{"title":"You Say Your Best When You Say Anything at All: Crisis Communication Strategies by Muslim Organizations in the Aftermath of Islamist Terrorism","authors":"Sabrina Hegner, Leoni Schilling, Elif Durmaz, Gerrit Hirschfeld","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3159","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research, comprising three experiments with a total of 1718 population-representative participants, investigates the strategies Muslim organizations can utilize to sustain trust and positive perceptions in the direct aftermath of terrorist attacks. It evaluates the effectiveness of different crisis communication strategies as outlined by the Situational Crisis Communication Theory. Additionally, it examines the effects of a positive pre-crisis reputation, statement framing and the publishing source on attitudes towards Muslim organizations, Muslims in general and Islam. Three experiments with several reference groups were conducted. Multivariate analyses underscore the critical importance of active crisis communication in cultivating positive attitudes and trust in Muslim organizations. Across experiments, the findings indicate that the act of issuing a statement itself holds more substantial influence than the specific crisis response strategy employed. In addition, the source of publication played a notable role in shaping perceptions; statements released through personal channels resulted in more positive reactions compared to statements released by a public source.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 4","pages":"607-623"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3159","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Being One or the Other, Both or Neither: Self-Categorization Theory, Social Identity Theory and the Issue of Mixed Identities","authors":"Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, Juliane Degner","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3155","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this article, we discuss how social identity theory (SIT) and self-categorization theory (SCT) may apply to mechanisms of social identification and self-categorization among individuals with multiple identities within a single social domain. We focus on individuals with mixed racial–ethnic backgrounds, which provide unique flexibility for their racial–ethnic identities. In line with SCT, we suggest that their racial–ethnic self-categorization is guided by perceptions of similarity with multiple racial–ethnic categories and that these are influenced by contextual factors, such as the frame of reference. Drawing on SIT, optimal distinctiveness theory and uncertainty reduction theory, we suggest that situationally significant motives may determine <i>Mixed</i> individuals’ levels of identification with different racial–ethnic groups. By integrating predictions from these theories with empirical evidence on <i>Mixed</i> individuals’ experiences, we provide a first step to building a comprehensive theoretical framework and outlining a future research program for understanding the dynamic social identification processes of these individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 4","pages":"727-743"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3155","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jordan Wylie, Connie P. Y. Chiu, Nicolette M. Dakin, William Cunningham, Ana Gantman
{"title":"The Psychology of State Punishment","authors":"Jordan Wylie, Connie P. Y. Chiu, Nicolette M. Dakin, William Cunningham, Ana Gantman","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3147","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A significant amount of punishment that happens in society is state punishment, that is, third-party punishment carried out by an organized political community in response to a rule violation. We argue that a complete psychology of punishment must consider state punishment as a distinct form. State punishment is a unique type of punishment because it is a special case of third-party punishment, pre-specified to occur after the violation of official rules and policies, carried out by people acting on behalf of a nation or government. State punishment, especially as compared to interpersonal punishment, is regarded as a legitimate form of violence, which communicates not just disapproval but information about procedures and power. Moreover, state punishment is made possible by state rules, which, unlike norms, are formalized, can be fully articulated and are perfectly transmissible across generations. We end the paper with implications for the psychology of punishment more broadly and future directions for better understanding the unique psychology of state punishment.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 2","pages":"251-258"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143535798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matt N. Williams, Mathew D. Marques, John R. Kerr, Stephen R. Hill, Mathew Ling, Edward J. R. Clarke
