Political Psychology

A certainty‐weighted, belief‐based model of political attitudes: A Bayesian analysis of American public attitudes toward the affordable care act This study proposes a novel, certainty-weighted account of the process by which political beliefs shape political attitudes. Building upon expectancy-value frameworks, this paper introduces belief ce...

How do people form beliefs about complex topics?

Happy to report our Bayesian model of the psychology of Bayesian updating is out in @ispp-pops.bsky.social! (w/ Gabriel Li & Krosnick)

If you gloss over the Greek, it's a new model for how to assess the impacts of information on summary judgments.

Thrilled to share my new article in Political Psychology: “The psychology of political attitudinal volatility.” In it, I attempt to answer why do some people change their political views more than others? Open access at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Does feeling blue make you feel less Blue? Using surveys across three countries, Bernardi et al.'s article from our October issue finds that depressed mood weakens voters' partisanship and party loyalty. Read the full piece open-access for more doi.org/10.1111/pops...

🇩🇪Check out this recent article, “Reducing Political Dehumanization by Pairing Facts With Personal Experiences,” published in @ispp-pops.bsky.social by Emily Kubin, Kurt J. Gray, and Christian von Sikorski👇
doi.org/10.1111/pops... #polisky

Where do attitudes towards women's rights come from? Morell et al. find varying influences between young men's & women's attitude formation, with men shaped more by family cues. Read the full piece for more findings & what they mean for the growing gender divide in politics: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

What drives the desire to involve the government in healthcare? In our October issue, Alva et al. explore motivations of vulnerability & find the primary source of support for government in healthcare is not self-interest but concern for vulnerable others. Read open-access: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Is fact-checking harmful or helpful to political candidates? Prike et al. in our October issue study the effects of fact-checking misleading statements & find that correcting false claims does hamper support for candidates who are not well known. Read their full piece online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Just finished some check-in meetings with the AEs at @ispp-pops.bsky.social; such a wonderful and dedicated bunch to political psychology!

When does "they" go from pronoun to Pronoun? In our October issue, Renström & Klysing study ideological ties to use/views of gender-inclusive language. Read their findings on how Social Dominance Orientation & Right Wing Authoritarianism relate to de-gendered & multi-gendered "they." buff.ly/durLXMS

Extraversion Probably Does Not Cause Political Participation. Evidence from Two Genetically Informed Designs A substantial literature in political psychology has emphasized the importance of personality traits for understanding differences in political participation. One such trait is extraversion. However,...

🧬Check out this recent article, “Extraversion Probably Does Not Cause Political Participation. Evidence from Two Genetically Informed Designs,” published in @ispp-pops.bsky.social by Rafael Ahlskog👇
doi.org/10.1111/pops... #polisky

What do our leaders say after tragedy? Layous et al. study Congressmembers' official statements after George Floyd's death. They find sorrow shared equally by Republicans & Democrats, but trends of system "defending" & system "mending" statements from each, respectively. Read more: buff.ly/J0MVJBD

Does the carceral state discourage or mobilize voters? Krishnamurthy's piece in our October issue on California's Proposition 47 finds that high incarceration rate communities were associated w/ increased voter turnout & higher support for the criminal justice reform measure. doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Who motivates future political engagement? Wegemer & Levy's panel study of high school students finds that political interest is mostly self-driven. For most students, motivation largely predicted more political discussions, rather than the other way around. Read online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

How should scholars gather and analyze survey data from authoritarian countries? 🧵 (1/7)

Thanks for your reply! We see how our post could be read that way & apologize for any confusion. If you read the article (available open-access!) you'll find the research suggests criminal groups appropriate masculine honor values & regional identity, not that being male precipitates their support

Our latest publication with @markberlin2.bsky.social is out in @ispp-pops.bsky.social.

We examine what happens when armed groups deny responsibility for violence and find that denials can erode trust in government and shape how people feel about violence.

Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

What makes some people tolerate organized crime like the mafia? This article from Mirisola et al. in our October issue points to the interplay of national and territorial identity and masculine honor values as leading factors. Read the full article online for more: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

How does culture impact system justification in individuals? This article from Li & Tian exploring political belief finds that views prioritizing relationships & harmony are linked to a stronger tendency to justify the existing social & political system. Read online: buff.ly/yJQjeTY

Do we grow out of susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs? In our October issue, Bordeleau & Stockemer's analysis of existing research finds a negative correlation between age and conspiracy endorsement. Read the findings and what they could mean for future conspiracy research: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

How do we decide if we can trust another group? Wei et al.'s article in our October issue shows that trust is a complex dynamic, not built on one trait alone. They find that warmth towards an outgroup only boosts trust when also seen as competent.

Read more online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Ethos of Conflict in the International Arena: Power Predicts Expression of Threat for Security and Hope for Peace in Speeches of Leaders of Nations in Conflict Nations mired in prolonged conflict develop and disseminate societal beliefs to address society's needs. These beliefs are also used to garner support in the international arena. Two key beliefs comm...

🌐Check out this recent article, “Ethos of Conflict in the International Arena: Power Predicts Expression of Threat for Security and Hope for Peace in Speeches of Leaders of Nations in Conflict,” in @ispp-pops.bsky.social by Ushomirsky, Leshem, and Halperin👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

October is here and so is the latest issue of Political Psychology! This issue is jam-packed with 25 original articles. Check it out online here: buff.ly/cxAMGba

October is here and so is the latest issue of Political Psychology! This issue is jam-packed with 25 original articles. Check it out online here: buff.ly/cxAMGba

Leaders often mistake their beliefs for public opinion Researchers interviewed 866 politicians in four countries and found that they often believe the public shares their personal views

Politicians often mistake their own beliefs for public opinion. 🏛️🗳️

Recent research in @ispp-pops.bsky.social, summarized on @3streamsblog.bsky.social by @jieun-lee.bsky.social, shows how bias shapes leaders’ perceptions of what voters want.

Read here 👉 medium.com/3streams/lea...

👇 call for papers on the political psychology of East Asia!

Benevolent authority beliefs predict public approval in China, but not Japan. At the same time, democratic values were positively associated with public approval in Japan but negatively associated with that in China (in @ispp-pops.bsky.social)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The last article from our August issue is a review by Eric Baldwin of two books looking at the state of radicalization and what it means for US politics. Read the insightful analysis online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

What drives attitudes towards economic mobility & redistributive policies? Research from Matamoros-Lima et al. in our August issue finds that the perceived difficulty (or ease) in improving socioeconomic status helps to shape support for redistribution. Read open-access: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

“I feel I should put that work in”: Discourses of effortfulness and essentialism among post‐Brexit applicants for Irish citizenship This article explores the post-Brexit increase in applications for Irish passports through descent, and in so doing, seeks to develop a social/political psychology of diasporic citizenship. It draws ....

If you'd like read an analysis of how applicants for Irish passports through descent draw on discourses of 'effortfulness' i.e. the idea that they need to put in the work, well, do I have an 8000 word open access @ispp-pops.bsky.social article for you: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

What does it mean to be European? Mayer et al.'s article in our August issue looks at adolescents' ideas of European identity in Germany. Read open-access online for how these conceptualizations of identity shape intolerance, support of the EU, and more: doi.org/10.1111/pops...