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Study 3 (US, pre-2024 election):
Across Trump & Harris supporters:
👉 Significance gain & self-expansion predicted action
👉 Significance loss weaker
💡 Across divides: positive > negative — with a twist
💡 Effects hold controlling for identity, anger & efficacy.
Not just anger.
Across 3 studies (N>950, 🇵🇱🇺🇸), feeling significant and growing in a group predicted collective action better than negative emotions—even beyond identity, injustice & efficacy.
👉 Action is fueled by meaning, not only outrage.
#CollectiveAction #socialpsyc Read: doi.org/10.1111/jopy...
With a lead by @Magdalena Zawisza @Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, we tested ambivalent sexism theory tenets and explored novel correlations with national outcomes in 62 nations. #sexism #gender #socialpsyc #cross-cultural Read: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
For example: In Study 1, pre-election in Poland 👉 Significance gain strongly predicted collective action (r=.49)
👉 Self-expansion also positive
👉 Significance loss much weaker (r=.19)
💡 Positive experiences > negative emotions in driving action.
#Psychology #CollectiveAction
Our study in 58 countries: support for intergroup violence is not a single mindset, but we can identify two distinct forms of extremism: defensive & offensive.
Result of the @ncn.gov.pl project led by me & article led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social More in #PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #psychology
MEN4DEM’s LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the fifth stop in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪➡️
Join us in Gdansk next month for a thought-provoking roundtable discussion exploring how art, science, and civic engagement can work together to inspire meaningful social change.
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Online hostility is predicted by economic & political inequality
Inequality breeds online hostility because people crave status in unequal societies and status-seekers constitute the main perpetrators of hostility in political settings, whether online or offline.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolutionary theory and historical evidence suggest humans possess distinct psychological
tendencies for defensive and offensive violence, which ha...
