Over the past eight years, LGBTQ+ communities have demonstrated remarkable resilience. While the perceived possibility of progressive change has steadily decreased, the strength of their social identity has only continued to grow.

New article! How do minority groups cope when social progress stalls or reverses? A new study tracks 3627 sexual minority participants from 2017 to 2025, showing that as pessimism about progressive social change grows, individuals lean into their collective identity. advances.in/psychology/1...

New article! Why do some societies resist democratic backsliding while others remain indifferent or actively support it? Neil Lavie-Driver and @profsanderlinden.bsky.social extend the social identity model of collective action to explore the role of collective memory. advances.in/psychology/1...

New article! How do citizens in authoritarian contexts morally construe state actions? @vponizovskiy.bsky.social, @miweissflog.bsky.social, Evgeny Osin, and @grigolus.bsky.social explore how Russians view the war in Ukraine through core values. advances.in/psychology/1...

Publication Alert: Deconstructing the "Secure" Narrative of U.S. Democracy Many believe that recent authoritarian rhetoric in the United States is a sudden departure from a historically secure democracy. But has it ever been as stable as we think? advances.in/psychology/1...

📰 New Research: The Politics of Well-Being during Democratic Backsliding @djwu.bsky.social ky.social, @kyleflaw.com, @stysyropoulos.bsky.social y.social, and @sylviapperry.bsky.social show striking partisan differences in well-being during Trump’s second term. advances.in/psychology/1...

Are you a Champion, a Bystander, or a Reluctant? Why D&I support isn’t just "For" or "Against." We are excited to publish "Voices behind walking the talk: Quantified qualitative insights on D&I policy support reasoning" in the latest issue of advances.in/psychology. advances.in/psychology/1...

📢 Publication Alert: Do violent counter-protests silence movements or amplify them? We are excited to publish "Understanding public responses to counter-protests disrupting social change movements" in advances.in/psychology. advances.in/psychology/1...

New in advances.in/psychology: Did the 2024 election break political solidarity? 🗳️💔 A new study explores "stigma-based solidarity betrayal." Black women felt betrayed by Latino men (solidarity violation), White women felt betrayed by White men (relational violation). advances.in/psychology/1...

📄 New Article in advances.in/psychology: "White Americans' feelings of being 'last place' are associated with anti-DEI attitudes, Trump support, and Trump vote during the 2024 U.S. presidential election." advances.in/psychology/1...

Just Published: Does shared discrimination mobilize voters of color? New insights on the 2024 Election. 🗳️ advances.in/psychology/1...

The Hidden Cost of Activism: When Political Engagement Hinders Trust We know winning makes voters trust the system more. But what happens to the people who pour their heart and soul into a losing campaign? Read more in advances.in/psychology. advances.in/psychology/1...

"One of the gravest misconceptions in the field is the assumption that measuring individuals over multiple time points is equivalent to adopting a developmental perspective." Read this poignant response to Berry (2025) by Philipp Jugert and Peter Titzmann. advances.in/psychology/1...

📢 The acculturation debate continues: A Direct Response to John Berry's critique was just published in advances.in/psychology! @kbierwiaczonek.bsky.social addresses recent criticisms and reveals crucial, overlooked findings from meta-analytical evidence. advances.in/psychology/1...

Huge thanks also to the team at @advances.in: The feedback from the editors, peer-reviewers, and production team was beyond exceptional! Bonus, peer-reviewers get paid for their work, which they more than deserve for the helpful feedback we received!!

🧠🌍 New in advances.in/psychology! How does anxiety about the future shape young people’s politics? A UK–Greece study finds that future anxiety links to stronger democratic support — but among young men, it’s also tied to more right-conservative views. Full article: advances.in/psychology/1...

📢 New commentary by John W. Berry! In our special issue Acculturation Reimagined, Berry reflects on 6 key articles and outlines a bold agenda for future research. advances.in/psychology/1...

Forgive and forget… if it’s your party? A new article in advances.in/psychology reveals how partisan loyalty shaped forgiveness of political leaders in the 2024 UK General Election. advances.in/psychology/1...

🚨Publication Alert: Can emotional acculturation, usually seen as beneficial, have hidden costs? Immigrant minority students who internalize majority emotional norms report more social contact but less school engagement—especially when facing discrimination. advances.in/psychology/1...

✨New in advances.in/psychology: Vu & Bierwiaczonek show that common bivariate “shortcuts” in meta-analyses overestimate interaction effects in the Integration Hypothesis by a lot. advances.in/psychology/1...

🚨 Just published in advances.in/psychology: “Cross-lagged panel networks” combine network theory and SEM to track dynamic, item-level effects across constructs like self-esteem and school commitment. advances.in/psychology/1...

📢 New in advances .in/psychology: How do mobile phones, social media & digital diasporas shape modern migration experiences? Explore emerging research on digitally mediated acculturation by Jaimee Stuart, Colleen Ward, @jkarl.bsky.social, and Ronald Musizvingoza. advances.in/psychology/1...

📢 New in advances.in/psychology: Who gets to say, “This country is ours”? This research unpacks territorial vs. epistemic ownership of a nation—comparing majority Finns & second-gen immigrants. advances.in/psychology/1...

🚨Publication alert!🚨 "Re-imagining multiculturalism: Small steps towards indigenizing acculturation science" by Colleen Ward, Tia Neha & Tyler Ritchie. advances.in/psychology/1...

