Research in political psychology largely ignores early childhood. This is likely due to the
assumption that young children lack the cognitive capacity and social understanding …

Despite an increase in social psychological research on allyship, less attention has been
paid to allyship action in violent intergroup conflict settings. In this contribution, first, we …

This article examines the role of empathy for outgroup helping, collective action and political
activism among youth in Northern Ireland, a setting of protracted conflict. Integrating the …

Following the signing of peace agreements, post-accord societies often remain deeply
divided across group lines. There is a need to identify antecedents of youth's support for …

Assessing children's awareness of ethnic identity and group boundaries is important in
conflict-affected societies. For example, in the Republic of North Macedonia (RNM), tense …

Understanding when children develop a sense of group boundaries has implications for
conflict and its resolution. Integrating social identity development theory and the …

ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) aims to promote peace. This research investigates
the saliency of a European identity for children from majority and minority groups in four …

Identifying developmental patterns in intergroup contact and its relation with bias is crucial
for improving prevention strategies around intergroup relations. This study applied time …

This paper explores how group preferences develop among children living in the post-
conflict context of Kosovo and how this development shapes children's willingness to be …

In industrialized societies, adults exhibit stable preferences for the types of people, animals,
and entities they feel moral concern for (Crimston et al., 2016). Only one published study to …