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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Harnessing Shared Identities to Mobilize Resilient Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic	67
Conspiracy Theories and Institutional Trust: Examining the Role of Uncertainty Avoidance and Active Social Media Use	59
Psychological Correlates of Populist Attitudes	52
Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity	50
Reducing Affective Polarization: Warm Group Relations or Policy Compromise?	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
The Language of Pandemic Leaderships: Mapping Political Rhetoric During the COVID‐19 Outbreak	41
Consequences of Economic Inequality for the Social and Political Vitality of Society: A Social Identity Analysis	41
Populist Gullibility: Conspiracy Theories, News Credibility, Bullshit Receptivity, and Paranormal Belief	38
MOBILISE: A Higher‐Order Integration of Collective Action Research to Address Global Challenges	36
Abortion Attitudes: An Overview of Demographic and Ideological Differences	31
Power to the People: The Hidden Link Between Support for Direct Democracy and Belief in Conspiracy Theories	30
Personal and Political: Post‐Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Social Identity, Power, and Politics	30
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the European Union	28
The Return of Ethnocentrism	25
Predictors of Political Violence Outcomes among Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	24
“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 Political Psychology of COVID‐19	24
Fear, Hope, and COVID‐19: Emotional Elite Rhetoric and Its Impact on the Public During the First Wave of the COVID‐19 Pandemic	22
United We Stand, Divided We Fall: Sociopolitical Predictors of Physical Distancing and Hand Hygiene During the COVID‐19 Pandemic	21
War Against COVID‐19: How Is National Identification Linked With the Adoption of Disease‐Preventive Behaviors in China and the United States?	21
Social and Cognitive Aspects of the Vulnerability to Political Misinformation	20
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
Facing a Common Human Fate: Relating Global Identity and Climate Change Mitigation	19

Down But Not Yet Out: Depression, Political Efficacy, and Voting	19
Moralizing the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Self‐Interest Predicts Moral Condemnation of Other's Compliance, Distancing, and Vaccination	19
Moral Polarization Predicts Support for Authoritarian and Progressive Strong Leaders via the Perceived Breakdown of Society	19
The Impact of Including Advantaged Groups in Collective Action Against Social Inequality on Politicized Identification of Observers From Disadvantaged and Advantaged Groups	17
Exposure and Aversion to Human Transmissible Diseases Predict Conservative Ideological and Partisan Preferences	17
Growing Up as a European? Parental Socialization and the Educational Divide in Euroskepticism	17
Common Sense as a Political Weapon: Populism, Science Skepticism, and Global Crisis‐Solving Motivations	16
Morbid Polarization: Exposure to COVID‐19 and Partisan Disagreement about Pandemic Response	16
Economic Distress and Populism: Examining the Role of Identity Threat and Feelings of Social Exclusion	16
The Ideological Predictors of Moral Appeals by European Political Elites; An Exploration of the Use of Moral Rhetoric in Multiparty Systems	15
When Left Is Right and Right Is Left: The Psychological Correlates of Political Ideology in China	15
Female Politicians as Climate Fools: Intertextual and Multimodal Constructions of Misogyny Disguised as Humor in Political Communication	14
Personal Contact with Refugees is Key to Welcoming Them: An Analysis of Politicians' and Citizens' Attitudes Towards Refugee Integration	14
The Relation Between Social Identities and Outgroup Hostility Among German Immigrant‐Origin Citizens	13
Taking Care of Each Other: How Can We Increase Compliance with Personal Protective Measures During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Chile?	13
Does Analytic Thinking Insulate Against Pro‐Kremlin Disinformation? Evidence From Ukraine	13
Parochial Altruism and Political Ideology	12
Populist Attitudes and Threat Perceptions of Global Transformations and Governance: Experimental Evidence from India and the United Kingdom	12
Disavowing White Identity: How Social Disgust can Change Social Identities	12
My Country, Right or Wrong: Education, Accumulated Democratic Experience, and Political Socialization of Blind Patriotism	11
Make It Great Again: The Relationship Between Populist Attitudes and Nostalgia	11
The Racialization of International Trade	11
Authoritarians Go with the Flow: Social Norms Moderate the Link between Right‐Wing Authoritarianism and Outgroup‐Directed Attitudes	11
Hot Populism? Affective Responses to Antiestablishment Rhetoric	11
