John Guilaran, PhD
@johnguilaran.bsky.social
Professor, University of the Philippines Visayas
Assoc. Editor, Phil. Journal of Psychology
Research: social support, disaster & climate change psychology, traumatic stress
Social Interactions Lab: https://upv-socialxlab.com
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Assoc. Editor, Phil. Journal of Psychology
Research: social support, disaster & climate change psychology, traumatic stress
Social Interactions Lab: https://upv-socialxlab.com
Personal W: JohnGuilaran.com
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An exploration of the dimensions of Filipino received social support - Johnrev Guilaran, Aniceta Patricia T. Alingasa-Aguirre, Augil Marie Q. Robles, 2025
Social support is one of the most reliable predictors of well-being. One of its facets, received social support (RSS), pertains to social interactions that prov...
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Online first: An exploration of the dimensions of Filipino received social support (with @augilrobles.bsky.social and Anipat Alingasa) journals.sagepub.com/eprint/EP8AI... #socialsupport #Filipino #mixedmethod
I am on sabbatical leave this year, but I find myself doing lots of work—finishing current projects, starting new ones, doing disaster mental health work, among others. Not complaining, though. I’d be extremely bored if I did nothing this year.
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am on sabbatical leave this year, but I find myself doing lots of work—finishing current projects, starting new ones, doing disaster mental health work, among others. Not complaining, though. I’d be extremely bored if I did nothing this year.
Significant parts of the Visayas, Philippines were ravaged by Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name Tino) yesterday. The extent of the damage is just beginning to unfold. In its aftermath, providing psychosocial support may lessen anxiety and other forms of psychological distress.
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Significant parts of the Visayas, Philippines were ravaged by Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name Tino) yesterday. The extent of the damage is just beginning to unfold. In its aftermath, providing psychosocial support may lessen anxiety and other forms of psychological distress.
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A new study suggests that going on longer walks may have more health benefits than taking the same number of steps a day over multiple short walks.
Which Is Better, One Long Walk or Many Short Ones?
A new analysis is one of the first to study whether spacing steps out or consolidating them was linked to better health outcomes.
nyti.ms
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A new study suggests that going on longer walks may have more health benefits than taking the same number of steps a day over multiple short walks.
I summarised some of the guidelines that our media (and social media users like us) may use to ensure that our reports and social media posts contribute to (psychological) safety in the aftermath of a hazardous event, like an earthquake.
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I summarised some of the guidelines that our media (and social media users like us) may use to ensure that our reports and social media posts contribute to (psychological) safety in the aftermath of a hazardous event, like an earthquake.
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Does AI improve or undercut academic scholarship?
A new study finds that academics who use AI increased both the quantity & quality of their academic scholarship and it appears to reduces inequality (helping junior and non-english speaking scholars the most).
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.02408
A new study finds that academics who use AI increased both the quantity & quality of their academic scholarship and it appears to reduces inequality (helping junior and non-english speaking scholars the most).
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.02408
October 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Does AI improve or undercut academic scholarship?
A new study finds that academics who use AI increased both the quantity & quality of their academic scholarship and it appears to reduces inequality (helping junior and non-english speaking scholars the most).
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.02408
A new study finds that academics who use AI increased both the quantity & quality of their academic scholarship and it appears to reduces inequality (helping junior and non-english speaking scholars the most).
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.02408
This arvo’s outdoor biking was graced by a rainbow. Lovely.
October 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This arvo’s outdoor biking was graced by a rainbow. Lovely.
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Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky
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retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...
Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage
A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…
retractionwatch.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky
retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...
retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...
Statement of the Psychology Cluster of the Division of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas for the #WorldMentalHealthDay.
October 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Statement of the Psychology Cluster of the Division of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas for the #WorldMentalHealthDay.
I met a lot of amazing people in social media. I got my editorial fellowship through social media. I found research collaborations through social media. Career-wise, social media did me great.
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I met a lot of amazing people in social media. I got my editorial fellowship through social media. I found research collaborations through social media. Career-wise, social media did me great.
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I'm excited to share the news that our climate change project won the @spspnews.bsky.social Robert Cialdini Prize for a "paper that uses field methods and demonstrates the relevance of social psychology to outside groups and communities"!
You can read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
You can read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm excited to share the news that our climate change project won the @spspnews.bsky.social Robert Cialdini Prize for a "paper that uses field methods and demonstrates the relevance of social psychology to outside groups and communities"!
You can read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
You can read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our Manylabs Climate Study won the Cialdini Prize by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) for outstanding contribution in the field of social psychology! spsp.org/membership/a...
You may access the article here: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
You may access the article here: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Cialdini Prize | SPSP
Honoring impactful social psychology research, the Robert B. Cialdini Prize recognizes outstanding field studies with real-world relevance. Learn more about the award and past winners.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Our Manylabs Climate Study won the Cialdini Prize by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) for outstanding contribution in the field of social psychology! spsp.org/membership/a...
You may access the article here: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
You may access the article here: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
I will be giving a talk on providing post-disaster mental health and psychosocial support on 22 October at the CFOS AV Hall, University of the Philippines Visayas. This talk is open to the public. If you’re in the area, we hope to see you there. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BUt...
October 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I will be giving a talk on providing post-disaster mental health and psychosocial support on 22 October at the CFOS AV Hall, University of the Philippines Visayas. This talk is open to the public. If you’re in the area, we hope to see you there. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BUt...
It was a good five days in Thailand.
October 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It was a good five days in Thailand.
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"Crisis and Risk #Psychology in #Norway" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa...
