The motivated social cognition and negativity bias perspectives each posit that threat is
especially related to political conservatism, such that threat causes people to adopt …

A meta-analysis by Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, and Sulloway (2003) suggested that existential
needs to reduce threat were associated with political conservatism. Nevertheless, some …

Humans evolved in the context of intense intergroup competition, and groups comprised of
loyal members more often succeeded than groups comprised of nonloyal members …

People are motivated to protect their worldviews. One way to protect one's worldviews is
through prejudice toward worldview-dissimilar groups and individuals. The traditional …

Political psychologists often examine the influence of psychological dispositions on political
attitudes. Central to this field is the ideological asymmetry hypothesis (IAH), which asserts …

Many people practiced COVID-19-related safety measures in the first year of the pandemic,
but Republicans were less likely to engage in behaviors such as wearing masks or face …

Prior research demonstrates that news-related social media posts using negative language
are re-posted more, rewarding users who produce negative content. We investigate whether …

Baron and Jost (this issue, p. 292) present three critiques of our meta-analysis
demonstrating similar levels of partisan bias in liberals and conservatives:(a) that the studies …

Negativity has historically dominated news content; however, little research has examined
how news organizations use affect on social media, where content is generally positive. In …

Identity is a central component of social behavior. The theory of cultural inertia is used to
address current research on identity in a changing context. The changing context provides …