Political Psychology

Papers
(The median citation count of Political Psychology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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A fair go? How belief in a just world shaped attitudes, intentions, and behaviors before and after the Australian referendum on a First Nations voice to parliament78
Trust in action: Cooperation, information, and social policy preferences75
Moral framing and referendum politics: Navigating the empathy battlefield58
Politicization of a Pathogen: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of COVID‐19 Responses in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample57
Fact‐checking election‐campaign misinformation: Impacts on noncommitted voters' feelings and behavior53
The Role of Personal Centrality of Ingroup Victimhood in Intergroup Relations and Political Agenda in Northern Ireland52
Ostracism as a threat to modern democracies: Evidence from 11 European countries44
Bearing the burden of peace: Intergroup attribution bias and public support for peace provisions43
The impact of situational context and dispositions on costly signals of reassurance: Experimental evidence from Taiwan33
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Explaining Autocratic Support: The Varying Effects of Threat on Personality26
Rationality and Risk: Experimental Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire26
The Role of Race in Political Attitudes Among the Religiously Unaffiliated26
Economic Distress and Populism: Examining the Role of Identity Threat and Feelings of Social Exclusion25
Hot Populism? Affective Responses to Antiestablishment Rhetoric25
Urban Colombian youths' perspectives on the armed conflict and possibilities for ways forward24
Determinants of belief in conspiracy theories about the war in Ukraine among youth24
Conspiracy Theories and Institutional Trust: Examining the Role of Uncertainty Avoidance and Active Social Media Use23
Political intolerance in comprehensive welfare states: Evidence from Sweden21
Not in the mood for party: Symptoms of depression reduce the weight of partisanship on vote choice21
Prejudice, Political Ideology, and Interest: Understanding Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action in Brazil21
The Making of Radical‐Right Voters: Persuasion and Contrast Effects in a Dynamic Political Context20
Populism and Layers of Social Belonging: Support of Populist Parties in Europe20
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Female Politicians as Climate Fools: Intertextual and Multimodal Constructions of Misogyny Disguised as Humor in Political Communication19
Are Newsjunkies More Likely to Vote? Intrinsic Need for Orientation and Voter Registration, Intention to Vote, and Voter Conscientiousness17
A cultural theory of the culture wars17
Ethos of Conflict in the International Arena: Power Predicts Expression of Threat for Security and Hope for Peace in Speeches of Leaders of Nations in Conflict16
The Relative Importance of Self‐Focused and Society‐Focused Values in Explaining Political Attitudes in Europe16
European identity's effect on immigration attitudes: Testing the predictions of the common Ingroup identity model versus ingroup projection model16
Motivated to Forgive? Partisan Scandals and Party Supporters16
Accounting for the association between socioeconomic status and youth political participation: A twin family study15
Collective Narcissism as a Basis for Nationalism15
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Moral Leadership in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election15
Pandemic Politics in the United States: COVID‐19 as a New Type of Political Emergency13
The network dynamics of antiprejudice norms: A field experiment testing antiprejudice interventions in real groups13
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Sociopolitical consequences of COVID‐19 in the Americas, Europe, and Asia: A multilevel, multicountry investigation of risk perceptions and support for antidemocratic practices13
The different sides of the housing crisis in Portugal: A contribution to building inclusive, fair, and effective solutions12
Personality and the Policy Positions of Politicians12
The Role of Humanitarianism in Shaping Public Attitudes Toward Refugees12
The Dynamics of Social Identity: Evidence from Deliberating Groups12
Strengthening national identities in Africa? Analyzing the impact of Ghana's National Service Scheme12
Does Analytic Thinking Insulate Against Pro‐Kremlin Disinformation? Evidence From Ukraine11
Are rules made to be broken? Conspiracy exposure promotes aggressive behavior11
Which women win? How gender and context influence women's representation in the United StatesReview of the Qualification Gap: Why Women Must Be Better than Men to Win Political Office  By N11
Perceiving as biased but nevertheless persuaded? Effects of fact–checking news delivered by partisan media11