The Power of Political Déjà Vu: When Collective Action Becomes an Effort to Change the Future by Preventing the Return of the Past	11
Collective Narcissism as a Basis for Nationalism	11
Where and Why Immigrants Intend to Naturalize: The Interplay Between Acculturation Strategies and Integration Policies	10
The Role of Humanitarianism in Shaping Public Attitudes Toward Refugees	10
Distrustful Complacency and the COVID‐19 Vaccine: How Concern and Political Trust Interact to Affect Vaccine Hesitancy	10
Religion and Democratic Commitment: A Unifying Motivational Framework	10
Political Ideology in Early Childhood: Making the Case for Studying Young Children in Political Psychology	10
Do Threats Galvanize Authoritarians or Mobilize Nonauthoritarians? Experimental Tests from 19 European Societies	10
“Not Racist, But…”: Beliefs About Immigration Restrictions, Collective Narcissism, and Justification of Ethnic Extremism	10
A Radical Vision of Radicalism: Political Cynicism, not Incrementally Stronger Partisan Positions, Explains Political Radicalization	9
Youth Political Mobilization: Violence, Intimidation, and Patronage in Zimbabwe	9
Projection in Politicians' Perceptions of Public Opinion	9
Reducing Political Dehumanization by Pairing Facts With Personal Experiences	9
On the Misrecognition of Identity: Muslims' Everyday Experiences in Scotland	9
“The More You Know”: Critical Historical Knowledge About Indian Residential Schools Increases Non‐Indigenous Canadians' Empathy for Indigenous Peoples	9
What It Means to (Mis)Trust: Forced Migration, Ontological (In)Security, and the Unrecognized Political Psychology of the Israeli‐Lebanese Conflict	8
The Politics in White Identity: Testing a Racialized Partisan Hypothesis	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
Generalized Dispositional Distrust as the Common Core of Populism and Conspiracy Mentality	8
Introducing the Collective Action Recursive Empowerment (CARE) Model: HowSmall‐ScaleProtests Led toLarge‐ScaleCollective Action in Armenia's Velvet Revolution	7
Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries	7
Threats, Emotions, and Affective Polarization	7
Personal Values Priorities and Support for Populism in Europe—An Analysis of Personal Motivations Underpinning Support for Populist Parties in Europe	7
Socialized to Safety? The Origins of Gender Difference in Personal Security Dispositions	7
Coping with Cross‐Pressures: The Seamless Garment in Catholic Political Behavior	7
The Personalities of Presidents as Independent Variables	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
Toward an Integrative Perspective on Distinct Positive Emotions for Political Action: Analyzing, Comparing, Evaluating, and Synthesizing Three Theoretical Perspectives	7
From Gaming to Hating: Extreme‐Right Ideological Indoctrination and Mobilization for Violence of Children on Online Gaming Platforms	7
A Social Identity Approach to How Elite Outgroups Are Invoked by Politicians and the Media in Nativist Populism	7
The Religious Communication Approach and Political Behavior	7
The Many Guises of Populism and Crisis: Introduction to the Special Issue on Populism and Global Crises	6
Candidate Aggression and Gendered Voter Evaluations	6
Forged Examples as Disinformation: The Biasing Effects of Political Astroturfing Comments on Public Opinion Perceptions and How to Prevent Them	6
Exploring the Context‐Sensitivity of Collective Action Motivations and the Mobilizing Role of Social Media: A Comparative Interview Study With Activists in Germany and Turkey	6
The FARC in Colombia: Collective Reintegration and Social Identity Transformation	6
Learning Facts About Migration: Politically Motivated Learning of Polarizing Information About Refugees	6
Ethnicity or Policy? The Conditioning of Intergroup Trust in the Context of Ethnic Conflict	6
Are Newsjunkies More Likely to Vote? Intrinsic Need for Orientation and Voter Registration, Intention to Vote, and Voter Conscientiousness	6
Fear and Loathing of Wall Street: Political Liberalism, Uncertainty, and Threat Management in a Dangerous Economic World	6
From the People, Like the People, or For the People? Candidate Appraisal Among the French Yellow Vests	6
Self‐Worth and Politics: The Distinctive Roles of Self‐Esteem and Narcissism	6
Does System Justification Promote Establishment Voting? Mainstream Politics in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom	6
Work Is Political: Distributive Injustice as a Mediating Mechanism in the Relationship Between Job Insecurity and Political Cynicism	6
Populism and Layers of Social Belonging: Support of Populist Parties in Europe	6
Past and Present Intergroup Contact and Conflict Among Inhabitants of Former Mixed Villages of Cyprus: The Role of Individual and Collective Experiences in Predicting Attitudes and Trust	6
Understanding Change in Social‐Movement Participation: The Roles of Social Norms and Group Efficacy	6
The COVID‐19–Social Identity–Digital Media Nexus in India: Polarization and Blame	6