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View article: More than the sum of its risk factors: Protective factors improve the prediction of victim blame, consent perceptions, and rape proclivity in young heterosexual men.
More than the sum of its risk factors: Protective factors improve the prediction of victim blame, consent perceptions, and rape proclivity in young heterosexual men. Open
Objective: Research on sexual aggression has primarily identified risk factors, while considerably less is known about protective factors that reduce perpetration. This study examined how protective factors (i.e., positive consent attitude…
View article: From principle to practice: the limits of top-down referendums in reengaging political cynics
From principle to practice: the limits of top-down referendums in reengaging political cynics Open
Rising levels of political cynicism pose a significant challenge to contemporary democracies. Giving citizens a more direct say through referendums has been proposed as one way to bridge the gap between governments and a cynical citizenry.…
View article: Beyond Hypothetical Trolleys: Moral Choices and Motivations in a Real-life Sacrificial Dilemma
Beyond Hypothetical Trolleys: Moral Choices and Motivations in a Real-life Sacrificial Dilemma Open
Sacrificial moral dilemmas require individuals to choose between allowing harm to several people or preventing this by actively causing harm to a smaller number of people. These dilemmas have been foundational in studying how people resolv…
View article: Beyond Hypothetical Trolleys: Moral Choices and Motivations in a Real-life Sacrificial Dilemma
Beyond Hypothetical Trolleys: Moral Choices and Motivations in a Real-life Sacrificial Dilemma Open
Sacrificial moral dilemmas require individuals to choose between allowing harm to several people or preventing this by actively causing harm to a smaller number of people. These dilemmas have been foundational in studying how people resolv…
View article: In similarity we trust: Like-mindedness, rather than just the type of moral judgment, drives inferences of trustworthiness
In similarity we trust: Like-mindedness, rather than just the type of moral judgment, drives inferences of trustworthiness Open
Trust plays a central role in social interactions. Recent research has highlighted the importance of others’ moral decisions in shaping trust inference: individuals who reject sacrificial harm in moral dilemmas (which aligns with deontolog…
View article: The Development of a Moral Compass: Exploring Age and Gender Differences in Moral Foundations In Early and Mid‐Adolescence
The Development of a Moral Compass: Exploring Age and Gender Differences in Moral Foundations In Early and Mid‐Adolescence Open
Introduction The Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) identifies innate moral foundations that drive moral judgment, and are assumed to mature at different phases throughout development. However, core developmental aspects of moral foundations, …
View article: Who Do People Prefer to Be in Charge? An In-Depth Analysis of UK Citizens’ Preferences for Politicians, Citizens, Experts, and/or Artificial Intelligence in Policymaking
Who Do People Prefer to Be in Charge? An In-Depth Analysis of UK Citizens’ Preferences for Politicians, Citizens, Experts, and/or Artificial Intelligence in Policymaking Open
For a long time, research on democratic governance has primarily focused on preferences for singular decision-makers: elected politicians, citizens, or experts. Recently, however, there has been a shift toward considering preferences for m…
View article: Truth by repetition reliably differs between people over time
Truth by repetition reliably differs between people over time Open
Repetition increases the believability of information. Despite the widespread (harmful) implications and strategic use of this truth-by-repetition effect (TBRE), little is known about whether the effect is uniform across individuals. Acros…
View article: Why pro-environmental attitudes don’t always translate in behavior: Exploring the role of moral disengagement
Why pro-environmental attitudes don’t always translate in behavior: Exploring the role of moral disengagement Open
Research indicates a significant gap between the individual’s pro-environmental attitudes and actual behavior. To explain this gap, the present paper integrates prominent models of ecological behavior with theories of cognitive dissonance …
View article: Hypothetical Judgment and Real-Life Decision-Making in Sacrificial Dilemmas: A Replication of “of Mice, Men and Trolleys”
Hypothetical Judgment and Real-Life Decision-Making in Sacrificial Dilemmas: A Replication of “of Mice, Men and Trolleys” Open
Do people respond similarly to hypothetical moral dilemmas as they do to real-life dilemma situations? Bostyn et al. (2018) explored this question by confronting one group of participants with a real dilemma involving mice, and another wit…
View article: The Relationship Between Cognitive and Emotional Abilities and Ideological Attitudes Among Adolescents
The Relationship Between Cognitive and Emotional Abilities and Ideological Attitudes Among Adolescents Open
Objective A large number of studies—usually based on samples of adults—have revealed a negative relationship between cognitive abilities and right‐wing ideological attitudes. Recently, this relationship has been claimed to be weaker among …
View article: Closing a gap or creating a new one? Comparing support for participatory instruments among different stakeholders
Closing a gap or creating a new one? Comparing support for participatory instruments among different stakeholders Open
Representative democracy is perceived to be in crisis in many Western countries. Increasing citizen participation is often considered to be a remedy to close this gap between government and the people. Which instruments should be used to r…
