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View article: Perceived threat from minorities decreases with increased societal threat after the 2021 military coup in Myanmar
Perceived threat from minorities decreases with increased societal threat after the 2021 military coup in Myanmar Open
Societies are often comprised of majority group members who feel threatened by minorities, which, in return, are denied equal rights. How do perceived societal threats, which impact both majorities and minorities, influence perceived minor…
View article: Ethnicity and Support for Restorative Justice: The Mediating Role of Malleability Beliefs and Attribution Bias
Ethnicity and Support for Restorative Justice: The Mediating Role of Malleability Beliefs and Attribution Bias Open
This research evaluates the impact of ethnic identity on support for restorative justice (RJ) within a multiethnic society facing a longstanding conflict. Two experimental studies were conducted in the context of Jewish–Arab relations in I…
View article: Legitimizing inclusion: Psychological interventions increase support for minority inclusion in the political game, but less so during wartime
Legitimizing inclusion: Psychological interventions increase support for minority inclusion in the political game, but less so during wartime Open
Minority inclusion is important to ensure proper representation in democracies. Yet, even in democracies, minority inclusion in politics has historically been challenged by members of majority groups, largely due to perceived threat. Exist…
View article: Intergroup psychological interventions highlighting commonalities can increase the perceived legitimacy of critical voices
Intergroup psychological interventions highlighting commonalities can increase the perceived legitimacy of critical voices Open
With rising risks to democracy, the delegitimization of political actors that criticize state policies is increasing worldwide. Our research examines what intergroup psychological interventions can contribute to the (re)legitimization of t…
View article: Virtual regulation: Can immersive virtual reality be used to assist intergroup interventions? The moderating effect of political ideology
Virtual regulation: Can immersive virtual reality be used to assist intergroup interventions? The moderating effect of political ideology Open
While emotions are pivotal in intergroup conflicts, individuals are less motivated to feel peace-promoting emotions in extreme conflicts. In the current research, we investigated whether virtual reality (VR) can be harnessed to overcome th…
View article: Memorize and Rank: Elevating Large Language Models for Clinical Diagnosis Prediction
Memorize and Rank: Elevating Large Language Models for Clinical Diagnosis Prediction Open
Clinical diagnosis prediction models, when provided with a patient's medical history, aim to detect potential diseases early, facilitating timely intervention and improving prognostic outcomes. However, the inherent scarcity of patient dat…
View article: Powerful victims: A dynamic approach to competitive victimhood between high- and low-power groups
Powerful victims: A dynamic approach to competitive victimhood between high- and low-power groups Open
Competitive victimhood has significant implications for intergroup attitudes, including discrimination and hostility. The current two studies reveal the dynamic and context-dependent nature of competitive victimhood. We directly and simult…
View article: Memorize and Rank: Elevating Large Language Models for Clinical Diagnosis Prediction
Memorize and Rank: Elevating Large Language Models for Clinical Diagnosis Prediction Open
Clinical diagnosis prediction models, when provided with a patient's medical history, aim to detect potential diseases early, facilitating timely intervention and improving prognostic outcomes. However, the inherent scarcity of patient dat…
View article: Gone too far? The paradoxical effect of political elite radicalization
Gone too far? The paradoxical effect of political elite radicalization Open
How does the rise of ideologically extreme leaders affect attitudes and beliefs among their supporters? Previous research on paradoxical thinking suggests that when individuals are exposed to a radicalized version of their held beliefs, th…
View article: Is Exposure to Conflict‐Related Violence Associated With Less Intergroup Empathy? The Moderating Role of Ideology
Is Exposure to Conflict‐Related Violence Associated With Less Intergroup Empathy? The Moderating Role of Ideology Open
Exposure to conflict‐related violence is one of the most harmful consequences of living amidst a violent intergroup conflict. While its potential significance is profound, the impact of exposure to conflict‐related violence on intergroup e…
View article: Introducing the Bidimensional Model of Hope and its conceptual and methodological utilities
Introducing the Bidimensional Model of Hope and its conceptual and methodological utilities Open
What is hope, and how can we measure it? These questions have occupied the minds of hope scholars across disciplines. This article outlines a comprehensive approach to understanding hope: the Bidimensional Model of Hope. Building on the st…
View article: Attraction to politically extreme users on social media
Attraction to politically extreme users on social media Open
Political segregation is a pressing issue, particularly on social media platforms. Recent research suggests that one driver of segregation is political acrophily—people's preference for others in their political group who have more extreme…
View article: Political Targeting of Psychological Intergroup Interventions Promoting Social Equality
Political Targeting of Psychological Intergroup Interventions Promoting Social Equality Open
In the field of intergroup conflict reconciliation, the relationship between psychological interventions and diverse political ideologies is often overlooked. The current work presents an innovative framework targeting individuals from dif…
View article: The paradoxical brain: paradoxes impact conflict perspectives through increased neural alignment
The paradoxical brain: paradoxes impact conflict perspectives through increased neural alignment Open
Mental perspectives can sometimes be changed by psychological interventions. For instance, when applied in the context of intergroup conflicts, interventions, such as the paradoxical thinking intervention, may unfreeze ingrained negative o…
View article: Bonding versus fragmentation: What shapes disadvantaged intragroup empathy in advantaged contexts?
