Danielle P. Ochoa, Ph.D.

moral reasoning, parenting, youth issues, collective action, service-learning, and children’s rights advocacy 

PhD in Psychology - University of the Philippines Diliman

MA in Psychology - University of the Philippines Diliman

BA Psychology - University of the Philippines Diliman

Lead Author

Ochoa, D.P. & Dela Cruz, T. (2024). Negotiating Autonomy, Community, and Divinity in Urban Filipino Young Adults’ Moral Reasoning. Culture & Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X241285350

Ochoa, D.P. & Ong, M.G. (2022). Negotiated harms in moralized policies: The case of Duterte’s war on drugs. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 10(2), 554–569, https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5623

Ochoa, D.P., Banzon-Librojo, L.A., Mendez, S.E.N., & Alampay, L.P. (2019). Sulong kabataan: Design, pilot implementation, and evaluation of a youth substance abuse prevention program. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 52(1), 5-37.

Ochoa, D.P., Manalastas, E.J., Deguchi, M., & Louis, W.R. (2019). Mobilizing men: Ally identities and collective action in Japan and the Philippines. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 13, e14. doi:10.1017/prp.2018.30

Ochoa, D.P., & Manapat, J. (2018). Morality and citizenship outcomes of service-learning in psychology and materials engineering. Philippine Social Science Review, 70(1), 30-51.

Ochoa, D.P. (2016). Moral na pamantayan at pangangatwiran ng mga bata at ina sa konteksto ng kahirapan. Diwa E-Journal, 4(1), 20-38.

Ochoa, D.P., Sio, C.P., Quiñones, D.M., & Manalastas, E.J. (2016). A bond between man and woman: Religiosity, moral foundations, and same-sex marriage attitudes in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 48(2), 157-171.

Ochoa, D.P. (2014). Parental socialization of moral behaviors in the context of poverty. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 47(1), 41-72.

Co-author:

Klackl, J., Ochoa, D.P., Du. H., Jonas, E., & Kashima, E.S. (2023). A WEIRD Theory? On the prevalence of Western folk theory of social change in the West and Asia. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(2), 249-268. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221104962

Kashima, E.S., Ochoa, D.P., Nicolas, G., Ah Gang, G.C., Du, H., Klackl, J., Plusnin, N., Miriyagalla, U.P., Kashima, Y., & Fiske, S.T. (2021). Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in anticipated societal threats. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12490

Kashima, E.S., Plusnin, N., Ochoa, D.P., Du, H., Klackl, J., Ah Gang, G.C., Gan, S.W., Yaacob, S.N., Wu, S.L., Qumseya, T., Nicolas, G., & Fiske, S.T. (2021). Social motives of university students in seven countries: Measurement development and validation. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12482

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Olech, M., Vandello, J. A., Bender, M., Dandy, J., Hoorens, V., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Mankowski, E., Venäläinen, S., Abuhamdeh, S., Agyemang, C. B., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., …Ochoa, D.P.,… Żadkowska, M. (2023). Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(7), 808-824. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221129687

Bosson, J.K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J.A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., … Ochoa, D.P., … Žukauskienė, R. (2021). Psychometric properties and correlates of precarious manhood beliefs in 62 nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121997997

Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta, T., Bosson, J.K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J.A.,…Ochoa, D.P.,… Žukauskienė, R. (2020). Country-level and individual-level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696

Bago, B., Kovacs, M., Protzko, J., … Ochoa, D.P.,… Aczel, B. (2022). Situational factors shape moral judgments in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern, and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample. Nature Human Behavior, 6(6), 880-895. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01319-5

Lifetime Member, Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino

Lifetime Member, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Science

Member, Psychological Association of the Philippines

Member, Asian Association of Social Psychology

Member, International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development

Member, International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Social Scientist I (2024 to 2026)
University of the Philippines

UP Centennial Professorial Chair (2025)
University of the Philippines Diliman

One UP Faculty Grant for Research and Public Service (2022 to 2024)
University of the Philippines

