Political Psychology at Kent @polpsychkent.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Spending 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 111
Political Psychology at Kent @polpsychkent.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Don’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 111
Political Psychology at Kent @polpsychkent.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Heading 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 133
Reposted by Political Psychology at KentProf Aleksandra Cichocka @alekscichocka.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Proud 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 🎓 062
Reposted by Political Psychology at KentGail Cornwall @gailcornwall.com · 09/05/2025A 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/...journals.sagepub.comMoral 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, 2025Social 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... 0229
Reposted by Political Psychology at KentMikey Biddlestone @mikeybiddlestone.bsky.social · 28/03/2025🚨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.... 23512
Reposted by Political Psychology at KentProf Aleksandra Cichocka @alekscichocka.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Social 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/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 2196
Reposted by Political Psychology at KentMikey Biddlestone @mikeybiddlestone.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Our 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-... 14214
Reposted by Political Psychology at KentProf Aleksandra Cichocka @alekscichocka.bsky.social · 26/01/2025The 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...nature.comNational narcissism in politics and public understanding of science - Nature Reviews PsychologyCollective 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 ... 24217
Reposted by Political Psychology at KentProf Aleksandra Cichocka @alekscichocka.bsky.social · 24/01/2025For 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.) 022
Reposted by Political Psychology at KentISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · 20/01/2025New 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/4hmNPIzpolpsyispp.medium.comBeyond 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… 1104
Reposted by Political Psychology at KentMikey Biddlestone @mikeybiddlestone.bsky.social · 17/12/2024🚨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 35121
Political Psychology at Kent @polpsychkent.bsky.social · 21/01/2025We 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...research.kent.ac.ukPeople - Political Psychology - Research at Kent 040