Bonding versus fragmentation: What shapes disadvantaged intragroup empathy in advantaged contexts? Open
Intragroup empathy is vital for resilience. However, it is often impaired in advantaged-dominated environments when one adopts advantaged-group characteristics to climb the social ladder. The current work examines contextual factors that m…
View article: Zoom out: An intervention on the virtual learning environment improves minority students’ grades in two field experiments in Israel
Zoom out: An intervention on the virtual learning environment improves minority students’ grades in two field experiments in Israel Open
Closing the achievement gap for minority students in higher education requires addressing the lack of belonging these students experience. This paper introduces a psychological intervention that strategically targets key elements within th…
View article: Promoting solidarity based collective action through increasing hope using nonviolent communication intervention
Promoting solidarity based collective action through increasing hope using nonviolent communication intervention Open
The present study explores the impact of nonviolent communication (NVC) intervention on advantaged group members’ actual participation in collective action on behalf of disadvantaged outgroups, also known as solidarity‐based collective act…
View article: A Threat to Cohesion: Intragroup Affective Polarization in the Context of Intractable Intergroup Conflict
A Threat to Cohesion: Intragroup Affective Polarization in the Context of Intractable Intergroup Conflict Open
Growing affective polarization, or animosity between competing ideological groups, threatens to tear apart democratic societies worldwide. In nations that are facing external conflicts, the threat arising from these conflicts may boost int…
View article: Perceived Threat from Minorities Decreases with Increased Societal Threat: Evidence from the 2021 Military Coup in Myanmar
Perceived Threat from Minorities Decreases with Increased Societal Threat: Evidence from the 2021 Military Coup in Myanmar Open
Societies are often comprised of majority group members who feel threatened by minorities which, in return, are denied equal rights. How do perceived societal threats, that impact both majorities and minorities, influence perceived minorit…
View article: Asymmetry in political polarization at multiple levels of bias
Asymmetry in political polarization at multiple levels of bias Open
While some studies show ideological asymmetry in outgroup bias between rightists and leftists, those studies often target an ideologically biased outgroup. Here, we bypass this issue by targeting the ideological outgroups (rightists for le…
View article: Between victory and peace: Unravelling the paradox of hope in intractable conflicts
Between victory and peace: Unravelling the paradox of hope in intractable conflicts Open
Previous research on group‐based hope has predominantly focused on positive intergroup outcomes, such as peace and harmony. In this paper, we demonstrate that hope experienced towards group‐centric political outcomes, such as a victory in …
View article: A group that grieves together stays together: Examining the impact of Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel on affective polarization
A group that grieves together stays together: Examining the impact of Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel on affective polarization Open
Affective polarization is defined as the tendency to dislike, distrust, and maintain hostile attitudes towards supporters of other political parties or ideologies. In its extreme form, affective polarization may pose a severe threat to the…
View article: Defend, Deny, Distance, and Dismantle: A New Measure of Advantaged Identity Management
Defend, Deny, Distance, and Dismantle: A New Measure of Advantaged Identity Management Open
The experience of privilege can trigger psychological conflict among advantaged group members. Nonetheless, little work has explored strategies that advantaged group members use to manage their identities as privileged actors. Building on …