Political Psychology

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This year we have seen high quality research published in PoPs. This work draws on a range of diverse sources, including history, international relations, political science, sociology, social and clinical psychology (see Early View) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679221/0…

The authors suggest that this may be because of the social context in which any positive message communicates moral inclusion challenging the hostile status quo.

Findings suggest that when it comes to Roma—non-Roma relations, the previously established distinction between solidarity intentions that aim to solidify status relations versus bring about social change is blurred.

Research spotlight: Kende et al. (2023) doi.org/10.1111/pops.1…

Findings suggest that individuals distance themselves from supporters of opposing political parties when they perceive a threat to their ingroup and subsequently react with anger.

In two survey experiments performed in the multiparty contexts of Sweden (N = 505) and Germany (N = 776), intergroup threat was manipulated using simulated online media, presenting participants with content related to immigration.

Research spotlight: Renström et al. (2023) doi.org/10.1111/pops.1…

Results from multilevel models indicate that risk perception and perceptions of political instability predict a wish for stronger leadership, agreement with martial law, and support for a controlling government especially when SDO and RWA are high.

This study used data from 17 countries (N = 4364) and national-level indicators (i.e., real number of contagions and deaths, and sociopolitical indicators).

Research spotlight: Pizarro et al. (2023) doi.org/10.1111/pops.1…

This study demonstrates familial political incongruence exerts an influence on families two years after the unrest. Parent–child political differences are associated with a decline in the quality of family communication and family environment.

A two-wave questionnaire study augmented with a 14-day daily record of family contact recruited (1) young adults and (2) parents with children aged 18–30 (N = 559).

Research spotlight: Yu et al. (2023) doi.org/10.1111/pops.1…

The findings suggest that political decisions are meaningfully related to gender equality in the domestic sphere. However, merely offering both women and men the opportunity to take leave is not an effective way to promote caretaking intentions in men.

Parental-leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) were assessed across 37 countries that varied in parental-leave policies and societal gender equality.

Research spotlight: Olsson et al. (2023) doi.org/10.1111/pops.1…

Positive correlations between assessments of procedural justice and attitudes toward politicians, political institutions, and the political system in people of different ages and in countries with different political regimes.

A meta-analysis was conducted on 69 samples from 50,814 respondents, reported in 37 manuscripts between 1981 and 2021.

Research spotlight: Gulevich et al. (2023) doi.org/10.1111/pops.1…