Category: Social psychology
Good economy perceptions intensify powerlessness among financially strained workers
How economic optimism intensifies powerlessness among financially strained workers. Analysis of 4,967 American and Canadian workers reveals meritocratic attribution processes.
Selective incivility shapes identity and organizational identification
Study examines impression management and identity strengthening among highly skilled ethnic minority workers responding to workplace incivility in Dutch organizations.
Perceived threat increased fear, prevention, and health discrimination
COVID-19 news impact on fear and preventive behavior varies with perceived efficacy. Study shows threat messaging with efficacy cues reduces discrimination while boosting compliance.
Intersectional stigma shaped experiences of Black and Latino gay men
Qualitative study examining how intersecting race/ethnicity and sexual orientation create distinct forms of stigma among Black and Latino gay men in Florida
Collective action and shared norms are emphasized in crisis response
A perspective analysis of collective action mechanisms during crises, examining social norms, stakeholder communication, and technological enablers in crisis response.
Radicalization pathways differed across convicted terrorist groups in Indonesia
Mixed-methods study reveals distinct radicalization pathways in Indonesian terrorist groups, showing how personal crises and identity fusion drive violent activism differently across organizations.
Legal compliance depends on cognition, emotion, and motivation
Triadic model integrating cognition, emotion, and motivation to explain how legal socialization produces internalized compliance across Chinese and Western contexts.
Online support appears to add to, not replace, in-person support
Cross-sectional study of 112 adults finds online social support functions as adjunct to traditional support rather than substitute, supporting rich-get-richer hypothesis.
Spiritual health was linked to more responsible environmental behavior
Structural equation modeling study examining spiritual health’s role in promoting environmental behavior across 16 Iranian provinces with 5,548 participants.
Political orientation shapes responses to gender-inclusive pronouns
Political orientation moderates effectiveness of gender-inclusive pronouns in facilitating mental representation of nonbinary individuals across four studies with 2,847 participants.