UP Centennial Faculty Grant (2020 to 2022; 2024)
University of the Philippines Diliman

Asuncion Miteria-Austria Psychology Professorial Chair (2021)
University of the Philippines Diliman

Research Award Programme (May 2019 to 2020)
Filipino Young Adults‘ Moral Reasoning: A Cultural-Developmental Approach
Philippine Social Science Commission

One UP Faculty Grant for Teaching and Public Service  (2019 to 2021)
University of the Philippines

Best Master’s Thesis (2014)
Moral Reasoning and Parenting Practices in the Context of Poverty
Psychological Association of the Philippines 

Coordinator, CSSP Office of Service-Learning, Outreach, and Pahinungod (2025-present)

Editor, Diwa E-journal Vol. 8 and 9, Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino

Associate Editor, Journal of Social and Political Psychology (January 2024-2026)

Associate Editor,  Philippine Journal of Psychology (September 2023-2025)

Colonial Origins and Decolonial Directions in Filipino Developmental Psychology (Elizabeth R. Ventura Lecture Series; Sponsored by UP Diliman Department of Psychology; Zoom, 19 May 2026) 

Paano Mo Nasabing Tama? Examining Moral Reasoning Using a Cultural-Developmental Approach (Asuncion Miteria Austria Professorial Lecture; Sponsored by UP Diliman Department of Psychology; Lagmay Hall, UP Diliman, 19 September 2025)

International Conferences

Ochoa, D. P.,Galano, C. P., Mendez, S.E.N., Ong, M. G., Dela Cruz, T., Meneses, M. G., Ortiz, L. G., Aquino, L. P., Ocampo, K. T., Santos Jr., J. S., Edralin, M. L., & Lacson, E.E. (2026). Social constructions of utang na loob (debt of gratitude) in families among Filipino emerging adults. 28th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Incheon, South Korea.

Ochoa, D.P., Edralin, M.L.C., Dela Cruz, T., Mendez, S.E.N., Ombao, J.P., Aquino, L.A., Paterno, J.R., Parcon, A.M.C., & Ong, M.G. (2025). Filial Piety Expectations, Ethical Values, and Flourishing among Filipino Emerging Adults. Psychological Association of the Philippines Convention and ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies Congress 2025, Cebu City.

Ochoa, D. (2024). Commitment, Conversion, and Distancing from Religion: Insights from Urban Filipino Young Adults. Paper presented at the 27th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bali, Indonesia.

Ochoa, D. (2022). A cultural-developmental approach to moral reasoning: Insights from Filipino young adults. Paper presented at the 2022 Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology Conference, held online.

Ochoa, D. & Ong, M. (2021). How do young adults justify corporal punishment? Cultural conceptions of the child and implications for advocacy. Paper presented at the 14th Asian Association of Psychology Conference, held online.

Ochoa, D., Deguchi, M., Manalastas, E.J., & Louis, W. (2017). Considering culture and extending emotions in mobilizing collective action. Paper presented at the Asian Association of Psychology Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Ochoa, D., Quiñones, D.M., & Sio, C. (2016). Separation of Church and State: Moral Foundations, Religiosity, and Moralized Issues in the Philippines. Paper presented at the  23rd International Congress, International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Nagoya, Japan.

Ochoa, D. & Manapat, J. (2016). Morality and Citizenship Outcomes of Service-Learning in Psychology and Materials Engineering. Paper presented at the 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.

Ochoa, D., Sio, C., Quiñones, D.M., & Manalastas, E.J. (2016). The Natural Order or Equality for All: Moral Foundations, Religiosity, and Same-Sex Marriage Attitudes. Paper presented at the 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.

Ochoa, D. (2015). Firm Foundations or Mutable Morals?: Comparing Moral Foundations across the Undergraduate Years. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology and 52nd Annual Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines, Cebu City.

Ochoa, D. (2013). Moral Development and Socialization in the Context of Poverty. Paper presented at 5th ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies and 50th Psychological Association of the Philippines Conference, Quezon City.