Who is building peace? A latent class analysis of youth peacebuilders in a conflict‐affected setting11
How does the geography of surveillance affect collective action?11
Psychological insights on the fans' boycott of the 2022 FIFA World Cup10
From Gaming to Hating: Extreme‐Right Ideological Indoctrination and Mobilization for Violence of Children on Online Gaming Platforms10
The authoritarian personality model of punitiveness is inconsistent in predicting punishment preferences: A sentencing vignette study in a representative sample from six countries10
Young and informed? Adolescents' perceptions of ‘left’ and ‘right’10
The Political Psychology of COVID‐199
Voting at 16? 16–17‐Year‐Old Germans Vote as Correctly as Adults9
Don't Tell Me What I Don't Want to Hear! Politicization and Ideological Conflict Explain Why Citizens Have Lower Trust in Climate Scientists and Economists Than in Other Natural Scientists9
Intellectual Humility and Political Polarization: An Exploration of Social Networks, Attitudes, and Affect9
From bias to balance: Testing the effect of feedback on ideological bias expression. A registered report9
Asymmetry in political polarization at multiple levels of bias9
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Projection in the Face of Centrism: Voter Inferences About Candidates' Party Affiliation in Low‐Information Contexts9
Neoliberalism and governmental and individual responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐national analysis9
Moral Polarization Predicts Support for Authoritarian and Progressive Strong Leaders via the Perceived Breakdown of Society8
Fear and Loathing of Wall Street: Political Liberalism, Uncertainty, and Threat Management in a Dangerous Economic World8
Overestimating Reported Prejudice Causes Democrats to Believe Disadvantaged Groups Are Less Electable8
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Integration and urban citizenship: A social‐psychological approach to refugee integration through active constructions of place attachment to the city8
What Are You Afraid of? Authoritarianism, Terrorism, and Threat8
Toward an Integrative Perspective on Distinct Positive Emotions for Political Action: Analyzing, Comparing, Evaluating, and Synthesizing Three Theoretical Perspectives8
Critical citizens and discontented citizens: Education, perceptions of fairness, and support for anti‐COVID measures in China7
Forged Examples as Disinformation: The Biasing Effects of Political Astroturfing Comments on Public Opinion Perceptions and How to Prevent Them7
Positive and Negative Peace as Predictors of Pandemic Preparedness: Evidence from a Micro‐ and Macro‐Level Investigation During the Onset of the COVID‐19 Pandemic7
United We Stand, Divided We Fall: Sociopolitical Predictors of Physical Distancing and Hand Hygiene During the COVID‐19 Pandemic7
“I trust you, but I'm scared!” Attitudinal and emotional drivers of support for restrictive interventions during crises7
In the shadow of September 11: The roots and ramifications of anti‐Muslim attitudes in the United States7
It seems tense: The influence of loneliness on perceived social conflict and societal threats7
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Correction to “Do subtle linguistic interventions priming a social identity as a voter have outsized effects on voter turnout? Evidence from a new replication experiment”6
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False consensus beliefs and populist attitudes6
Moralizing the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Self‐Interest Predicts Moral Condemnation of Other's Compliance, Distancing, and Vaccination6
The Religious Communication Approach and Political Behavior6
Appeals to Consensus and Partisan Politics in Parliamentary Discourse on the Pandemic6
Social justice orientations: Exploring their impact on poverty attributions and support for social protection6
Distrustful Complacency and the COVID‐19 Vaccine: How Concern and Political Trust Interact to Affect Vaccine Hesitancy6
Psychological responses to jihadist terrorism: Exploring a small but significant opinion shift towards minority inclusion among French citizens in response to the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks5
Weapons of mass division: Sputnik Latvia's Russophobia narratives and testing the rejection‐identification model in Russian speakers in Latvia5
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When Left Is Right and Right Is Left: The Psychological Correlates of Political Ideology in China5
Gender and Attitudes Towards a Peace Agreement in Situations of Intractable Conflict: The Case of the Jewish‐Israeli Society5
(Mis)perception, institutions, humanismReview of BlairSackett and AnnetteLareau's We Thought It Would Be Heaven: Refugees in an Unequal America (Oakland: University of California Press, 2023).5
