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Influence of news media use and political discussions on social self-efficacy through sense of unity: an analysis of mediation model invariance with Spanish and Portuguese adolescents

communication about political and social issues on adolescents’ social self-efficacy, both directly and as well as indirectly through sense of unity, in two Mediterranean countries (Portugal and Spain). The ... positive associations between the proposed indicator of civic engagement -news media use and political discussions- and social self-efficacy, both directly as well as through sense of unity, with similar

Exploring ideological differences in Taiwanese perceptions of cross-strait relations

demonstrate more negative perceptions of cross-strait relations. Specifically, the political left is more negative about the outlook of Chinese democracy while favoring Taiwan independence, than the political ... the Chinese people more negatively than the political right. These findings underscore the role of ideology for a full comprehension of cross-strait relations, as they indicated a fundamental difference

Locked down and divided: political orientation moderates the effects of considering a future lockdown

effects differ by political orientation. COVID-19; Political orientation; Trust; Intended adherence - Accepted: 21 December 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business ... ) . Although lockdowns reduce spread (CDC, 2022), they may also negatively affect government trust for some people. People are more likely to trust the government when their political party is in control

Do left-wingers discriminate? A cross-country study on the links between political orientation, values, moral foundations, and the Covid-19 passport

and travel to foreign countries. However, the passport has had unintended consequences as it discriminates against those who do not want to get vaccinated for medical, religious, or political reasons ... other countries, the links between political orientation, human values, and moral foundations, and attitudes towards the Covid-19 passport and whether people perceive it as a discriminatory measure

Further basic evidence for the dark-ego-vehicle principle: Higher pathological narcissism is associated with greater involvement in feminist activism

According to the dark-ego-vehicle principle (DEVP), individuals with so-called dark personalities (e.g., individuals with high narcissistic traits) are attracted to political and social activism not ... theoretical implications for the DEVP are discussed. Overall, the findings of the present study are further support for the DEVP. Activism; Altruism; Dark triad of personality; Narcissism - Political and

Age, education, and political involvement differences in daily election-related stress

Stress in daily life is rather common, but elections can present unique challenges. Evaluating the impact of individual characteristics, behaviors, and political beliefs on stress processes is ... interacted to predict exposure to election-related stressors, we hypothesized that age, education, and past socio-political involvement would be associated with exposure to election-related stressors. In the

To advise and scrutinize the government? Two types of political knowledge, political trust and unconventional participation

Well-functioning democracies depend on citizens’ ability to make accurate political judgments and express them in the public sphere. Thus, in this research, we aim to better understand the role of

Need for cognitive closure and desire for cultural tightness mediate the effect of concern about ecological threats on the need for strong leadership

-related uncertainty to maintain or gain power, and that ecological threats could bring to an alignment with right-wing ideas of people’s political attitudes. ... significant also when participants’ political orientation was considered as a covariate and has been replicated in a French sample with respect to intentions to vote for Marine Le Pen. Prior research thus

When suffering contradicts belief: measuring theodical struggling

religious tradition, Christianity, we drew upon philosophy, Christian theology, and psychology to develop the construct of theodical struggling. Through theological and philosophical input, we generated a 28 ... Department of Philosophy and Religion, Christopher Newport University , Newport News, VA , USA 4 Crystal L. Park 5 Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University , La Mirada, CA , USA 6 Allied Health Sciences

Understanding left-wing authoritarianism: Relations to the dark personality traits, altruism, and social justice commitment

levels of left-wing authoritarianism to also report higher levels of narcissism. Further, as individuals with leftist political attitudes can be assumed to be striving for social equality, we expected left ... political activists do not actually strive for social justice and equality but rather use political activism to endorse or exercise violence against others to satisfy their own ego-focused needs. We discuss

Pandemic personality: Emotional reactions, political and social preferences across personality traits in times of Corona

hazard, preferences regarding political measures, and tolerance of epidemiologically undesirable behavior. Our findings are rich in implications for public health politics, policy-makers and social ... Freitag 2 Institute of Political Science, University of Bern , Fabrikstrasse 8, CH-3012 Bern , Switzerland The Coronavirus pandemic undeniably represents a global health threat unprecedented in living

Compassion fatigue and global compassion fatigue in practitioner psychologists: a qualitative study

impacted by wider socio-political events (such as the COVID-19 pandemic), which can lead to global compassion fatigue (GCF). While these concepts have been examined in various healthcare professionals ... unprecedented global event that has led to various socio-political challenges. Its extensive media coverage has posed a significant risk of heightened psychological distress that could exacerbate the effects of

The relationship between anthropocentric beliefs and the moral status of a chimpanzee, humanoid robot, and cyborg person: the mediating role of the assignment of mind and soul

Lublin , Poland 1 Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University Lublin , Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin , Poland 2 Institute of Philosophy, The John Paul II Catholic University Lublin ... entities towards which we believe ourselves to have moral obligations as well as something of what we take those obligations to be” (p. 9). MS is a term more vividly analyzed within philosophy than

Individual differences in need satisfaction and intentions to vote for specific political parties – results from Germany

Understanding the psychological basis of individuals' voting intentions is of tremendous importance because voting for specific parties and politicians can influence political developments. In the ... replicate and expand the present findings. Big Five of personality; Maslow; Need satisfaction; Voting intentions; Germany Introduction Previous research in the field of political psychology has among

Does young adults’ life satisfaction promote tolerance towards immigrants? The role of political satisfaction and social trust

over time via the indirect influence of political satisfaction and social trust. The sample comprised young native adults (N = 1352; M age = 22.72; SD = 3.1) in Sweden. The results revealed that young

Does it matter who harmed whom? A cross-cultural study of moral judgments about harm by and to insiders and outsiders

, Beijing Normal University , Beijing , China 5 Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Bucharest University of Economic Studies , Bucharest , Romania 6 Department of Psychology, Yale University , New ... (covariate), country (fixed effects), dyad × distance, and political ideology (covariate). We then compare the estimates between each model with the previous one. The inclusion of political ideology did not

Dark-ego-vehicle principle: Narcissism as a predictor of anti-sexual assault activism

involved in certain kinds of ideologies and political activism. We argue that narcissistic individuals can be attracted to anti-sexual assault activism because this form of activism may provide them with ... ). Some sociopolitical phenomena, such as contemporary forms of political activism, may potentially be understood more broadly via the DEVP. Legal trials involving celebrities point to one crucial aspect of

The relationship between dark tetrad and conspiracy beliefs. No consistent results across three different samples from Slovakia

Teličák 1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Trnava , Trnava , Slovak Republic 2 Authors' contributions: Peter Teličák: Conceptualization , Resources, Funding acquisition ... kinds of misinformation and conspiracy beliefs around the world is frequently considered as a serious factor of social, political and health behaviour. Conspiracy belief is a type of unfounded belief

COVID-19 as an undesirable political issue: Conspiracy beliefs and intolerance of uncertainty predict adhesion to prevention measures

the political turmoil related to the politicization of the pandemic in some countries. To assess the role of political partisanship, intolerance of uncertainty (IU), and conspiracy beliefs in our two

The influence of gain-loss framing and its interaction with political ideology on social distancing and mask wearing compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic

related messages on social distancing and mask wearing compliance. Moreover, the study also tested potential moderating effects on framing with three individual characteristics: political ideology ... preventative behaviors, risk attitude, subjective numeracy, political ideology, and other demographic variables. It was found that those who were more liberal, risk-averse and had greater subjective numeracy