Over the past two decades, citizens' political rights and civil liberties have declined globally.
Psychological science can play an instrumental role in both explaining and combating the …

Research over the last fifty years has suggested that political attitudes and values around
the globe are shaped by two ideological dimensions, often referred to as economic and …

Americans today are affectively polarized: they dislike and distrust those from the opposing
political party more than they did in the past, with damaging consequences for their …

A compelling exploration of concrete strategies to reduce partisan animosity by building on
what Democrats and Republicans have in common. One of the defining features of twenty …

At least two theories have been offered that explain the rise of affective polarization. Some
scholars, relying on social identity theory, argue that as the relevance of party identification …

Highlights•We review evidence of a psychological association between authoritarianism and
right-wing conservative ideology.•The evidence is based on seven decades of research, on …

How does elite communication influence affective polarization between partisan groups?
Drawing on the literature on partisan source cues, we expect that communication from in-or …

Recent events have raised concern about potential threats to democracy within Western
countries. If Western citizens who are open to authoritarian governance share a common set …

Research suggests that right-wing ideology is associated with negativity bias: a tendency to
pay more attention and give more weight to negative versus positive stimuli. This work …

Highlights•Cultural and economic ideology do not reduce to a single left-right dimension, but
they are correlated for many citizens in many countries.•The relationship between cultural …