Left–right political orientations are not systematically related to conspiracism5
Social contact and ethnic identity: Experimental evidence from West Africa5
Extraversion Probably Does Not Cause Political Participation. Evidence from Two Genetically Informed Designs4
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“Put a Little Love in Your Heart”: Acceptance of Paternalistic and Ally Political Discourses Both Predict Pro‐Roma Solidarity Intentions Through Moral Inclusion4
Puncturing the Knowledge Illusion Does Not Reduce Policy and Political Extremism: Evidence From a Replication and Extension4
Why can't we be friends? Untangling conjoined polarization in America4
Can we keep hope alive?Review of Oded AdomiLeshem's Hope amidst conflict: Philosophical and psychological explorations (Oxford University Press, 2024) 204 pp.4
Class, genes, and rationality: A gene–environment interaction approach to ideology4
The Interplay Between Explicit and Implicit Right‐Wing Populism in Germany and Switzerland4
MOBILISE: A Higher‐Order Integration of Collective Action Research to Address Global Challenges4
Social and Cognitive Aspects of the Vulnerability to Political Misinformation4
Political Ideology in Early Childhood: Making the Case for Studying Young Children in Political Psychology4
The politics of pooling risk: People want to help the vulnerable by involving the government in healthcare4
Legitimizing inclusion: Psychological interventions increase support for minority inclusion in the political game, but less so during wartime4
Consequences of Economic Inequality for the Social and Political Vitality of Society: A Social Identity Analysis4
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Work Is Political: Distributive Injustice as a Mediating Mechanism in the Relationship Between Job Insecurity and Political Cynicism3
Psychological Correlates of Populist Attitudes3
Ingroup Bias, Partisanship, and Gendered Voting3
Attitude change by facilitating choice: Experimentally evaluating a social identity‐based intervention to nativist populist rhetoric3
The association between perceived injustice and political trust: Testing a dual‐pathway model through anger and patriotism across four countries3
Early Life Adversity Is Associated With Diminished Social Trust in Adults3
Core Values and Priming Effects in Electoral Campaigns3
Identity fusion and support for political authoritarianism: Lessons from the U.S. insurrection of 20213
How people update their beliefs about climate change: An experimental investigation of the optimistic update bias and how to reduce it3
Make It Great Again: The Relationship Between Populist Attitudes and Nostalgia3
Dealing with uncertainty and cognitive biases in international politics3
“Not as bad as I thought”: Economic attitudes and motivated reasoning in coalition governments3
Looking for relief: Developing and testing the emotion‐regulation explanation of selective exposure to political information3
The relationship between political procedural justice and attitudes toward the political system: A meta‐analysis3
Guilt, shame, and antiwar action in an authoritarian country at war3
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Mass political murder: What and where is the hate?3
Projection in Politicians' Perceptions of Public Opinion3
Social mobility beliefs and attitudes toward redistribution: Potential explanatory mechanisms3
Temporal comparisons shape system justification processes2
Coping with Cross‐Pressures: The Seamless Garment in Catholic Political Behavior2
All we need is love? Irreconcilable political incongruence in families after the 2019 social unrest in Hong Kong2
COVID‐19 Vaccination Acceptance: A Case of Interplay Between Political and Health Dimensions2
Beyond bidimensional measures: Introducing a culturally tailored measure of political orientation2
Migration discourses from the radical right: Mapping and testing potential for political mobilization2
All you'll feel is doom and gloom: Multiple perspectives on the associations between economic anxiety and conspiracy beliefs2
Exploring the Context‐Sensitivity of Collective Action Motivations and the Mobilizing Role of Social Media: A Comparative Interview Study With Activists in Germany and Turkey2
Reaching across the aisle: Committed and optimistic citizens support a non‐preferred presidency and cooperate with electoral winners2
A critical evaluation and research agenda for the study of psychological dispositions and political attitudes2
How Prominent Cases of Sexual Harassment Influence Public Opinion Across Countries: The Cases of Cosby, Trump, and Weinstein2
Ideology shapes evaluation of history within the general population2
Youth Political Mobilization: Violence, Intimidation, and Patronage in Zimbabwe2
Socioeconomic status self‐deception as a way to perpetuate classist societies2
The Dependency–Counterdependency Dynamic: Interactive Effects of System Justification and Power‐Distance Orientation on Radicalization against the Political System2
