Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka

Associate Professor in PSYCHOLOGY
ORCID 0000-0003-3503-3921

Institute of Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Gdańsk
Bażyńskiego 4
80-309 Gdańsk POLAND

 

Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, works as an Associate Professor in the Division of Cross-Cultural Psychology and Psychology of Gender at the University of Gdańsk (Poland). Her main area of research and practice is cross-cultural psychology of gender and her special interests are social change and cultural cues fostering gender equality within societies across the world. Expert for City Policy and regional model of Migration and Integration of Immigrants in Gdansk

Teaching Interests
  • Psychology of gender
  • Cross-cultural psychology
  • Social inequalities
  • Collective action
  • Identity Threat
Research Interests
  • Clinical Child Psychology and Neuropsychology: especially dyslexia, dyscalculia and ADHD
  • Cross-cultural psychology
  • Social psychology of gender
  • Intergroup relations & identity threats
  • Social change and collective actions
Selelcted recent publications
Paper in Peer-reviewed Journal:

Kosakowska‐Berezecka, N., Besta, T., Bosson, J.K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J.A., Best, D.L., Włodarczyk, A., Safdar, S., Zawisza, M., Żadkowska, M. and Sobiecki, J. et al., (2020) Country‐level and Individual‐level Predictors of Men’s Support for Gender Equality in 42 Countries. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696

Żadkowska, M., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta, T., Szlendak, T. (2020). When migrant men become more involved in household and childcare duties – the case of Polish migrants in Norway. Journal of Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2020.1712222

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Korzeniewska, L., Seibt, B. (2018). De-gender them! Gendered vs cooperative division of housework – cross-cultural comparison of Polish and Norwegian students. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9915-6

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta, T. (2018). Which is Better in Fat Times and in Lean Times: the Macho Man vs. the Nice Guy? Priming Effects on Polish and Norwegian Students’ Mate Preferences. Current Psychology, 37, 568-573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-016-9530-3

Besta, T., Jaśkiewicz, M., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Lawendowski, R., & Zawadzka, A. M. (2018). What do I gain from joining crowds?: Does self-expansion help understand the relationship among social identity, group efficacy, and collective action? European Journal of Social Psychology, 48(2), 152-167. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2332

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Safdar, S., Bhardwaj, G., Jurek, P. (2018). Evaluations of men in domestic roles in Canada, Norway, Poland, & India. Journal of Men’s Studies, 26(2), 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1 177/10608265177734379

Besta, T., Bojko, J., Pytlos, A., Tomiałowicz, E., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bäck, E. A., & Vázquez Botana, A. (2018). Individual self-expansion through the involvement in multiple social groups and its relationship with self-efficacy. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 49, 77–85.  https://doi.org/10.24425/119474

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Badowska, S. (2017). Self-Presentation Strategies, Fear of Success and Anticipation of Future Success among University and High School Students. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(1884). http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01884

Krys, K; Swidrak, J; Kwiatkowska, A; Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Vedøy, G. (2017). Organizations Do Not Support Migrants in Solving their Work-Life Conflict. International Journal of Stress Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/str0000070

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta, T., Adamska, K., Jaśkiewicz, M., Jurek, P., Vandello, J. A (2016). If My Masculinity is Threatened I Won’t Support Gender Equality? The Role of Agentic Self-Stereotyping in Restoration of Manhood and Perception of Gender Relations. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 17, 274-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/men00000166

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Korzeniewska, L., & Kaczorowska, M. (2016). Sharing housework can be healthy: cultural and psychological factors influencing men’s involvement in household maintenance. Health Psychology Report, 4(3), 189–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/hpr.2016.62232

Authorship of Monographs

Kulich, C., de Lemus, S., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Lorenzi-Cioldi, F. (Eds.) (2018). Multiple Identities Management. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88945-429-7

Besta, T., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2017). Między grupami. Przewodnik po relacjach z ludźmi, którzy się od nas różnią [Between groups. Practical guide on how to build relations with people who are different from us]. Gdańsk: Smak Słowa.

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Żadkowska, M., Gajewska, M., Wroczyńska, A., Znaniecka, M. (2016).  Navigator for couples. Manual for Couples.  University of Gdansk Publishing house: e-book: https://towardsgenderharmony.ug.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Podr%C4%99cznik-dla-par-EN-1.pdf

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Żadkowska, M., Gajewska, M., Wroczyńska, A., Znaniecka, M. (2016). Course on Work-life Balance for Couples. Manual for Educators.  University of Gdansk Publishing house: E-book: https://towardsgenderharmony.ug.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Podr%C4%99cznik-trenerski-EN-1.pdf

Safdar, S., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (Eds.) (2016). Psychology of gender through the lens of culture: theories and applications. Springer.

Chapters in Edited Books

Vescio, T. & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2020, in press). The not so subtle and status quo maintaining nature of every Day Sexism. In: F. Cheung & D. Halpern (Eds.), Cambridge International Handbook on   Psychology of Women. Cambridge University Press

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N.,  Żadkowska, M., Gjerstad, B., Świdrak, J.., Kwiatkowska, A.,Odden, G., Ryndyk., O., Kryś, K.., & Vedøy., G. (2018). Changing country, changing gender roles—migration and transformation of gender roles within the family—a case of Polish migrants in Norway. In M. R. T. de Guzman, J. Brown, and C. P. Edwards (Eds.), Parenting from afar: The reconfiguration of family across distance. New York: Oxford University Press.

Żadkowska, M., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., & Ryndyk. O. (2018). Two worlds of fatherhood – comparing the use of parental leave among Polish fathers in Poland and in Norway. In: K. Slany, E. Guriye, P. Pustułka, M. Ślusarczyk. Transnational Polish Families in Norway: Social Capital, Integration, Institutions and Care, Warsaw: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.