Rahmat Hidayat, S.Psi., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Rahmat Hidayat, S.Psi., M.Sc., Ph.D., is an academic and professional with extensive experience in the field of economic psychology, currently serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada. Rahmat earned a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Tilburg University, Netherlands, with a dissertation titled “Generic Goal System: Content, structure and determinants of goals at the generic level of consumer behaviour.” Previously, he obtained an M.Sc. from the School of Psychology, University of Exeter, England, after researching Decision-Making in A Cycle of Bidding Events: Are Regret and Topical Accounting the Bases of the Laboratory Winner’s Curse?. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, with a thesis titled The Antecedents of the Development of Social Anxiety.

Rahmat’s research interests include judgment and decision-making, consumer behavior, and the validation of psychological assessment instruments. He teaches several important courses at the Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada, including scientific discourse presentation, consumer behavior, economic psychology, and quantitative research methods. Rahmat also dedicates himself to the community by launching the Econosphere 2 program, which is designed to delve into and facilitate research in the fields of economic psychology and consumer behavior.

• Adaptation and Validation of the Indonesian Language Version of the Psychological Inventory of Financial Scarcity (PIFS)

SINGLE & FIRST AUTHOR: Paper

Hidayat, R., & Putra, M. D. K. (2022). Pilot Testing and Preliminary Psychometric Validation of Situational Judgment Test of Resistance to Sunk Cost. Jurnal Psikologi, 49(3), Article 3.

Hidayat, R. (2016). Game-Based Learning: Academic Games sebagai Metode Penunjang Pembelajaran Kewirausahaan. Buletin Psikologi, 26(2), 71-85.

Hidayat, R. (2016). Rasionalitas: Overview terhadap Pemikiran dalam 50
Tahun Terakhir. Buletin Psikologi, 24(2), 101–122.

Hidayat, R. (2016). Game-Based Learning: Academic Games sebagai Metode Penunjang Pembelajaran Kewirausahaan. Buletin Psikologi, 26(2), 71–85.

Hidayat, R. (2014). Consumer behaviour at the generic level: theoretical perspectives, Buletin Psikologi, 22(2), (in press).

Hidayat, R., & Primasari, I. (2011). Metodologi penelitian psikodiagnostika (English: methodology of psychodiagnostics research), Buletin Psikologi, 19, 81-92.

Hidayat, R. (2011). Regret and topical accounting: is cyclical bidding the bases of the laboratory winner’s curse? Jurnal Psikologi, 38, 185-198.

Hidayat, R. (2009). Goal constructs in consumer behavior, Buletin Psikologi, 17, 66-89.

Hidayat, R. (2008). Disaster preparedness: Sebuah analisis psikologi ekonomi (English: disaster preparedness: an economic psychological analysis), Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia, 5, 91-100.

SINGLE & FIRST AUTHOR: Book Chapter and Proceeding

Hidayat, R. (2014). Neuroekonomika: sebuah disiplin baru di bidang psikologi ekonomi (English: Neuroeconomics: a new disicipline in the field of economic psychology), Perkembangan  Psikologi Masa Kini (English: Recent Developments in Psychology). Editors: S. Wimbarti & L. Chizanah. Yogyakarta: Penerbit Beta. pp. 29-42.

Hidayat, R. (2010). Relevansi psikologi ekonomi di Indonesia: 50 tahun Himpsi. (English: The relevance of economic psychology in Indonesia: 50 years of the Indonesian Association of Psychology). 50 Tahun Himpunan Psikologi Indonesia (English: 50 Year of the Indonesian Association of Psychology). Editors: A. Supratiknya & T. Susana. Jakarta: Himpsi. pp. 301-332.  

Hidayat, R. (2010). Representasi sosial tentang bencana alam pada masyarakat Yogyakarta (dalam buku: Konstruksi Masyarakat Tanggung Bencana – Kajian Integratif Ilmu, Agama, dan Budaya, hal. 105 – 133, Penerbit Mizan, 2010).

