Research has suggested that the endorsement of ideologies supporting the status quo leads
to higher subjective psychological well-being—an idea labeled as the palliative function of …

A deeply heterogeneous set of ideological cohorts have shaped the course of history. From
anarchists and authoritarians to Zionists and Zapatistas, the expansive alphabet of politics …

A short‐term obstacle to united political action to fight climate change in various countries is
opposition to pro‐environmental policies among conservatives. Three preregistered studies …

Political psychologists often examine the influence of psychological dispositions on political
attitudes. Central to this field is the ideological asymmetry hypothesis (IAH), which asserts …

A key debate in the psychology of ideology is whether leftists and rightists are
psychologically similar or different. A long-standing view holds that left-wing and right-wing …

People generally intend to act more on beliefs and attitudes about which they have greater
certainty. However, we introduce a boundary condition to the positive association between …

Although the consideration of client and therapist values is thought to be a core component
of culturally-competent psychotherapy, sociopolitical attitudes and values (SPAVs) have …

People see societal groups as less moral, warm, and likable if their ideology is more
dissimilar to the ideology of the self (ie, ideological prejudice). We contribute to the debate …

Are individual differences in political ideology associated with inclinations to hold more or
less ambivalent attitudes? Extant research on the linear association of political ideology with …

This study seeks to investigate the ideological passion of those who join a religion-based
insurgency group. Religion-based insurgencies continue to exist even after being dispersed …