Mgr. David Lacko, Ph.D.

Institute of Psychology
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Veveří 97
602 00 Brno   
Phone: +420 532 290 284
E-mail: lacko@psu.cas.cz
Web: https://www.davidlacko.eu/

Research interests

• Cross-cultural research
• Analytic and holistic cognitive style
• Individualism and collectivism
• Intergroup contact
• Videogames and videostreaming
• Psychometrics and advanced statistics
• Measurement and modeling of reaction times
• Intensive longitudinal data analysis

Education

• 2022 General Psychology (Ph.D.), Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
• 2018 Psychology (Mgr.), Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

Projects

• 2024 - 2026: GA24-11974S Usage of Reaction Time for an Unbiased Estimate of Prejudice: A Novel Approach to Measurement and Modeling

Selected publications

• Kaźmierczak, I., Jakubowska, A., Pietraszkiewicz, A., Zajenkowska, A., Lacko, D., Wawer, A., Sarzyńska-Wawer, J. (2024): Natural language sentiment as an indicator of depression and anxiety symptoms: a longitudinal mixed methods study1. Cognition & Emotion.
• Lacko, D., Čeněk, J., Hřebíčková, M. (2024): University students' and lecturers' perceived stress and satisfaction with life during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of personality traits and self-efficacy. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(5), e12957.
• Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Jeftić, A., Stöckli, S., Gelpí, R., Acosta-Ortiz, A.M., Travaglino, G.A., Alvarado, R., Lacko, D., Milfont, T.L., Chrona, S., Griffin, S.M., Tamayo-Agudelo, W., Lee, Y., Vestergren, S. (2023): Predictors of compliance with COVID-19 guidelines across countries: the role of social norms, moral values, trust, stress, and demographic factors. Current Psychology.
• Čunek, L., Ondřej, J., Blažíčková, I., Pupíková, V., Lacko, D., Prošek, T., Šafárová, K. (2023): Handwriting Quality: Psychometric Properties of Two Evaluation Scales With a Czech Sample. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(3), 7703205130.
• Lacko, D., Horák, F., Klicperová-Baker, M., Šerek, J., Boehnke, K. (2023): Perceived Legitimacy of Anti-Pandemic Measures: Findings from West and East Germany, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia at the Peak of the COVID-19 Crisis. Psychology Public Policy and Law, 29(4), 549-562.
• Graf, S., Rubin, M., Assilamehou-Kunz, Y., Bianchi, M., Carnaghi, A., Fasoli, F., Finell, E., Senden, M.G., Shamloo, S.E., Točík, J., Lacko, D., Sczesny, S. (2023): Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees: Different labels for immigrants influence attitudes through perceived benefits in nine countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(5), 970-983.
• Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Gelpí, R. A., Stöckli, S., Jeftić, A., Ch’ng, B., Koszałkowska, K., Lacko, D., Milfont, T.L., Lee, Y., Vestergren, S. (2023): Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness. Health Psychology, 42(4), 235-246.
• Horák, F., Antoš, M., Sklenář, D., Lacko, D. (2023): Proporcionalita, integrační účinek a legitimita volebního systému do Poslanecké sněmovny: Simulační studie dopadů D’Hondtova dělitele, Imperialiho kvóty a Hareovy kvóty. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 59(1), 1-24.
• Žingora, T., Birtel, M., Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., Lacko, D., Rupar, M., Točík, J., Voca, S. (2023): Change in anti-COVID-19 behaviour and anti-immigrant prejudice during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from five European countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(4), 645-663.

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