{"title":"Does Developing a Belief in One Conspiracy Theory Lead a Person to be More Likely to Believe in Others?","authors":"Matt N. Williams, Mathew D. Marques, John R. Kerr, Stephen R. Hill, Mathew Ling, Edward J. R. Clarke","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3153","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The monological belief system model suggests that—for at least a subset of people—developing a belief in one conspiracy theory will <i>cause</i> them to be more likely to believe in others. This model has been influential in the literature, but its core causal hypothesis has never been credibly tested. We therefore tested it in two longitudinal studies. Study 1 used a sample from New Zealand and Australia (<i>N</i> = 498), with 7 monthly waves. Study 2 (preregistered) used a sample from New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom (<i>N</i> = 978), with 13 monthly waves. We applied random intercept cross-lagged panel models, permitting a credible causal identification strategy, albeit we cannot rule out time-varying confounds. We find that increased belief in a conspiracy theory at one wave did (on average) predict increased belief in other conspiracies at the next wave, although the estimated coefficients were small.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 4","pages":"554-564"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3153","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia Elad-Strenger, Daniel Statman, Thomas Kessler
{"title":"Left-Right Ideological Differences in Moral Judgments: The Case of Acceptance of Collateral Civilian Killings in War","authors":"Julia Elad-Strenger, Daniel Statman, Thomas Kessler","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3154","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Public sentiment on collateral civilian killings during wartime may crucially impact critical governmental decisions and the trajectory of the conflict itself. Across six studies in Israel and the United States, we examined (1) left-right ideological differences in acceptance of collateral civilian killings across diverse war scenarios and (2) the role of moral values and ideological ingroup norms in underlying them. Conservatives/rightists consistently showed higher acceptance of collateral civilian killings than liberals/leftists, regardless of whether the civilians killed are members of a current rival group or a strategic partner, whether the war involves real-life or fictitious groups, or whether participants are members of the group conducting the killings or mere observers. These ideological differences were mediated by conservatives'/rightists' lower endorsement of individualizing moral foundations but not by their higher endorsement of binding moral foundations. Finally, results suggest that ideological ingroup norms may play an indirect role in shaping these ideological differences.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 4","pages":"565-588"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3154","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisco Miguel Soler-Martínez, Efraín García-Sánchez, Guillermo B. Willis
{"title":"Beyond Income Disparities: Perceived Health and Education Inequities Drive Actions to Reduce Economic Inequality","authors":"Francisco Miguel Soler-Martínez, Efraín García-Sánchez, Guillermo B. Willis","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3151","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Perceiving income disparities has a limited impact on attitudes towards reducing economic inequality. In this research, we proposed a novel and alternative strategy by focusing on other aspects intrinsically related to economic inequality, such as unequal access to health and education resources. We investigated whether recognizing inequality in health and education, beyond income disparities, could motivate people to reduce economic inequality. In four preregistered studies (<i>N<sub>Study1</sub></i> = 513, <i>N<sub>Study2</sub></i> = 1536, <i>N<sub>Study3</sub></i> = 443, <i>N<sub>Study4</sub></i> = 400), we showed that perceived economic inequality in health and education, over and above perceived income disparities, leads to greater intolerance towards inequality and increased support for redistributive policies and collective actions. Our findings suggest that heightened awareness of economic inequality in aspects meaningful for individuals’ lives, such as health or education, may foster support for redistributive policies and engagement in collective actions to mitigate such disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 2","pages":"396-415"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3151","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143533418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica Gale, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Judit Kende, Danny Osborne, Mark Vanderklei, Roberto González, Chris G. Sibley, Eva G. T. Green
{"title":"Macro-Level Climate and Minority Voice: How Indigenous Multiculturalism Relates to Collective Action","authors":"Jessica Gale, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Judit Kende, Danny Osborne, Mark Vanderklei, Roberto González, Chris G. Sibley, Eva G. T. Green","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3150","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Inequalities and discrimination against Indigenous minorities are pervasive in post-colonial societies. Collective action is critical for Indigenous minorities to redress these injustices. Integrating research on collective action, macro-level norms and multiculturalism, we argue that macro-level climates characterized by non-Indigenous endorsement of Indigenous multiculturalism policies are likely associated with Indigenous minorities’ collective action. Two multilevel studies in Chile (non-Indigenous majorities <i>N </i>= 1132; Indigenous minorities <i>N </i>= 1160; 26 communities) and New Zealand (NZ) (non-Indigenous majorities <i>N </i>= 12,136; Indigenous minorities <i>N </i>= 3484; 108 communities) reveal that non-Indigenous macro-level (i.e., aggregated) endorsement of resource-based policies was related to increased Indigenous minorities’ reaction to injustices and collective action. Non-Indigenous macro-level endorsement of symbolic policies showed similar (albeit weaker) results in NZ, but not in Chile. Thus, macro-level climates that endorse concrete measures to address power asymmetries are particularly effective at fostering Indigenous minorities’ collective action. