Political Psychology at Kent
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We are a group of researchers from the University of Kent working on the intersection of psychology and political science. Follow for updates on our work! research.kent.ac.uk/political-ps...
Spending your weekend with @polpsyispp.bsky.social in Prague? Join us for these talks:
SAT, July 5
11:05am – 12:20pm
S93: @alekscichocka.bsky.social The energy island: Texan collective narcissism predicts support for an independent power grid
SAT, July 5
11:05am – 12:20pm
S93: @alekscichocka.bsky.social The energy island: Texan collective narcissism predicts support for an independent power grid
July 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Spending your weekend with @polpsyispp.bsky.social in Prague? Join us for these talks:
SAT, July 5
11:05am – 12:20pm
S93: @alekscichocka.bsky.social The energy island: Texan collective narcissism predicts support for an independent power grid
SAT, July 5
11:05am – 12:20pm
S93: @alekscichocka.bsky.social The energy island: Texan collective narcissism predicts support for an independent power grid
Don’t miss our lab’s Friday talks at @polpsyispp.bsky.social in Prague:
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
S53
Tamino Konur: Does Gender Identity Compensate for Ethnic Discrimination?
Alessia Bacigalupo: Women, Borders and the Nation: How Sexism Predicts Nationalism and Immigration Policy Support
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
S53
Tamino Konur: Does Gender Identity Compensate for Ethnic Discrimination?
Alessia Bacigalupo: Women, Borders and the Nation: How Sexism Predicts Nationalism and Immigration Policy Support
July 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Don’t miss our lab’s Friday talks at @polpsyispp.bsky.social in Prague:
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
S53
Tamino Konur: Does Gender Identity Compensate for Ethnic Discrimination?
Alessia Bacigalupo: Women, Borders and the Nation: How Sexism Predicts Nationalism and Immigration Policy Support
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
S53
Tamino Konur: Does Gender Identity Compensate for Ethnic Discrimination?
Alessia Bacigalupo: Women, Borders and the Nation: How Sexism Predicts Nationalism and Immigration Policy Support
Heading to @polpsyispp.bsky.social in Prague? Check out these awesome talks from our lab tomorrow (Thu, Jul 3):
11:40 AM - 12:55
S21: Daniel Toribio-Flórez: Examining the political consequences of conspiracy theories around general elections: Evidence from the UK, France and US
11:40 AM - 12:55
S21: Daniel Toribio-Flórez: Examining the political consequences of conspiracy theories around general elections: Evidence from the UK, France and US
July 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Heading to @polpsyispp.bsky.social in Prague? Check out these awesome talks from our lab tomorrow (Thu, Jul 3):
11:40 AM - 12:55
S21: Daniel Toribio-Flórez: Examining the political consequences of conspiracy theories around general elections: Evidence from the UK, France and US
11:40 AM - 12:55
S21: Daniel Toribio-Flórez: Examining the political consequences of conspiracy theories around general elections: Evidence from the UK, France and US
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Proud to celebrate with @chiarazazzarino.bsky.social her fantastic PhD defense yesterday 🥂Chiara’s research funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk examined how leaders use national identity rhetoric to gain political support. Congratulations Dr Zazzarino 🎓
June 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Proud to celebrate with @chiarazazzarino.bsky.social her fantastic PhD defense yesterday 🥂Chiara’s research funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk examined how leaders use national identity rhetoric to gain political support. Congratulations Dr Zazzarino 🎓
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A new study finds that expressions of moral outrage increase the virality of online petitions but not signatures. Statements about helping others, on the other hand, do predict a greater number of signatures but aren’t linked to virality. @spspnews.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Moral Outrage Predicts the Virality of Petitions for Change on Social Media, But Not the Number of Signatures They Receive - Stefan Leach, Magdalena Formanowicz, Jan Nikadon, Aleksandra Cichocka, 2025
Social media is a powerful tool for activists to share their perspectives, but concerns persist that the viral spread of online moral outrage may undermine coll...
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May 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A new study finds that expressions of moral outrage increase the virality of online petitions but not signatures. Statements about helping others, on the other hand, do predict a greater number of signatures but aren’t linked to virality. @spspnews.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🚨New paper🚨Tune in to the prebunking network! Development and validation of six inoculation videos that prebunk manipulation tactics and logical fallacies in misinformation 1/17
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March 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🚨New paper🚨Tune in to the prebunking network! Development and validation of six inoculation videos that prebunk manipulation tactics and logical fallacies in misinformation 1/17
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Social media is a great tool for activists but can the viral spread of moral outrage sometimes undermine collective causes?
