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Following the trend or resisting the change? The role of dynamic norms in shaping political attitudes (2024)
Thesis
Eraslan, E. G. (2024). Following the trend or resisting the change? The role of dynamic norms in shaping political attitudes. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/855651

This thesis examines the effects of dynamic norm interventions, which highlight changing societal attitudes and behaviour over time, on political attitudes and behavioural tendencies through twelve experiments (three pilot and nine main experiments).... Read More about Following the trend or resisting the change? The role of dynamic norms in shaping political attitudes.

Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity (2024)
Thesis
Kızık, B. (2024). Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/775323

This thesis explores the impact of intergroup contact on political attitudes via social identity complexity (SIC) across WEIRD and non-WEIRD societies, including post-conflict contexts. This research aims to test whether and how dimensions of intergr... Read More about Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity.

Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness (2023)
Journal Article
Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Gelpí, R. A., Stöckli, S., Jeftić, A., Ch’ng, B., …Vestergren, S. (2023). Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness. Health Psychology, 42(4), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001268

OBJECTIVE: Vaccines are an effective means to reduce the spread of diseases, but they are sometimes met with hesitancy that needs to be understood. METHOD: In this study, we analyzed data from a large, cross-country survey conducted between June a... Read More about Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness.

Secondary transfer effect and intergroup solidarity: alternative processes of generalisation (2022)
Thesis
Unver, H. (2022). Secondary transfer effect and intergroup solidarity: alternative processes of generalisation. (Thesis). Keele University

Through a series of six studies (Studies 1, 5, and 6 involves two groups), this thesis focuses on a relatively understudied dimension of intergroup contact, i.e. secondary transfer effect (STE; Pettigrew, 2009). More specifically, the thesis investig... Read More about Secondary transfer effect and intergroup solidarity: alternative processes of generalisation.