Hidayat, R. (2010). Dampak kesehatan mental dan psikososial bencana erupsi Gunung Merapi 2010 (dalam proceeding: Simposium Gunung merapi – Kajian Perilaku, Dampak, dan mitigasi Bencana Akibat Erupsi Merapi 2010, Penerbit MPBA – UGM, hal. 143 – 151, ISBN 97-602-98759-0-4, 2011).

2nd AUTHOR: Book Chapter and Proceeding

Susilawati, I. R., & Hidayat, R. (2020). Society and Taxes: An Exploratory Study of Fiscal Psychology. Digital Press Social Sciences and Humanities, 5, 00004. https://doi.org/10.29037/digitalpress.45339

Renanita, T., & Hidayat, R. (2020). Technology 4.0 and Changes in Organizational Behavior in The Last Ten Years. Digital Press Social Sciences and Humanities, 5, 00011. https://doi.org/10.29037/digitalpress.45346

2nd AUTHOR: Paper

Saffana, K., Valendra Granitha Shandika Puri, V. G.S., Hidayat, R. (2024). Exploratory factor analysis of two most widely used materialism measurements. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE), 13(5). http://doi.org/10.11591/ijere.v13i5.28063

Wulandari, R., & Hidayat, R. (2023). Materialism As Personality: Psychometric Properties Using the Rasch Model. Jurnal Psikologi, 50(2), 157 – 175. https://doi.org/10.22146/jpsi.77592

RenanitaT., & HidayatR. (2023). Kesehatan keuangan rumah tangga di asia tenggara: telaah cakupan terhadap literatur. Jurnal Ilmu Keluarga Dan Konsumen, 16(2), 171-187. https://doi.org/10.24156/jikk.2023.16.2.171

Afandi, I., Faturochman, F., & Hidayat, R. (2021). Teori Kontak: Konsep dan Perkembangannya. Buletin Psikologi, 29(2), 178 – 186. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/buletinpsikologi.46193

Hayat, B., Hidayat, R., & Putra, M. D. K. (2020). Exploring the Factor Structure of Environmental Attitudes Measure in a Sample of Indonesian College Students. CES Psicología, 14(1), 112–129. https://doi.org/10.21615/cesp.14.1.9

Lutfia, D. & Hidayat, R. (2020). Hubungan materialisme dengan subjective well-being yang dimoderasi oleh religiositas pada ibu rumah tangga. Gadjah Mada Journal of Psychology, 6(1), 67-79. https://doi.org.10.22146/gamajop.53049

Hindiarto, F., Hidayat, R., & Riyono, B. (2020). Is Training Effective to Develop Individual’s Soft Skills in Organizations? Emphatic Communication Training on Friendly and Helpful Behavior in Private Hospital. The Open Psychology Journal, 12, 3-11.

Susilawati, I.R., & Hidayat, R. (2019). Dilema Sosial: Representasi Sosial tentang Pajak pada Aparatur Sipil Negara. Jurnal Psikologi Sosial, 17(2), 65-74.

Aruni, S. F., & Hidayat, R. (2019). Psikologi Peluang Kewirausahaan: Proses Kognitif Penguasaha Startup Digital dalam Opportunity Recognition. Jurnal Psikologi, 46(31, 45–62.

Aulia., Himam, F.H., Hidayat, R., & Budiarto, A. (2019). Fake Love or True Love? Sacrificial Love as the Essence of Love of Work Phenomenon in Indonesian Elite Forces. Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology, 8(3), 215-238.

Widyastuti, T., & Hidayat, R. (2018). Adaptation of Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ) into Bahasa Indonesia. International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology, 7(2), 101-112.

Handani, S.W., & Hidayat, R. (2018). Jaringan Nomologis Rasionalitas Epistemik dengan Inteligensi dan Perfeksionisme. Gadjah Mada Journal of Psychology, 4(1), 25-41.

Ayu, F., & Hidayat, R. (2018). Pengaruh Anchoring dalam Penialian Kinerja: Sebuah Studi Eksperimen Kuasi dengan Variabel Tergantung Penilaian Task Performance. Gadjah Mada Journal of Professional Psychology, 4(2), 129-136.