Local Conferences

Invited Speaker

Navigating Rules, Norms, and Traditions in a Changing World: Insights from Urban Filipino Young Adults’ Moral Reasoning (Pagpapahalaga, Pamantayan at Paniniwalang Filipino Symposium; Sponsored by Ateneo Institute of Philippine Culture; Ateneo de Manila University, 15 September 2023)

Ochoa, D. (2018). Moral psychology in the Philippines: Progress and prospects. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines, Manila.

Presenter

Ochoa, D. (2024). Service-Learning tungo sa Pagtuturo ng Sikolohiyang Malaya, Mapagpalaya, at Mapagpabagong-Isip. Paper presented at ika-48 Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Online.

Ochoa, D. (2022). Pagsasakatutubo at Pagdekolonisa ng Sikolohiya ng Pag-unlad: Panimulang Pagsusuri. Paper presented at ika-46 Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Online.

Ochoa, D. (2021). A Cultural-Developmental Approach to Understanding Moral Conflicts in Urban Filipino Young Adults. Paper presented at the 57th Psychological Association of the Philippines Convention, Online.

Ochoa, D. & Cantiller, J.R.C. (2018). Ang Mahabang Paglalakbay Tungo sa Positive Discipline: Mga Kuwentong Buhay ng mga Magulang at Guro. Paper presented at Ika-42 Pambansang Kumperesiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Quezon City.

Ochoa, D., Manalastas, E.J., Deguchi, M., & Louis, W.R. (2018). Mobilizing Men: Ally Identities and Collective Action in Japan and the Philippines. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines, Manila.

Ochoa, D., Banzon-Librojo, L.A., Mendez, S.E., & Alampay, L.P. (2018). Sulong Kabataan: Design, Pilot, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Program. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines, Manila.

Ochoa, D. (2018). Moral Psychology in the Philippines: Progress and Prospects. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines, Manila.

Ochoa, D. (2017). Kaninong kasalanan nga ba? Mga salik at atribusyon sa parusa sa kabataan. Paper presented at Ika-42 Pambansang Kumperesiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Dumaguete.

Ochoa, D. & Vicencio, A.R. (2017). Heightened micro-geographies of visuals and everyday experiences. Paper presented at the National Conference on Geographical Studies 2017, Quezon City.

Ochoa, D. (2017). Children not criminals: Public perceptions on the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines, Bacolod City.

Ochoa, D. (2016). Lingkod-aral sa sikolohiya ng pagkatuto: Mga hamon at benepisyo. Paper presented at Ika-41 na Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Manila.

Ochoa, D., Sio, C., & Quiñones, D.M. (2016). Pagpanig sa panlipunang mga isyu: Ang papel ng personalidad, moralidad, at pagkarelihiyoso. Paper presented at Ika-41 na Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Manila.

Ochoa, D., Sio, C., & Quiñones, D.M. (2016). Personality Traits, Moral Foundations, Religiosity, and Separation of Church and State as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Social Issues. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines, Angeles City, Pampanga.

Ochoa, D. (2015). Pagsusuri sa Panloob at Panlabas na Moral na Identidad. Paper presented at Ika-40 na Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Davao City.

Macapagal, R.A.  & Ochoa, D. (2014). Hiya at Pakikipagkapwa: Mga Hamon at Hakbang Tungo sa Kalusugan ng mga Freelance Sex Workers sa Isang Lungsod sa Kalakhang Maynila. Paper presented at Ika-39 na Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.

Ochoa, D. & Yacat, J. (2014). Determining Student Gains from Service Learning: Insights from a Psychology of Learning Course. Paper presented at the 51st Psychological Association of the Philippines Conference.

Ochoa, D. (2013). Paghubog ng magulang sa kabutihang-asal ng anak sa konteksto ng kahirapan. Paper presented at Ika-39 na Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.

Ochoa, D., Antonio, A.D., Benavidez, R.D., & Malaki, M.W. (2012). Diskarte: Ang Konsepto, Paglinang, at Karanasan ng Street Smarts ng Kabataang Pilipino. Paper presented at Ika-38 na Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.