OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Political Psychology is 6. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Harnessing Shared Identities to Mobilize Resilient Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic	65
How Emotional Are Populists Really? Factors Explaining Emotional Appeals in the Communication of Political Parties	62
Conspiracy Theories and Institutional Trust: Examining the Role of Uncertainty Avoidance and Active Social Media Use	52
Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity	48
Psychological Correlates of Populist Attitudes	46
Examining the Left‐Right Divide Through the Lens of a Global Crisis: Ideological Differences and Their Implications for Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic	44
Reducing Affective Polarization: Warm Group Relations or Policy Compromise?	44
The Language of Pandemic Leaderships: Mapping Political Rhetoric During the COVID‐19 Outbreak	38
Consequences of Economic Inequality for the Social and Political Vitality of Society: A Social Identity Analysis	38
Populist Gullibility: Conspiracy Theories, News Credibility, Bullshit Receptivity, and Paranormal Belief	37
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the European Union	28
Abortion Attitudes: An Overview of Demographic and Ideological Differences	27
Power to the People: The Hidden Link Between Support for Direct Democracy and Belief in Conspiracy Theories	26
Personal and Political: Post‐Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Social Identity, Power, and Politics	26
MOBILISE: A Higher‐Order Integration of Collective Action Research to Address Global Challenges	26
“Everybody Needs to Do Their Part, So We Can Get This Under Control.” Reactions to the Norwegian Government Meta‐Narratives on COVID‐19 Measures	24
The Return of Ethnocentrism	24
Targeting Ontological Security: Information Warfare in the Modern Age	23
Predictors of Political Violence Outcomes among Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	23
The Behavioral Immune System Shapes Partisan Preferences in Modern Democracies: Disgust Sensitivity Predicts Voting for Socially Conservative Parties	23
Fear, Hope, and COVID‐19: Emotional Elite Rhetoric and Its Impact on the Public During the First Wave of the COVID‐19 Pandemic	21
The Political Psychology of COVID‐19	21
Antiwomen But Proquota: Disaggregating Sexism and Support for Gender Quota Policies	21
On the Relation Between Religiosity and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories: The Role of Political Orientation	20
Australasian Public Awareness and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Motivational Correlates	20

United We Stand, Divided We Fall: Sociopolitical Predictors of Physical Distancing and Hand Hygiene During the COVID‐19 Pandemic	19
Moralizing the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Self‐Interest Predicts Moral Condemnation of Other's Compliance, Distancing, and Vaccination	18
War Against COVID‐19: How Is National Identification Linked With the Adoption of Disease‐Preventive Behaviors in China and the United States?	18
Facing a Common Human Fate: Relating Global Identity and Climate Change Mitigation	17
Social and Cognitive Aspects of the Vulnerability to Political Misinformation	16
Common Sense as a Political Weapon: Populism, Science Skepticism, and Global Crisis‐Solving Motivations	15
When Left Is Right and Right Is Left: The Psychological Correlates of Political Ideology in China	15
Exposure and Aversion to Human Transmissible Diseases Predict Conservative Ideological and Partisan Preferences	15
Economic Distress and Populism: Examining the Role of Identity Threat and Feelings of Social Exclusion	15
Down But Not Yet Out: Depression, Political Efficacy, and Voting	15
Morbid Polarization: Exposure to COVID‐19 and Partisan Disagreement about Pandemic Response	15
The Ideological Predictors of Moral Appeals by European Political Elites; An Exploration of the Use of Moral Rhetoric in Multiparty Systems	14
The Impact of Including Advantaged Groups in Collective Action Against Social Inequality on Politicized Identification of Observers From Disadvantaged and Advantaged Groups	14
Moral Polarization Predicts Support for Authoritarian and Progressive Strong Leaders via the Perceived Breakdown of Society	14
Personal Contact with Refugees is Key to Welcoming Them: An Analysis of Politicians' and Citizens' Attitudes Towards Refugee Integration	13
Female Politicians as Climate Fools: Intertextual and Multimodal Constructions of Misogyny Disguised as Humor in Political Communication	13
Growing Up as a European? Parental Socialization and the Educational Divide in Euroskepticism	13
Taking Care of Each Other: How Can We Increase Compliance with Personal Protective Measures During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Chile?	13
