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View article: Distrustful Complacency and Compliance with Coronavirus Prevention Measures in the United States and Across the World
Distrustful Complacency and Compliance with Coronavirus Prevention Measures in the United States and Across the World Open
Evidence suggests low concern for infection and low political trust amplified non-compliance with preventative measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. We build upon and clarify these findings. In Study 1, we assessed how widely these patter…
View article: Prosociality During COVID-19: Pathways Through Affect, Financial Stress, Well-being, and Collective Disempowerment across 39 Countries
Prosociality During COVID-19: Pathways Through Affect, Financial Stress, Well-being, and Collective Disempowerment across 39 Countries Open
Overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in great loss of life worldwide and shook the global economy, required individuals' willingness and ability to behave prosocially. To contribute to the understanding of predictors of prosoci…
View article: Measuring Collective Action Intention Toward Gender Equality Across Cultures
Measuring Collective Action Intention Toward Gender Equality Across Cultures Open
Collective action is a powerful tool for social change and is fundamental to women and girls’ empowerment on a societal level. Collective action towards gender equality could be understood as intentional and conscious civic behaviors focus…
View article: High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization
High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization Open
Throughout the 21st century, economic inequality is predicted to increase as we face new challenges, from changes in the technological landscape to the growing climate crisis. It is crucial we understand how these changes in inequality may…
View article: The Precarity of Progress: Implications of a Shifting Gendered Division of Labor for Relationships and Well-Being as a Function of Country-Level Gender Equality
The Precarity of Progress: Implications of a Shifting Gendered Division of Labor for Relationships and Well-Being as a Function of Country-Level Gender Equality Open
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a shift toward a more traditional division of labor–one where women took greater responsibility for household tasks and childcare than men. We tested whether this regressive shift was more acutely per…
View article: Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time
Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time Open
Virus mitigation behavior has been and still is a powerful means to fight the COVID‐19 pandemic irrespective of the availability of pharmaceutical means (e.g., vaccines). We drew on health behavior theories to predict health‐protective (co…
View article: Does the union always make the force? Group status and recategorization influence the perceived physical formidability of potential coalition groups
Does the union always make the force? Group status and recategorization influence the perceived physical formidability of potential coalition groups Open
Coalitions among individuals and between groups, which have had critical evolutionary benefits for humans, play an important role in contemporary life. One key element of the processes of assessing potential allies is how they may contribu…
View article: Identifying important individual‐ and country‐level predictors of conspiracy theorizing: A machine learning analysis
Identifying important individual‐ and country‐level predictors of conspiracy theorizing: A machine learning analysis Open
Psychological research on the predictors of conspiracy theorizing—explaining important social and political events or circumstances as secret plots by malevolent groups—has flourished in recent years. However, research has typically examin…
View article: Worldviews about change: Their structure and their implications for understanding responses to sustainability, technology, and political change
Worldviews about change: Their structure and their implications for understanding responses to sustainability, technology, and political change Open
People hold different perspectives about how they think the world is changing or should change. We examined five of these “worldviews” about change: Progress, Golden Age, Endless Cycle, Maintenance, and Balance. In Studies 1–4 (total N = 2…
View article: Transcultural pathways to the will to fight
Transcultural pathways to the will to fight Open
The ‘Will to Fight Act’ was amended to the nation's annual defense bill (FY2023 NDAA) urging attention to assessing will to fight, after debate acknowledging that current evaluation efforts within the political and military establishment r…
View article: High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization
High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization Open
Throughout the 21st century, economic inequality is predicted to increase as we face new challenges, from changes in the technological landscape to the growing climate crisis. It is crucial we understand how these changes in inequality may…
View article: How identity fusion predicts extreme pro-group orientations: A meta-analysis
How identity fusion predicts extreme pro-group orientations: A meta-analysis Open
Researchers have productively tested identity fusion theory, aiming to explain extreme pro-group orientations. However, the strength of effects, types of measurements, and study contexts have varied substantially. This first meta-analysis …
View article: Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries.
Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries. Open
Some public officials have expressed concern that policies mandating collective public health behaviors (e.g., national/regional "lockdown") may result in behavioral fatigue that ultimately renders such policies ineffective. Boredom, speci…
View article: Can identity fusion foster social harmony? Strongly fused individuals embrace familiar outgroup members unless threatened
Can identity fusion foster social harmony? Strongly fused individuals embrace familiar outgroup members unless threatened Open
Past research has established that people whose identities are deeply aligned ("fused') with a group endorse hostility toward distant outgroups (e.g., foreigners). We propose that identity fusion can have the opposite effect under certain …
View article: Why Is It so Difficult to Investigate Violent Radicalization?
Why Is It so Difficult to Investigate Violent Radicalization? Open
Imagine that you are a researcher interested in disentangling the underlying mechanisms that motivate certain individuals to self-sacrifice for a group or an ideology. Now, visualize that you are one of a few privileged that have the possi…
View article: Social mindfulness predicts concern for nature and immigrants across 36 nations
Social mindfulness predicts concern for nature and immigrants across 36 nations Open
People cooperate every day in ways that range from largescale contributions that mitigate climate change to simple actions such as leaving another individual with choice – known as social mindfulness. It is not yet clear whether and how th…
View article: The distinct associations of ingroup attachment and glorification with responses to the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from a multilevel investigation in 21 countries
The distinct associations of ingroup attachment and glorification with responses to the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from a multilevel investigation in 21 countries Open
While public health crises such as the coronavirus pandemic transcend national borders, practical efforts to combat them are often instantiated at the national level. Thus, national group identities may play key roles in shaping compliance…
View article: A 32‐society investigation of the influence of perceived economic inequality on social class stereotyping
A 32‐society investigation of the influence of perceived economic inequality on social class stereotyping Open
There is a growing body of work suggesting that social class stereotypes are amplified when people perceive higher levels of economic inequality—that is, the wealthy are perceived as more competent and assertive and the poor as more incomp…
View article: Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models
Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models Open
Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and self-construal th…
View article: Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance
Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance Open
While a great deal is known about the individual difference factors associated with conspiracy beliefs, much less is known about the country‐level factors that shape people's willingness to believe conspiracy theories. In the current artic…
View article: Moral expansiveness around the world: The role of societal factors across 36 countries
Moral expansiveness around the world: The role of societal factors across 36 countries Open
What are the things that we think matter morally, and how do societal factors influence this? To date, research has explored several individual-level and historical factors that influence the size of our ‘moral circles’. There has, however…
View article: Strongly fused individuals feel viscerally responsible to self‐sacrifice
Strongly fused individuals feel viscerally responsible to self‐sacrifice Open
Identity fusion is a visceral feeling of oneness that predicts extreme behaviour on behalf of the target of fusion. We propose that strongly fused individuals are characterized by feelings of visceral responsibility towards such target – u…