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View article: Fighting for what’s fair: Distinguishing specific legitimacy appraisals and their role in different collective action responses to economic inequality
Fighting for what’s fair: Distinguishing specific legitimacy appraisals and their role in different collective action responses to economic inequality Open
Economic inequality significantly influences people’s thoughts and actions regarding wealth gaps. Global trends show an increase in collective action tendencies, such as protesting or signing petitions for ingroups. Our research explores c…
View article: Election results can decrease intergroup threat and through that positively affect intergroup relations
Election results can decrease intergroup threat and through that positively affect intergroup relations Open
Previous research has established that intergroup threat is pivotal to intergroup relations in divided societies. We used the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections in 2022 as a unique chance to investigate how elections can affect feelings o…
View article: Collective <scp>UK</scp> nostalgia predicts a desire to leave the European Union
Collective <span>UK</span> nostalgia predicts a desire to leave the European Union Open
Collective nostalgia is an emotion experienced when one sentimentally recalls events or things related to a particular social identity. We investigated the relationship between collective nostalgia about the United Kingdom (UK) and UK citi…
View article: Issue Information
Issue Information Open
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View article: A cognitive balance approach to understanding intergroup attitudes in <scp>post‐Brexit</scp> Northern Ireland
A cognitive balance approach to understanding intergroup attitudes in <span>post‐Brexit</span> Northern Ireland Open
Cognitive balance theory posits that a drive for cognitively consistent thoughts modulates interpersonal relations. We extended cognitive balance theory to intergroup relations and tested it in a real‐life setting where intergroup relation…
View article: Brexit: Threat or opportunity? Nationalist identification is related to the perceived likelihood of a United Ireland.
Brexit: Threat or opportunity? Nationalist identification is related to the perceived likelihood of a United Ireland. Open
Northern Ireland has long been a contested territory. The 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement seemed to offer a resolution to the long-standing conflict. However, it has been reawakened by Brexit. Brexit presents a threat in Northern Irelan…
View article: Moral Identity Predicts Adherence to <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 Mitigation Procedures Depending on Political Ideology: A Comparison Between the <scp>USA</scp> and New Zealand
Moral Identity Predicts Adherence to <span>COVID</span>‐19 Mitigation Procedures Depending on Political Ideology: A Comparison Between the <span>USA</span> and New Zealand Open
Reducing the spread of infectious viruses (e.g., COVID‐19) can depend on societal compliance with effective mitigations. Identifying factors that influence adherence can inform public policy. In many cases, public health messaging has beco…
View article: Moral Identity predicts Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Procedures depending on Political Ideology: A Comparison between USA and New Zealand
Moral Identity predicts Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Procedures depending on Political Ideology: A Comparison between USA and New Zealand Open
Reducing the spread of infectious viruses (such as COVID-19) can depend on societal compliance with effective mitigations. Identifying factors that influence adherence can inform public policy. In many cases public health messaging has bec…
View article: Moved by Social Justice: The Role of Kama Muta in Collective Action Toward Racial Equality
Moved by Social Justice: The Role of Kama Muta in Collective Action Toward Racial Equality Open
Participation in collective action is known to be driven by two appraisals of a social situation: Beliefs that the situation is unfair (injustice appraisal) and beliefs that a group can change the situation (collective efficacy appraisal).…
View article: Pandemic threat and group cohesion: national identification in the wake of COVID-19 is associated with authoritarianism
Pandemic threat and group cohesion: national identification in the wake of COVID-19 is associated with authoritarianism Open
Authoritarianism emerges in times of societal threat, in part driven by desires for group-based security. As such, we propose that the threat caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increased authoritarian tendencies and that t…
View article: Laser-Induced Interdigital Structured Graphene Electrodes Based Flexible Micro-Supercapacitor for Efficient Peak Energy Storage
Laser-Induced Interdigital Structured Graphene Electrodes Based Flexible Micro-Supercapacitor for Efficient Peak Energy Storage Open
The rapidly developing demand for lightweight portable electronics has accelerated advanced research on self-powered microsystems (SPMs) for peak power energy storage (ESs). In recent years, there has been, in this regard, a huge research …
View article: Social Cohesion Strengthens Compliance With COVID-19 Restrictions: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study
Social Cohesion Strengthens Compliance With COVID-19 Restrictions: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study Open
Background: Although citizens in countries worldwide took coordinated steps to support collective public health during the COVID-19 pandemic, the processes that encourage citizens to adhere with COVID-19 restrictions are not fully understo…
View article: From Student to Employee: Group Compatibility Predicts Group Identification and Intergroup Attitudes
From Student to Employee: Group Compatibility Predicts Group Identification and Intergroup Attitudes Open
Transitions go along with the need to integrate a previous outgroup into the self-concept. This study examines whether this integration follows cognitive consistency principles. In line with recent theorizing, we test whether the perceived…
View article: Solidarity Matters: Prototypicality and Minority and Majority Adherence to National COVID-19 Health Advice
Solidarity Matters: Prototypicality and Minority and Majority Adherence to National COVID-19 Health Advice Open
The effectiveness of measures introduced to minimise the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19) depends on compliance from all members of society. The Irish response to COVID-19 has been framed a…
View article: From student to employee - Change in social group memberships
From student to employee - Change in social group memberships Open
Changing groups and integrating new identities into the self-concept: What role plays (in)compatibility between social groups?
View article: Group Membership, Group Change, and Intergroup Attitudes: A Recategorization Model Based on Cognitive Consistency Principles
Group Membership, Group Change, and Intergroup Attitudes: A Recategorization Model Based on Cognitive Consistency Principles Open
The present article introduces a model based on cognitive consistency principles to predict how new identities become integrated into the self-concept, with consequences for intergroup attitudes. The model specifies four concepts (self-con…
View article: Retrieval Cues Fail to Impact Contextualized Attitude Change
Retrieval Cues Fail to Impact Contextualized Attitude Change Open
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View article: It’s about valence: Historical continuity or historical discontinuity as a threat to social identity
It’s about valence: Historical continuity or historical discontinuity as a threat to social identity Open
National identity is underpinned by historical representations. Recent research shows that narratives presenting an in-group’s history as discontinuous rather than continuous raise collective angst, suggesting that historical discontinuity…