The Relation Between Social Identities and Outgroup Hostility Among German Immigrant‐Origin Citizens	13
Does Analytic Thinking Insulate Against Pro‐Kremlin Disinformation? Evidence From Ukraine	12
Populist Attitudes and Threat Perceptions of Global Transformations and Governance: Experimental Evidence from India and the United Kingdom	12
My Country, Right or Wrong: Education, Accumulated Democratic Experience, and Political Socialization of Blind Patriotism	11
Hot Populism? Affective Responses to Antiestablishment Rhetoric	11
Authoritarians Go with the Flow: Social Norms Moderate the Link between Right‐Wing Authoritarianism and Outgroup‐Directed Attitudes	11
Objective and Subjective Socioeconomic Status as Sources of Status‐Legitimacy Effect and Legitimation of Income Inequality	11
Community Violence and Support for Violent Extremism: Evidence From the Sahel	11
Disavowing White Identity: How Social Disgust can Change Social Identities	10
Collective Narcissism as a Basis for Nationalism	10
Parochial Altruism and Political Ideology	10
Make It Great Again: The Relationship Between Populist Attitudes and Nostalgia	10
Do Threats Galvanize Authoritarians or Mobilize Nonauthoritarians? Experimental Tests from 19 European Societies	10
Screw Those Guys: Polarization, Empathy, and Attitudes About Out‐Partisans	9
Political Ideology in Early Childhood: Making the Case for Studying Young Children in Political Psychology	9
Hearing From Both Sides: Differences Between Liberal and Conservative Attitudes Toward Scientific and Experiential Evidence	9
The Role of Humanitarianism in Shaping Public Attitudes Toward Refugees	8
“Not Racist, But…”: Beliefs About Immigration Restrictions, Collective Narcissism, and Justification of Ethnic Extremism	8
The Power of Political Déjà Vu: When Collective Action Becomes an Effort to Change the Future by Preventing the Return of the Past	8
Projection in Politicians' Perceptions of Public Opinion	8
Positive and Negative Peace as Predictors of Pandemic Preparedness: Evidence from a Micro‐ and Macro‐Level Investigation During the Onset of the COVID‐19 Pandemic	8
A Radical Vision of Radicalism: Political Cynicism, not Incrementally Stronger Partisan Positions, Explains Political Radicalization	8
Distrustful Complacency and the COVID‐19 Vaccine: How Concern and Political Trust Interact to Affect Vaccine Hesitancy	8
Where and Why Immigrants Intend to Naturalize: The Interplay Between Acculturation Strategies and Integration Policies	7
Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries	7
Coping with Cross‐Pressures: The Seamless Garment in Catholic Political Behavior	7
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 attacks	7
The Politics in White Identity: Testing a Racialized Partisan Hypothesis	7
Religion and Democratic Commitment: A Unifying Motivational Framework	7
Generalized Dispositional Distrust as the Common Core of Populism and Conspiracy Mentality	7
“The More You Know”: Critical Historical Knowledge About Indian Residential Schools Increases Non‐Indigenous Canadians' Empathy for Indigenous Peoples	7
The Personalities of Presidents as Independent Variables	7

Reducing Political Dehumanization by Pairing Facts With Personal Experiences	7
What It Means to (Mis)Trust: Forced Migration, Ontological (In)Security, and the Unrecognized Political Psychology of the Israeli‐Lebanese Conflict	7
Youth Political Mobilization: Violence, Intimidation, and Patronage in Zimbabwe	6
The Psychology of Leadership Destabilization: An Analysis of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Debates	6
Work Is Political: Distributive Injustice as a Mediating Mechanism in the Relationship Between Job Insecurity and Political Cynicism	6
The Religious Communication Approach and Political Behavior	6
Understanding Change in Social‐Movement Participation: The Roles of Social Norms and Group Efficacy	6
Ethnicity or Policy? The Conditioning of Intergroup Trust in the Context of Ethnic Conflict	6
Reversing the Causal Arrow: Politics' Influence on Religious Choices	6
Personal Values Priorities and Support for Populism in Europe—An Analysis of Personal Motivations Underpinning Support for Populist Parties in Europe	6
Toward an Integrative Perspective on Distinct Positive Emotions for Political Action: Analyzing, Comparing, Evaluating, and Synthesizing Three Theoretical Perspectives	6
From the People, Like the People, or For the People? Candidate Appraisal Among the French Yellow Vests	6
Are Newsjunkies More Likely to Vote? Intrinsic Need for Orientation and Voter Registration, Intention to Vote, and Voter Conscientiousness	6
Populism and Layers of Social Belonging: Support of Populist Parties in Europe	6
Socialized to Safety? The Origins of Gender Difference in Personal Security Dispositions	6