprint available: https://osf.io/n76kw
Ryan, E., Billet, M. I., & Weary, D. (under review). Facilitating human perspective taking of animals: How undergraduates respond to cow-calf separation.
Manuscripts In Preparation
Billet, M. I. & Piff, P. K. (in prep). Children’s awe elicits parental investment.
Billet, M. I. & Piff, P. K. (in prep). Overcoming avoidance of difficult-but-important conversations.
Johnson, N. E., Billet, M. I., & Naudé, L. (in prep). Cultural connections to nature in African youth: Results from Wave 8 of the Africa Long Life Study.
Penner, M. A., Nichols, A., & Billet, M. I. (in prep). Public perceptions of scientific credibility are influenced by objective versus value-laden descriptions of science: A text analysis of interviews with scientists and an experimental test of their effects on public perceptions.
*undergraduate advisee