A new paper in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications by Małgorzata Kossowska and colleagues! The article discusses the role of digital media use in societal transformations, with a specific focus on the emergence of micro-identities. It also explores the extent … Continued
This paper contributes to the discussion on the dual-process theories – an influential topic in both cognitive and social psychology. The paper comments on a newly proposed dual-processes model by Wim De Neys. It identifies some problems with the proposed … Continued
In the context of the refugee crisis in Poland following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, authors conducted a four-wave panel study (N = 598) with time-lags of two and four weeks between waves in March and April 2022. Their study aimed … Continued
Discourse about people seeking refuge from conflict varies considerably. To understand what components of this discourse reach refugees the most, authors examined refugees’ perceptions of how their host communities perceive them (i.e., intergroup metaperceptions). They sampled refugees who fled Syria … Continued
A new article written by Sindhuja Sankaran, Małgorzata Kossowska, and Ulrich von Hecker has been published in Personality and Individual Differences. The present research examined the role of heightened perceived control as a strategy to cope with uncertainty in need for … Continued
A new paper in PSPB by Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska, Maciej Sekerdej, Mirjana Rupar, and Maryna Kołeczek from our Centre! When people consider what is good for their country, they might face a conflict between the country’s short-term and long-term interests. We … Continued
While the importance of a nation’s history for its current national issues is well established, whether and how that history may be leveraged to promote inclusive and amicable intergroup relationships is less clear. We offer answers to these questions by … Continued
Maciek Sekerdej, Mirjana Rupar, Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska and Maryna Kołeczek from our lab just published a paper in the British Journal of Social Psychology! In order to clarify the perceptual underpinnings of critical national attachment, they examined the links between constructive … Continued
In this research, we tested the hypothesis that ideology predicts the accuracy of factual beliefs. Specifically, we expected that right- (vs. left-) wing ideology would be associated with lower accuracy when assessing policy-relevant facts congenial to left– and right–wing beliefs. … Continued
A registered report by Anna Potoczek, Macrin Bukowski, Katarzyna Jaśko, and Małgorzata Kossowska from our lab with several collaborators has been published in JESP! Rearch has shown that when control is threatened, people are more likely to turn to groups … Continued