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 2","pages":"379-395"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3150","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143533996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Outsourcing Corruption: The Role of Fate Beliefs and Motivated Fate Attributions in Delegating Decisions About Corrupt Behaviour","authors":"Alexa Weiss, Matthias Forstmann","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3139","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Corruption often involves collective actions rather than clandestine individual efforts. It is also socially facilitated via tacit complicity influenced by norms and beliefs. Five studies examine the delegation of decisions about corrupt behaviour as a social form of corruption and the role of attributing outcomes of delegated corrupt decisions to fate. In three correlational studies, belief in fate (i.e., perceiving events as ‘meant to be’ and predetermined) were positively associated with the delegation of decisions between non-corrupt, ethical and corrupt, self-serving behaviours to equally interested others in workplace scenarios. This effect was distinct from religious belief. In two experimental studies, participants attributed others’ corrupt decisions to fate more strongly when they served (vs. harmed) their self-interest. Fate beliefs were positively associated with fate attributions. Collectively, these studies illuminate interindividual differences associated with delegating decisions and how beliefs may be strategically used to justify corrupt outcomes, emphasising the social aspects of corruption.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 3","pages":"457-471"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3139","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143778390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kieren J. Lilly, Roberto González, Carla A. Houkamau, Chris G. Sibley, Danny Osborne
{"title":"Examining the Antecedents, Prevalence and Trajectories of Reactionary Collective Action Intentions Among Europeans Over Time","authors":"Kieren J. Lilly, Roberto González, Carla A. Houkamau, Chris G. Sibley, Danny Osborne","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3148","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Reactionary movements—movements that effectively increase inequality by advancing the rights of structurally advantaged groups—are of increasing concern in contemporary politics. Yet few studies assess support for these movements over time. We address this oversight in two studies examining reactionary collective action intentions over 9 years in a nationwide sample of New Zealand Europeans (<i>N</i><sub>total</sub> = 54,561). Random intercept cross-lagged panel modelling (Study 1) and latent class growth analysis (Study 2) reveal that high ethnic identification, social dominance orientation and conservatism, but <i>low</i> system justification, predict both within-person increases in, and class trajectories of, reactionary collective action intentions over time. Although most Europeans (86.62%) reported low and declining reactionary collective action intentions, a subgroup of Reactionaries (13.38%) emerged whose intentions <i>increased</i> over time. Collectively, these results highlight how and when reactionary collective action intentions emerge over time and illustrate the need to monitor social movements seeking to promote inequality.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 2","pages":"357-378"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3148","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143536127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Victim empowerment and satisfaction: The potential of imagery rescripting”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3149","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We would like to bring to your attention an error in Figure 1 of our published article titled “Victim Empowerment and Satisfaction: The Potential of Imagery Rescripting” in the <i>European Journal of Social Psychology</i> (https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3073).</p><p> </p><p>Importantly, this error solely pertains to the labelling of the horizontal axes in Figure 1 and does not affect the validity of the data, analyses, or interpretations presented in the article. The means and standard deviations for all dependent variables across experimental conditions are reported correctly in Table 2 of the published article.</p><p>To address this oversight, we conducted a thorough re-evaluation of our R code and analytical processes. We can confirm that the results as well as the interpretations discussed in the article remain consistent and unaffected by this labelling error.</p><p>The corrected figure below accurately represents the experimental conditions on the horizontal axes. We sincerely apologize for any confusion or inconvenience caused by this oversight.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 2","pages":"416-417"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3149","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143536124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}