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Estimating the causal effects of cognitive effort and policy information on party cue influence

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Party cues can influence public opinion, but the extent to which they do so varies dramatically from context to context. Why? The long‐standing theory that party cues function as “heuristics” provides an answer, predicting that variation in exposure to policy information, a propensity for effortful thinking, or both causally affects the ...
Ben M. Tappin, Ryan T. McKay
wiley   +1 more source

From partisans to individuals: Lowering an opinion's diagnosticity via counterstereotypes can reduce categorization based on that opinion

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Research has shown that individuals often infer political categories like Republican, Democrat, conservative, or liberal from behavioral cues. In polarized contexts, where political outgroups are evaluated very negatively, these political categorizations may lead to negative outcomes and exacerbate polarization.
Carsten W. Sander, Juliane Degner
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Collective Violence

open access: yesAggressive Behavior, Volume 52, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Although collective violence remains a pervasive issue affecting many societies today, the specific psychological mechanisms underlying individual differences in support for collective violence are relatively understudied. In four studies, using five samples from Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey (total N = 3758), we conceptualize and develop a new ...
Ramzi Abou‐Ismail   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous Perspectives of Mining in Fiji: The Relevance of Putting Indigenous Knowledge at the Core of Development Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy &Development, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Mining is crucial to the development of developing countries. This article studies the perspective of Indigenous peoples of Fiji (iTaukei) on the impact of mining on their development. Considering Indigenous knowledge at the core of this research, a unique qualitative methodology that integrates Vakumuni Vuku ni Vanua (gathering wisdom of the ...
Eduardo Ordonez‐Ponce   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Exposure to Campus Diversity Posters Influence Pro‐Diversity Attitudes? Exploring the Differential Motivational Processes of Peer and Institutional Norms

open access: yesJournal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Exposure to diversity initiatives can foster positive attitudes among dominant group members in some cases but spark unintended backlash in others. We aim to clarify these mixed effects from the perspective of normative influences on individuals' motivation.
Nigel Mantou Lou, Kemmerly Chipongian
wiley   +1 more source

Uncertainty Avoidance, Conspiracy Mentality and Populist Attitudes in Italy: The Role of Political Orientation

open access: yesJournal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of some psychological variables associated with populist attitudes, specifically focusing on Conspiracy Mentality (CM) and Uncertainty Avoidance (UA). This approach allows for the examination of both belief‐system orientations and cognitive predispositions in explaining the psychological underpinnings of ...
Maria Sophia Heering   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost in Taxation: Misunderstanding the Progressive Tax System Undermines Support for Redistribution

open access: yesJournal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Progressive taxation effectively reduces economic inequality; however, support for this form of wealth redistribution remains low. We examine across three studies (two cross‐sectional studies; Ntotal = 519 and one experiment; N = 400) whether and how the complexity of progressive taxation affects its support.
Silvia Filippi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Population Groups Based on Humanity Attribution to Low‐, Middle‐ and High‐Socioeconomic Status Groups: A Multilevel Latent Profile Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite growing research on (de)humanisation in the socioeconomic domain, the extent and diversity of these tendencies within the population remain unclear. This study used a representative sample of Spaniards (N = 1478) to examine the existence and prevalence of distinct dehumaniser profiles at both the individual (Level 1) and societal ...
Mario Sainz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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