Tune in to the prebunking network! Development and validation of six inoculation videos that prebunk manipulation tactics and logical fallacies in misinformation2
Crowding at the ballot box: Germ aversion and voting methods in the 2020 U.S. general election2
Closing the Solidarity Gap? How Ethnic Diversity Alters Who We Are Willing to Support2
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The role of change in the relationships among decent work, political cynicism and voter turnout2
Power, meta‐perceptions, and belonging: How positive recognition matters for group identification, identity compatibility, and intergroup attitudes2
Australia Day or Invasion Day? Perspectives on the Continuing Impact of Colonialism Underlies Public Contestations Around Australia's National Day2
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The dual impact of meritocracy and denial of gender discrimination in political candidacy2
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Authoritarians Go with the Flow: Social Norms Moderate the Link between Right‐Wing Authoritarianism and Outgroup‐Directed Attitudes1
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Does System Justification Promote Establishment Voting? Mainstream Politics in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom1
Ready or not. National identity, vote choice, and mass media: Evidence from Germany1
The affective nexus between refugees and terrorism: A panel study on how social media use shapes negative attitudes toward refugees1
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Stability of National‐Identity Content: Level, Predictors, and Implications1
Taking Care of Each Other: How Can We Increase Compliance with Personal Protective Measures During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Chile?1
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Emotional Reactions toCOVID‐19 Projections and Consequences for Protective Policies and Personal Behavior1
Dual superordinate identities in Sweden's vulnerable neighborhoods: Stronger local and national identities associated with increases in institutional and interpersonal trust1
Abortion Attitudes: An Overview of Demographic and Ideological Differences1
Hooked on a Feeling: Russia's Annexation of Crimea Through the Lens of Emotion1
It's All Under Control: Threat, Perceived Control, and Political Engagement1
What explains elite affective polarization? Evidence from Canadian politicians1
Doom and Gloom, From Structure to Human Minds: What Makes a North Korean Nuclear Deal Difficult?1
Stressed Out: The Missing Influence of Stress Arousal in Emotion's Role in Political Decision‐Making1
Moral portraits: Understanding world leaders with moral foundations theory1
Valence of immigration news, perceived threat, and support for restrictive immigration policy: A multilevel study across 26 countries1
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Facing a Common Human Fate: Relating Global Identity and Climate Change Mitigation1
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Bonding through adversity: Effects of Brexit and COVID‐19 lockdown on identity fusion and pro‐group behavior1
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How collective punishment harm intergroup relations through ingroup homogeneity, perceived fairness, and counter‐collective action: A registered report1
Seeing red: How gerrymandering emotionally mobilizes turnout1
You Know You're Right: How Intellectual Humility Decreases Political Hostility1
The Many Guises of Populism and Crisis: Introduction to the Special Issue on Populism and Global Crises1
The integration paradox: Does awareness of the extent of ethno‐racial discrimination increase reports of discrimination?1
Culture, self, and politics: The effect of interdependent self‐construal on system justification1
Filling in the Gaps: False Memories and Partisan Bias1
Online political adverts: The effect of disclosures and opportunities for clandestine campaigning1
Collective action among the extremes? Relations between political ideology, political extremism, emotions, and collective action1
Trusting others in a divided country: The determinants of social trust in South Africa1
Partisan schadenfreude and candidate cruelty1
Matthew Bowman, Christian: The Politics of a Word in America1
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On the Misrecognition of Identity: Muslims' Everyday Experiences in Scotland1
Identifying different ‘types’ of participants in the Chilean student movement: A latent transition analysis of collective action intentions, social class and movement identification1
Perceived threat, compassion, and public evaluations toward refugees1
We love, they hate: Emotions in affective polarization and how partisans may use them1
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