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#Norge #DRR #CrisisPreparedness #SystemicRisk #LocalGovernance #Governance #DisasterRisk #RiskGovernance #DisasterRiskGovernance #DisasterRiskReduction #RiskPsychology #CrisisPsychology
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#Norge #DRR #CrisisPreparedness #SystemicRisk #LocalGovernance #Governance #DisasterRisk #RiskGovernance #DisasterRiskGovernance #DisasterRiskReduction #RiskPsychology #CrisisPsychology
Crisis and Risk Psychology in Norway
Our new paper examines the psychology of municipal leadership in Norway for avoiding crises and risks from becoming disasters.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Roamed Thailand’s Grand Palace grounds today.
September 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Roamed Thailand’s Grand Palace grounds today.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
- Carl Jung
- Carl Jung
September 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
- Carl Jung
- Carl Jung
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New paper:
" #PublicHealth #disinformation, #conflict, and #disease outbreaks "
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
#OpenAccess #HealthDiplomacy #GlobalHealthDiplomacy #Health #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #EcoHealth #HealthDisinformation #HealthMisinformation #HealthConflict #ConflictHealth
" #PublicHealth #disinformation, #conflict, and #disease outbreaks "
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
#OpenAccess #HealthDiplomacy #GlobalHealthDiplomacy #Health #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #EcoHealth #HealthDisinformation #HealthMisinformation #HealthConflict #ConflictHealth
Public health disinformation, conflict, and disease outbreaks: a global narrative integrative review to guide new directions for health diplomacy
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the unpreparedness of global and public health systems to respond to large-scale health crises, while simultaneously revealing the entangled nature of disinformation...
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
If you’re in the Philippines, you may check the hazards in your area, for free. Visit hazardhunter.georisk.gov.ph. Check the likelihood of your house, office, or school to be exposed to ground shaking during earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and other hazards. #HazardHunterPH (1/3)
September 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you’re in the Philippines, you may check the hazards in your area, for free. Visit hazardhunter.georisk.gov.ph. Check the likelihood of your house, office, or school to be exposed to ground shaking during earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and other hazards. #HazardHunterPH (1/3)
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Multiverse Analyses
Nice consideration of five nonmutually exclusive motives for conducting multiverse analyses:
🔹️ Assessing robustness
🔹️ Examining boundary conditions
🔹️ Generating hypotheses
🔹️ Increasing transparency
🔹️ Improving a study’s methodology
#MetaSci #Methodology
Nice consideration of five nonmutually exclusive motives for conducting multiverse analyses:
🔹️ Assessing robustness
🔹️ Examining boundary conditions
🔹️ Generating hypotheses
🔹️ Increasing transparency
🔹️ Improving a study’s methodology
#MetaSci #Methodology
September 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Multiverse Analyses
Nice consideration of five nonmutually exclusive motives for conducting multiverse analyses:
🔹️ Assessing robustness
🔹️ Examining boundary conditions
🔹️ Generating hypotheses
🔹️ Increasing transparency
🔹️ Improving a study’s methodology
#MetaSci #Methodology
Nice consideration of five nonmutually exclusive motives for conducting multiverse analyses:
🔹️ Assessing robustness
🔹️ Examining boundary conditions
🔹️ Generating hypotheses
🔹️ Increasing transparency
🔹️ Improving a study’s methodology
#MetaSci #Methodology
Purging the Philippine Government of corruption is essential for disaster risk reduction and management. If you examine things more closely, it is not the typhoon per se that kills people.
September 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Purging the Philippine Government of corruption is essential for disaster risk reduction and management. If you examine things more closely, it is not the typhoon per se that kills people.
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"Measuring #EcoAnxiety, or Not"
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disa...
@psychologytoday.com
#ClimateAnxiety #ClimateGrief #Solastalgia #Symbiocene #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDoom #EcoInspiration #EcoHope #ClimateChange #Climate #DRR #Anthropocene #EcoGrief #EcoStress #ClimateStress
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disa...
@psychologytoday.com
#ClimateAnxiety #ClimateGrief #Solastalgia #Symbiocene #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDoom #EcoInspiration #EcoHope #ClimateChange #Climate #DRR #Anthropocene #EcoGrief #EcoStress #ClimateStress
Measuring Eco-anxiety, or Not
Efforts are being put into developing and applying scales and indices for eco-anxiety.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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📰Newly Published:
Social support matters—but it’s not one-size-fits-all. Guilaran et al.'s study dives into how Filipinos uniquely experience received support beyond WEIRD contexts.
doi.org/10.1177/0265...
#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing
Social support matters—but it’s not one-size-fits-all. Guilaran et al.'s study dives into how Filipinos uniquely experience received support beyond WEIRD contexts.
doi.org/10.1177/0265...
#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing
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September 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📰Newly Published:
Social support matters—but it’s not one-size-fits-all. Guilaran et al.'s study dives into how Filipinos uniquely experience received support beyond WEIRD contexts.
doi.org/10.1177/0265...
#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing
Social support matters—but it’s not one-size-fits-all. Guilaran et al.'s study dives into how Filipinos uniquely experience received support beyond WEIRD contexts.
doi.org/10.1177/0265...
#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing
I did enjoy attending the 24-hour Global Work and Organizational Psychology Conference via Zoom (though I was not in the conference for the entire 24 hours). I thought it was impressive.
September 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I did enjoy attending the 24-hour Global Work and Organizational Psychology Conference via Zoom (though I was not in the conference for the entire 24 hours). I thought it was impressive.
Psychologists who work on disasters should get it right: there are no “natural disasters.” Again, there is no such thing as a “natural disaster.”
September 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Psychologists who work on disasters should get it right: there are no “natural disasters.” Again, there is no such thing as a “natural disaster.”