Ideology plays a central role in conflicts, both on the intergroup and intragroup levels. On the
intergroup level, ideology can either contribute to the preservation and escalation of conflicts …

Violent intergroup conflicts continue to be one of the most pressing issues of our time. One
key factor that instigates and perpetuates conflict is people's support for violence against the …

Collective victimhood, which results from the experience of being targeted as members of a
group, has powerful effects on individuals and groups. The focus of this Special Issue is on …

Groups in conflict develop strikingly different construals of the same violent events. These
clashing perceptions of past violence can have detrimental consequences for intergroup …

Research in political psychology largely ignores early childhood. This is likely due to the
assumption that young children lack the cognitive capacity and social understanding …

Conflict narratives, having at their core the belief that the ingroup suffered more than the
outgroup (competitive victimhood), are key in maintaining conflicts. Three experiments …

Collective memories of historical ingroup victimization can be linked to prosocial or hostile
intergroup outcomes. We hypothesize that such discrepant responses are predicted by …

Hope is a positive emotion that plays a pivotal role in intractable conflicts and conflict
resolution processes by inducing conciliatory attitudes for peace. As a catalyser for conflict …

The study examined Colombian people's positions on forgiving former actors in the armed
civil conflict and on reintegrating them into society. A convenience sample of 550 adults …

Following the signing of peace agreements, post-accord societies often remain deeply
divided across group lines. There is a need to identify antecedents of youth's support for …