Savira, A. W., & Hidayat, R. (2017). Validitas Prediktf Papi-Kostck dan Baum
terhadap Pengendalian Emosi Karyawan. Jurnal Psikologi, 44(3), 223–235.

Wusana, S.W., & Hidayat, R. (2017). Peran Kepercayaan Sosial dan Sentralitas Jaringan terhadap Persepsi Risiko Bencana Alam. Jurnal Ilmu Perilaku, 1(1), 1-10.

Wusana, S.W., & Hidayat, R. (2017). Persepsi Resiko Bencana Alam Ditinjau dari Sentralitas Jaringan Informasi Kebencanaan. Jurnal Ilmu Perilaku, 1(2), 68-80.

Sukmananti, I.N., & Hidayat, R. (2017). Pengaruh Anchoring dalam Penilaian Kinerja: Sebuah Studi Eksperimen Kuasi dengan Variabel Tergantung Penilaian Adaptive Performance. Gadjah Mada Journal of Professional Psychology, 3(3), 192-200.

Salma., & Hidayat, R. (2016). Pengembangan Instrumen Asesmen untuk Mendeteksi Pengalaman Traumatis Penyitas Erupsi Gunung Berapi. Jurnal Psikologi Undip, 15(1), 1-10.

Primasari, I., & Hidayat, R. (2016). General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) sebagai Instrumen Skrining Gangguan Penyesuaian. Jurnal Psikologi, 43(2), 121-134.

Perwiraningrum, D.A., Hidayat, R., & Dewi, FST. (2015). Kesiapsiagaan Masyarakat Afedling Gunung Pasang dalam Menghadapi Bencana Banjir Bandang. Berita Kedokteran Masyarakat, 32(2), 59-66.

Khumas, A., Prawitasari, J.E., Retnowati, S., & Hidayat, R. (2015). Model Penjelasan Intensi Cerai Perempuan Muslim di Sulawesi Selatan. Jurnal Psikologi, 42(3), 189-206.

Shaleh, A.R., Azwar, S., & Hidayat, R. (2015). Personal Factors as Predictors of Lecturer’s Performance. International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research, 13(7), 6017-6032.

Donsu, J.D.T.; Hadjam, M.N.R.; Asdie, A.H.; Hidayat, R. (2014 ). Peran faktor-faktor psikologis terhadap depresi pada pasien diabetes mellitus tipe 2, Jurnal Psikologi, 41(2), 241-249.

Renanita, T., & Hidayat, R. (2013). Faktor-faktor psikologis perilaku berhutang pada karyawan (English: psichological factors of borrowing behaviour among employees), Jurnal Psikologi, 40, 92-101.

Retnaningsih, I., & Hidayat, R. (2012). Representasi sosial tentang disabilitas intelektual pada kelompok teman sebaya (English: social representation of intellectual disability among peer groups), Jurnal Psikologi, 39, 13-24.

Manara, M.U., & Hidayat, R. (2011). Sistem tujuan konsumen pada tawaran berhutang (English: Consumer goal systems in the context of borrowing). Psikoislamika, 8, 117-140.

Ratnaningsih, I.Z., & Hidayat, R. (2010). Manajemen diri untuk menurunkan perilaku tidak aman dalam bekerja pada pengemudi Bus Trans Jogja (English: self-management for decreasing unsafe work behaviour among drivers of Bus Trans Jogja), Jurnal Intervensi Psikologi, 2, 99-122).

• Household financial health: developing measurement instruments and testing theoretical models [2020]
• Development of a personality measurement model for selection purposes for state civil servants [2018]
• Development of the “individual rationality test” [2017]
• Game-based entrepreneurship learning: development of econosphere 2 as a supporting module for entrepreneurship lectures [2017]

• “2^nd Internatioal Conference on Educational Assessment and Policy”, Center for Educational Assessment – Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture, Jakarta, Indonesia. September 2019. Invited Speaker.
• “Workshop on Building Collaborative Research Capacity for Community Mental Health in Developing Countries”, Taipei Medial University, Taipei, Taiwan. November 2010. Presenter.
• “Mainstreaming Community Psychiatry: Addressing and Promoting Population-Based Needs for Mental Health Programming”, National Seminar of the Indonesian Association of Community Psychiatry, Jakarta. October 2010. Plenary speaker.
• “First International Conference of Indigenous and Cultural Psychology”, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. July 2010. Presenter.
• Workshop series of the Australia Leadership Award Fellowship Program. University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. February – March 2010.
• “Asia-Pacific Symposium on Mental Health” and “Post-Symposium Workshop on Public Mental Health”, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. November 2009. Invited speaker.
• “International seminar on disaster: Theory, research, and policy”, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. October 2009. Invited speaker.
• “Inter-country Workshop on Health as a Bridge for Peace”, Kathmandu, Nepal. April 2009. Participant.
• “From Margins to Mainstream: 5^th World Conference On Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Behavioural Disorders”, Melbourne, Australia. September 2008. Presenter (two papers and one poster).
• “Workshop on Scientific Writing”, Nossal Institute for Global Health, the University of Melbourne, Australia. September 2008. Participant.
• “Mental Health Study Tour”, Nossal Institute for Global Health, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2007. Participant.
• The 10^th ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry and Mental Health Congress & the 14^th ASEAN Forum on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in conjunction with the 3^rd Indonesian Mental Health Convention. Jakarta, June 29^th – July 1^st Presenter.
• Symposium on Disaster Management System Related to Health and Environmental Aspects in Indonesia, Center for Disaster Studies, Gadjah Mada University. March 2005. Invited speaker.

• Delegate from the UGM Faculty of Psychology and Speaker at the Internal Meeting of the AP2TPI
• Governing Body and the 2022 AP2TPI Special Colloquium
• Psychological Assessment of Candidates for UGM Chancellor for the 2022-2027 Period
• Gathering and Joint Discussion with the General Chair of APINDO and representatives of APINDO 2022 member companies
• Psychology Doctoral Study Program – Intensive Course Presenter on Latest Developments in Industrial and Organizational Psychology Research [2021]
• As a resource person in the International Short Course on Psychology “Advocacy Skills in Mental Health System Development: From Research to Policy” [2018]
• As a resource person at the Term Commission Session for the preparation of good terms in the field of economic psychology for the Big Indonesian Dictionary [2018]
• As a resource person in Technical Guidance for Delivering Tax Awareness Inclusion Material to lecturers who teach UGM General Compulsory Courses [2018]
• Research Methodology Workshop [2017]

• From 2021, October – present: Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
• From 2019, December – 2021, September: Head of the Psychological Sciences Doctoral Study Program. Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
• From 2017 – present: Co-Founder and Consultant, RETA CONSULTING INDONESIA, a consulting office in the field of marketing research and consumer behavior based in Jakarta.
• From 1996 – present: Lecturer. Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada. (Lecturer since 2007)
• 2012, December – 2016, December: Deputy Dean for Assets, Finance and Human Resources. Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
• 2010, January – 2012, December: Head. Center for Public Mental Health, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
• 2008, March –2009, December: Executive Secretary. Center for Security and Peace Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada
• 2007, October –2008, Jun1: Coordinator. Mental Health Program in Aceh, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada

• Australia Leadership Awards Fellowship. The Australian Government. Melbourne, February – March 2010.
• Assisstent in Opleiding. Oldendorff Institute, Tilburg University, The Netherlands. 2003-2007. PhD studentship.
• Sheffield University Fee Bursary. Sheffield University, The UK. 2002 – 2005. PhD studentship, declined.
• British Chevening Award. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 2001-2002. Master’s degree scholarship.
• 3 grants from Tilburg University for presenting papers at: (1) Irkutsk Academy of Economics, Russia; (2) IAREP 2001 Annual Conference at Bath University, The UK, (3) . SABE/IAREP 2004 Conference at Drexel University, Philadelphia, the USA.
• STUNED Scholarship. The Netherlands Education Centre. 2001-2003. Master’s degree scholarship. Taken partially to visit Department of Economic and Social Psychology, Tilburg University. February – August 2001