View article: An Eastern Look at a Western Dilemma: Cross-Cultural Differences in Action-Balanced Trolley Dilemmas
An Eastern Look at a Western Dilemma: Cross-Cultural Differences in Action-Balanced Trolley Dilemmas Open
Moral judgment has been extensively studied utilizing traditional trolley-like sacrificial dilemmas. However, by building on Western philosophies and relying on WEIRD samples, this approach has potentially introduced a Western-centric bias…
View article: The Irony of the Political Cynic? Perceptions of Referendums and the Gap between Principle and Practice
The Irony of the Political Cynic? Perceptions of Referendums and the Gap between Principle and Practice Open
Rising levels of political cynicism pose a significant challenge to contemporary representative democracies. Giving citizens a more direct say through referendums has been proposed as one way to tackle this problem. In a large, representat…
View article: Shifting the power balance? Examining citizen preferences for participatory decision-making in local governments
Shifting the power balance? Examining citizen preferences for participatory decision-making in local governments Open
Western democracies struggle with high levels of distrust and cynicism towards political institutions. In countering this phenomenon, various local governments have been experimenting with citizen participation. In a large and representati…
View article: Beyond Hypothetical Trolleys: Moral Choices and Motivations in a Real-life Sacrificial Dilemma
Beyond Hypothetical Trolleys: Moral Choices and Motivations in a Real-life Sacrificial Dilemma Open
Sacrificial moral dilemmas require individuals to choose between allowing harm to several people or preventing this by actively causing harm to a smaller number of people. These dilemmas have been foundational in studying how people resolv…
View article: Development of a Measure of Anti-Rape Attitudes as a Potential Protective Factor Against Rape Perpetration
Development of a Measure of Anti-Rape Attitudes as a Potential Protective Factor Against Rape Perpetration Open
The role of attitudes toward women and sexual violence in predicting men’s perpetration of rape has been well documented in the literature. While research on rape perpetration has primarily focused on identifying risk factors, the limited …
View article: Normative age and gender differences in lie-telling across early and mid-adolescence from a multi-informant perspective
Normative age and gender differences in lie-telling across early and mid-adolescence from a multi-informant perspective Open
The present study investigates age and gender differences in lie-telling during the sensitive developmental phase of adolescence, using a multi-informant approach. Data from a large, multi-national dataset was used, including 25,643 partic…
View article: In Similarity We Trust: Not the Type of Moral Judgment but Like-Mindedness Drives Inferences of Trustworthiness
In Similarity We Trust: Not the Type of Moral Judgment but Like-Mindedness Drives Inferences of Trustworthiness Open
Recent research has looked at the primacy of moral character assessment in social interactions, focusing on how individuals infer trustworthiness based on others’ moral decisions, particularly in sacrificial moral dilemmas. These dilemmas …
View article: People’s preferred balance between politicians, citizens, and experts in policy-making decisions
People’s preferred balance between politicians, citizens, and experts in policy-making decisions Open
Most prior studies examining citizens’ preferences for “who should govern” assume that people prefer either politicians, citizens, or experts to exclusively influence policy decisions. Our approach posits that individuals may actually pref…
View article: Truth by repetition across languages
Truth by repetition across languages Open
People are more likely to believe information to be true if they have encountered it before. Research on this truth-by-repetition effect (TBRE) typically only considered one’s native language. In five experiments (N = 1344), we examined th…
View article: Local civil society organisations’ appreciation of different local policy decision-making instruments
Local civil society organisations’ appreciation of different local policy decision-making instruments Open
In societies with a neo-corporatist tradition, organised interests like civil society organisations (CSOs) are largely embedded in the policy-making process. However, as (local) governments increasingly experiment with new forms of democra…
View article: Rationally blind? Rationality polarizes policy support for colour blindness versus multiculturalism
Rationally blind? Rationality polarizes policy support for colour blindness versus multiculturalism Open
Do White Americans prefer society to be ‘colour‐blind’ by rising above racial identities, or ‘multicultural’ by openly discussing and considering them? We developed an ideology‐rationality model to understand support for these diversity pe…
View article: Towards a multifaceted measure of perceived legitimacy of participatory governance
Towards a multifaceted measure of perceived legitimacy of participatory governance Open
Policy decision‐making modes in governance contexts have become increasingly participatory. This raises questions about legitimacy, and how to measure this concept. The current article advances a multifaceted measurement of perceived legit…
View article: The public’s preferred level of involvement in local policy-making
The public’s preferred level of involvement in local policy-making Open
We investigated what people consider the optimal level of citizen involvement in local policy decision-making. This is an important question to answer, given that civil servants and politicians are increasingly confronted with the pressure…