We examined this in a new SPPS paper led by @stefanleach.bsky.social analyzing 1,286,442 posts on X with URLs to petitions on change.org journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We examined this in a new SPPS paper led by @stefanleach.bsky.social analyzing 1,286,442 posts on X with URLs to petitions on change.org journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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May 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Social media is a great tool for activists but can the viral spread of moral outrage sometimes undermine collective causes?
We examined this in a new SPPS paper led by @stefanleach.bsky.social analyzing 1,286,442 posts on X with URLs to petitions on change.org journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We examined this in a new SPPS paper led by @stefanleach.bsky.social analyzing 1,286,442 posts on X with URLs to petitions on change.org journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Our meta-analysis "Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs" is now published at Psychological Bulletin!
Please refer to this thread, ResearchGate, and PsyArXiv for details!
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
Please refer to this thread, ResearchGate, and PsyArXiv for details!
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
February 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our meta-analysis "Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs" is now published at Psychological Bulletin!
Please refer to this thread, ResearchGate, and PsyArXiv for details!
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
Please refer to this thread, ResearchGate, and PsyArXiv for details!
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
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The twist?
Collective narcissism can harm the group it seems to glorify. Focus on image boosting means that the country is seen a brand, rather than a people. Fellow citizens are treated instrumentally, as means to an end.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Collective narcissism can harm the group it seems to glorify. Focus on image boosting means that the country is seen a brand, rather than a people. Fellow citizens are treated instrumentally, as means to an end.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
National narcissism in politics and public understanding of science - Nature Reviews Psychology
Collective narcissism — a belief that one’s group is exceptional and deserves special treatment — arises when group identity is motivated by frustrated psychological needs. In this Review, Cislak and ...
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January 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The twist?
Collective narcissism can harm the group it seems to glorify. Focus on image boosting means that the country is seen a brand, rather than a people. Fellow citizens are treated instrumentally, as means to an end.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Collective narcissism can harm the group it seems to glorify. Focus on image boosting means that the country is seen a brand, rather than a people. Fellow citizens are treated instrumentally, as means to an end.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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For anyone who’s interested in this route to joining us at @polpsychkent.bsky.social, our research office is typically happy to put together a list of relevant funding opportunities (depending on country of origin, years since PhD etc.)
Academic job market candidates:
Did you know you can "make your own post-doc" by applying for external research funding? Many/most departments would be happy to provide office space to someone who brings their own funds.
Did you know you can "make your own post-doc" by applying for external research funding? Many/most departments would be happy to provide office space to someone who brings their own funds.
January 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For anyone who’s interested in this route to joining us at @polpsychkent.bsky.social, our research office is typically happy to put together a list of relevant funding opportunities (depending on country of origin, years since PhD etc.)
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New Blog Post 📣
Why do some people seek to punish women for miscarriages? Jocelyn Chalmers delves into this important issue in our latest blog post, shedding light on the role of ideological attitudes in support for women’s rights 🔍.
Read the article and join the conversation: bit.ly/4hmNPIz
Why do some people seek to punish women for miscarriages? Jocelyn Chalmers delves into this important issue in our latest blog post, shedding light on the role of ideological attitudes in support for women’s rights 🔍.
Read the article and join the conversation: bit.ly/4hmNPIz
Beyond Abortion: What is Behind the Desire to Punish Women for their Miscarriages?
In March of 2016, then-U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump was asked whether women who undergo abortions when the procedure is banned…
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January 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New Blog Post 📣
Why do some people seek to punish women for miscarriages? Jocelyn Chalmers delves into this important issue in our latest blog post, shedding light on the role of ideological attitudes in support for women’s rights 🔍.
Read the article and join the conversation: bit.ly/4hmNPIz
Why do some people seek to punish women for miscarriages? Jocelyn Chalmers delves into this important issue in our latest blog post, shedding light on the role of ideological attitudes in support for women’s rights 🔍.
Read the article and join the conversation: bit.ly/4hmNPIz
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🚨Our meta-analysis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs has been accepted at Psychological Bulletin!🚨“Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs” osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵👇 1/16
December 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
🚨Our meta-analysis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs has been accepted at Psychological Bulletin!🚨“Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs” osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵👇 1/16
We are a group of researchers from the University of Kent working on the intersection of psychology and political science. Follow for updates on our work! research.kent.ac.uk/political-ps...
People - Political Psychology - Research at Kent
research.kent.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We are a group of researchers from the University of Kent working on the intersection of psychology and political science. Follow for updates on our work! research.kent.ac.uk/political-ps...