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3. Inner Speech Moderates the Relationship between Autism Spectrum Traits and Emotion Regulation

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Albein-Urios, Natalia, Youssef, George, Klas, Anna, and Enticott, Peter G.

Abstract

Inner speech processes are thought to be associated with decreases in cognitive performance in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although verbal thinking is also a key component in emotional responses, no studies have investigated whether inner speech is linked to emotion regulation in ASD. The aim of this study was to investigate whether inner speech moderates the relationship between ASD traits and emotion regulation strategies. Our results indicate that only the evaluative/motivational form of inner speech moderates the relationship between ASD traits and cognitive reappraisal; inner speech processes did not moderate the association between ASD traits and expressive suppression. These findings are a first step to further investigate the role of inner speech in affective and self-regulatory processes in ASD.

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2021
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5. Weaving Wayapa and cognitive behaviour therapy: applying research topic yarning to explore a cultural interface between Western and Indigenous psychology practice in Australia

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O’Shea, Melissa, primary, Klas, Anna, additional, Hardy, Tracy, additional, Stone, Jem, additional, Frangos, Thaedra, additional, Jacobs, Teya, additional, Mitchell, Fiona, additional, Charles, James, additional, Jones, Sara, additional, Thomas, Jamie, additional, and Ryan, Kelleigh, additional

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2024
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6. Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries

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Vlasceanu, Madalina, primary, Doell, Kimberly C., additional, Bak-Coleman, Joseph B., additional, Todorova, Boryana, additional, Berkebile-Weinberg, Michael M., additional, Grayson, Samantha J., additional, Patel, Yash, additional, Goldwert, Danielle, additional, Pei, Yifei, additional, Chakroff, Alek, additional, Pronizius, Ekaterina, additional, van den Broek, Karlijn L., additional, Vlasceanu, Denisa, additional, Constantino, Sara, additional, Morais, Michael J., additional, Schumann, Philipp, additional, Rathje, Steve, additional, Fang, Ke, additional, Aglioti, Salvatore Maria, additional, Alfano, Mark, additional, Alvarado-Yepez, Andy J., additional, Andersen, Angélica, additional, Anseel, Frederik, additional, Apps, Matthew A. J., additional, Asadli, Chillar, additional, Awuor, Fonda Jane, additional, Azevedo, Flavio, additional, Basaglia, Piero, additional, Bélanger, Jocelyn J., additional, Berger, Sebastian, additional, Bertin, Paul, additional, Białek, Michał, additional, Bialobrzeska, Olga, additional, Blaya-Burgo, Michelle, additional, Bleize, Daniëlle N. M., additional, Bø, Simen, additional, Boecker, Lea, additional, Boggio, Paulo S., additional, Borau, Sylvie, additional, Bos, Björn, additional, Bouguettaya, Ayoub, additional, Brauer, Markus, additional, Brick, Cameron, additional, Brik, Tymofii, additional, Briker, Roman, additional, Brosch, Tobias, additional, Buchel, Ondrej, additional, Buonauro, Daniel, additional, Butalia, Radhika, additional, Carvacho, Héctor, additional, Chamberlain, Sarah A. E., additional, Chan, Hang-Yee, additional, Chow, Dawn, additional, Chung, Dongil, additional, Cian, Luca, additional, Cohen-Eick, Noa, additional, Contreras-Huerta, Luis Sebastian, additional, Contu, Davide, additional, Cristea, Vladimir, additional, Cutler, Jo, additional, D'Ottone, Silvana, additional, De Keersmaecker, Jonas, additional, Delcourt, Sarah, additional, Delouvée, Sylvain, additional, Diel, Kathi, additional, Douglas, Benjamin D., additional, Drupp, Moritz A., additional, Dubey, Shreya, additional, Ekmanis, Jānis, additional, Elbaek, Christian T., additional, Elsherif, Mahmoud, additional, Engelhard, Iris M., additional, Escher, Yannik A., additional, Etienne, Tom W., additional, Farage, Laura, additional, Farias, Ana Rita, additional, Feuerriegel, Stefan, additional, Findor, Andrej, additional, Freira, Lucia, additional, Friese, Malte, additional, Gains, Neil Philip, additional, Gallyamova, Albina, additional, Geiger, Sandra J., additional, Genschow, Oliver, additional, Gjoneska, Biljana, additional, Gkinopoulos, Theofilos, additional, Goldberg, Beth, additional, Goldenberg, Amit, additional, Gradidge, Sarah, additional, Grassini, Simone, additional, Gray, Kurt, additional, Grelle, Sonja, additional, Griffin, Siobhán M., additional, Grigoryan, Lusine, additional, Grigoryan, Ani, additional, Grigoryev, Dmitry, additional, Gruber, June, additional, Guilaran, Johnrev, additional, Hadar, Britt, additional, Hahnel, Ulf J.J., additional, Halperin, Eran, additional, Harvey, Annelie J., additional, Haugestad, Christian A. P., additional, Herman, Aleksandra M., additional, Hershfield, Hal E., additional, Himichi, Toshiyuki, additional, Hine, Donald W., additional, Hofmann, Wilhelm, additional, Howe, Lauren, additional, Huaman-Chulluncuy, Enma T., additional, Huang, Guanxiong, additional, Ishii, Tatsunori, additional, Ito, Ayahito, additional, Jia, Fanli, additional, Jost, John T., additional, Jovanović, Veljko, additional, Jurgiel, Dominika, additional, Kácha, Ondřej, additional, Kankaanpää, Reeta, additional, Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw, additional, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Elena, additional, Kaplan Mintz, Keren, additional, Kaya, Ilker, additional, Kaya, Ozgur, additional, Khachatryan, Narine, additional, Klas, Anna, additional, Klein, Colin, additional, Klöckner, Christian A., additional, Koppel, Lina, additional, Kosachenko, Alexandra I., additional, Kothe, Emily J., additional, Krebs, Ruth, additional, Krosch, Amy R., additional, Krouwel, Andre P.M., additional, Kyrychenko, Yara, additional, Lagomarsino, Maria, additional, Lamm, Claus, additional, Lange, Florian, additional, Lee Cunningham, Julia, additional, Lees, Jeffrey, additional, Leung, Tak Yan, additional, Levy, Neil, additional, Lockwood, Patricia L., additional, Longoni, Chiara, additional, López Ortega, Alberto, additional, Loschelder, David D., additional, Lu, Jackson G., additional, Luo, Yu, additional, Luomba, Joseph, additional, Lutz, Annika E., additional, Majer, Johann M., additional, Markowitz, Ezra, additional, Marsh, Abigail A., additional, Mascarenhas, Karen Louise, additional, Mbilingi, Bwambale, additional, Mbungu, Winfred, additional, McHugh, Cillian, additional, Meijers, Marijn H.C., additional, Mercier, Hugo, additional, Mhagama, Fenant Laurent, additional, Michalakis, Katerina, additional, Mikus, Nace, additional, Milliron, Sarah, additional, Mitkidis, Panagiotis, additional, Monge-Rodríguez, Fredy S., additional, Mora, Youri L., additional, Moreau, David, additional, Motoki, Kosuke, additional, Moyano, Manuel, additional, Mus, Mathilde, additional, Navajas, Joaquin, additional, Nguyen, Tam Luong, additional, