A theory of political belief system dynamics should incorporate causal connections between
elements of the belief system and the possibility that belief systems are influenced by …

Political orientation reflects beliefs, opinions, and values that are, at least in part, rooted in
stable interindividual differences. Whereas evidence has accumulated with regard to the …

Theories link threat with right-wing political beliefs. We use the World Values Survey (60,378
participants) to explore how six types of threat (eg, economic, violence, and surveillance) are …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 123 (5) of Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology (see record 2023-07876-001). In the article (https://doi …

The rigidity-of-the-right hypothesis (RRH), which posits that cognitive, motivational, and
ideological rigidity resonate with political conservatism, is an influential but controversial …

Social dominance orientation (SDO) and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) are foundational
constructs in intergroup relations, yet their development across the lifespan is poorly …

In this article, I argue that the sociology of culture and cognition is a virtual world and that—
although it will be painful—we should try to escape it. This will involve engaging in true …

We investigated if the COVID-19 pandemic's onset caused changes in political attitudes.
Influential theories predict that the pandemic's onset will cause people to adopt more …

We test if a change in an attitude affects other related attitudes (ie, dynamic constraint), a
core prediction of belief systems theory. We use psychological network methods to represent …

Right–left political views can be decomposed into distinct economic and social dimensions
that bear differing relations with external criteria. In three community samples (total N …