Recognizing the financial pressures many academics experience in these trying times, we have waived the Article Processing Charge for this special issue. Kindly repost.

Call for papers: “The Psychology of Pushback: Understanding Resistance and Compliance During Democratic Decline.” Edited by Jonas R. Kunst and John F. Dovidio. advances.in/psychology/1...

Why do some reject science on vaccines or climate change? It's often about what they consider trustworthy. Tailored approaches—teaching what makes info credible (like peer review) & framing facts to align with values—can bridge the gap. Let’s educate, not alienate.

Just read about this journal started by a colleague from Oslo (@kunstjonas.bsky.social). They pay reviewers - seems like an interesting model, definitely better than the traditional one. 100$ for a peer-review (one or more rounds) is not much, but can add a bit of motivation.

If you're interested in research on misinformation and conspiracy beliefs, I can highly recommend checking out this special issue!

It was great contributing to this together with the amazing Carolin Ziemer & friends: Ziemer et al. (2024) conducted a preregistered experimental study examining the susceptibility to pro-Russian disinformation about the war in Ukraine among Germans with and without a Russian migration background.

🌟We are thrilled to announce the publication of our Special Issue: From Vulnerability to Vigilance. This issue brings together 11 impactful articles on psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs. advances.in/psychology/1...

Why do debates in misinformation research persist? Methodology matters! A new study in advances.in/psychology reanalyzes 143,956 data points, shedding light on how conscientiousness and ideology shape fake news sharing. advances.in/psychology/1...

New in advances.in/psychology: “The neglected role of social comparisons in acculturation” by Maykel Verkuyten This article discusses how considering social comparison processes can advance acculturation theory and research. advances.in/psychology/1...

📈How does acculturation unfold across life stages? A new review published in advances.in/psychology introduces developmental science concepts to transform static acculturation research into a dynamic exploration of cultural change. advances.in/psychology/1...

📢 Just published in advances.in/psychology: "True discernment or blind scepticism? Comparing the effectiveness of four conspiracy belief interventions" By Cian O'Mahony, Gillian Murphy & Conor Linehan. advances.in/psychology/1...

🚨New in advances .in/psychology: Robson et al. explore reasoning behind misinformation beliefs. Quantitative analysis reveals key differences in how believers & non-believers evaluate evidence. Important insights for combating false claims. advances.in/psychology/1...

🔊New in advances.in/psychology: "Source credibility effects in misinformation research: A review and primer" by Mang, Fennis, & Epstude This systematic review unravels the complex role of source credibility in misinformation contexts. advances.in/psychology/1...

Meta-analysis by @shaunambowes.bsky.social & @lkfazio.bsky.social in @advances.in Finds negative relation between intellectual humility & misinformation receptivity. (effects are modest though) advances.in/psychology/1...

New meta-analysis: Intellectual humility linked to less susceptibility to misinformation 🧠 This study by @shaunambowes.bsky.social & @lkfazio.bsky.social thoroughly synthesizes 27 studies (N=33,814) on intellectual humility & misinformation! advances.in/psychology/1...

🚀 New Article Alert! "Observed correlations between person-means depend on within-person correlations" By Jonas Haslbeck (@jmbh.bsky.social) & Sacha Epskamp (@sachaepskamp.bsky.social) advances.in/psychology/1...

🚨 New publication alert! "Intellectual humility is associated with greater misinformation discernment and metacognitive insight but not response bias" by Prike, Holloway, & Ecker. advances.in/psychology/1...

🚨 New publication alert! "Intellectual humility is associated with greater misinformation discernment and metacognitive insight but not response bias" by Prike, Holloway, & Ecker. advances.in/psychology/1...

📰 Publication Alert! Franco et al. present a new approach for Bayesian Gaussian graphical models allows for more flexibility and easier extensions, estimating regularized partial correlations between any variables using priors on Cholesky matrix. advances.in/psychology/1...

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 "Scaling Crowdsourcing Interventions to Combat Partisan Misinformation" by Clara Pretus et al. Discover how crowdsourcing can help tackle politically polarizing misinformation. Read now: advances.in/psychology/1...

🚨 New Article Alert! "Identity is key, but Inoculation helps – how to empower Germans of Russian descent against pro-Kremlin disinformation" by Carolin Ziemer, Philipp Schmid, Cornelia Betsch & Tobias Rothmund. #Disinformation #Russia #Ukraine advances.in/psychology/1...

Publication alert! "Counteracting Socially Endorsed Misinformation Through an Emotion-Fallacy Inoculation" By Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg, Thomas Morton, Sander van der Linden advances.in/psychology/1...

New Publication! "Guiding informed prior choices for conditional independence testing" by Sekulovski et al. advances.in/psychology/1...

The new paper "Changing Networks: Moderated Idiographic Psychological Networks" published in advances.in/psychology delves into how context factors influence network dynamics. This study offers innovative tools for analyzing changes in psychometric networks. advances.in/psychology/1...

A new study by Teague Henry & Ai Ye examines how measurement errors and omitted variables impact network psychometric models. Edited by @GolinoHudson advances.in/psychology/1...

New Article: Park, Waldorp, & Ryan explore cyclic causal network models to better understand complex psychological phenomena. advances.in/psychology/1...