Over the past two decades, citizens' political rights and civil liberties have declined globally.
Psychological science can play an instrumental role in both explaining and combating the …

Background Conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID‐19 are widespread and have
even been propagated by highly ranked state officials and politicians in the US. Health …

Whether it be those who are “high” on right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social
dominance orientation (SDO), or a mixture of “low” on explicit, but “high” on implicit, bias …

According to social identity theory, low self-esteem motivates group members to derogate
out-groups, thus achieving positive in-group distinctiveness and boosting self-esteem …

The Leave campaign in the UK, which advocated exiting the European Union, emphasized
anxiety over immigration and the need to take control of the UK's borders. Citizens who …

Research has demonstrated that situational factors such as perceived threats to the social
order activate latent authoritarianism. The deadly COVID-19 pandemic presents a rare …

The rise in White nationalist ideology in America is one of the pressing issues of our times. In
this article, we make the case that White nationalists both extol the talents and virtues of …

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 …

Abstract Although Openness to Experience correlates negatively with conservatism, recent
studies question the assumption that personality precedes political attitudes. We contribute …

Being at a disadvantage and perceiving this predicament to be unfair are at the core of the
experience of personal relative deprivation. Previous research has shown that personal …