Peer-Reviewed Articles
† indicates student co-authors
Ismail, I., & Saleem, M. (in press). One dataset, many models: How analytic specification alters causal conclusions in communication research. Human Communication Research.
Teo, V. T.†, Tan, C. S. E.†, Ismail, I., & Oh, V. Y. S. (2026). Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.
DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70173
Quek, T.†, Jia, L., Ismail, I., Lim, L., Yuen, W. L.†, Lim, C. H.† & Chia, P. Y.† (in press). The motivated chatterbox: Examining the motives of goal sharing. Motivation and Emotion. DOI: 10.1007/s11031-026-10210-z
Khoo, S. S., Jia., L., Ismail, I., Li, Y.†, Xing, L.†, & Pek, J. (2026). Feeling well, functioning well: How psychological well-being predicts later self-control, but not the other way around. Social Psychological and Personality Science. DOI: 10.1177/19485506251385007
Ismail, I., & Jia, L. (2025). Reaching across the aisle: Committed and optimistic citizens support a non-preferred presidency and cooperate with electoral winners. Political Psychology. DOI: 10.1111/pops.70018
Saleem, M., & Ismail, I. (2025). Testing the bi-directional influence of media and identity: A longitudinal study of Muslim adolescents. Human Communication Research. DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf011
Dang, J., Xiao, S., Mao, L., […], Ismail, I., […], Zinkernagel, A., & Schiöth, H. B. (2025). Revisiting ego depletion: Evidence from multi-lab collaborations. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology. DOI: 10.1177/18344909251386084
Oh, V. Y. S., Ismail, I., & Tong, E. M. W. (2023). Income moderates changes in big-five personality traits across eighteen years. European Journal of Personality. DOI: 10.1177/08902070221078479
Yong, J. C., Jia, L., Ismail, I., & Lee, P.† (2021). Conditional love: Threat and attitudinal perceptions of immigrants depend on their instrumentality to locals’ basic psychological needs. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. DOI: 10.1177/0146167220984648
Jia, L., Lim, C. H.†, Ismail, I., & Tan Y. C.† (2021). Stunted upward mobility in a learning environment reduces the academic benefits of growth mindsets. PNAS. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011832118
Dang, J., Barker, P., Baumert, A., […], Ismail, I., […], Zhang, Y., & Zinkernagel, A. (2021). A multilab replication of the ego depletion effect. Social Psychological and Personality Science. DOI: 10.1177/1948550619887702
Nekmat, E. & Ismail, I. (2019). Issue-based micromobilization on social media: Mediated pathways linking issue involvement and self-network opinion congruity to expressive support. Computers in Human Behavior.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2019.07.008
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