I distinguish between two motivations:
• Prestige-seeking (seeking admiration)
• Dominance-seeking (seeking to shame/outcompete others)
Results show a clear demographic pattern: young men (18–35) report the highest levels of dominance-oriented grandstanding—independent of party affiliation.
Could be interesting for @sgarritzmann.bsky.social @na-wehl.bsky.social @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social @ggalbacete.bsky.social @ellclaes.bsky.social @franziskaveit.bsky.social @anjaneundorf.bsky.social
New paper in Political Psychology:
The age of virtue signaling: Moral grandstanding as competitive display among young men
This study examines moral grandstanding (i.e., using moral discourse to enhance status) across 4 European countries (N=8,420). 🧵
doi.org/10.1111/pops...
Gender differences are strongest among younger cohorts and diminish with age, while prestige-seeking is more evenly distributed.
These findings suggest that antagonistic moralized discourse is shaped less by ideology than by underlying status competition dynamics.
A week ago, we - the PerFair project - celebrated the successful data collection among 7th graders in Germany 🎉funded by @excinequality.bsky.social! 🙏 to a bunch of great colleagues from political science and sociology for coming all the way to Konstanz, inspiring comments and impressive talks! 🙏🤓👍
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