People sometimes avoid information on purpose, a behavior known as willful ignorance. Most explanations focus on specific motives, but this research suggests a broader perspective: avoiding information can be understood as part of how people form beliefs. Two main needs … Continued
Drawing on the Significance Quest Theory (Kruglanski et al., 2022), the authors used the Honor Dictionary (Gelfand et al., 2015) in a word frequency textual analysis (Pennebaker et al., 2007) to investigate extreme rhetoric. They thus conducted two studies. The … Continued
We are extremely proud to announce that our lab member, Katarzyna Jaśko, has been awarded the “Outstanding Women in Science” Award on the occasion of the 20th Jubilee Congress of the Polish Social Psychological Society!The award recognizes her outstanding achievements … Continued
Five cross-sectional pre-registered studies (N = 2925) were conducted in different European countries to examine personal economic relative deprivation and perceived ingroup injustice as predictors of alienation from society (i.e., societal alienation), alongside the role of humiliation. Additionally, the authors … Continued
Check out the new special issue in Social Inclusion edited by Miranda Lubbers, Marcin Bukowski, Oliver Christ, Eva Jaspers and Maarten van Zalk! In recent years, political and social polarization has increased across many societies, evolving from mere issue‐based disagreements into … Continued
A new paper in Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology by our lab members! Antiabortionists are becoming a prominent conservative force, as illustrated by the recent rulings of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal and the USA Supreme Court. However, global resistance … Continued
A new paper in Social Inclusion coauthored by our lab members! This research investigates the extent of Poles’ tolerance of Jews through the lens of equality‐based respect norms and how these norms translate into general and specific tolerance. Additionally, authors … Continued
A new paper in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology! The aim of this research was to investigate the interrelationships between regional, national, and European identities in Spain, employing the social identity complexity model and the dual model of national identification. Findings … Continued
Recent abortion restrictions in the US and Poland sparked widespread protests. This research examined how personal threat influenced collective action intentions through alliances with men and the LGBTIQ+ community (from women’s perspective), and alliances with women (from men’s perspective). It … Continued
A new paper in Current Psychology by our lab members! This research explores the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and political engagement within the 3N model of radicalization, extending the Significance Quest Theory. The authors hypothesized that political engagement, both violent … Continued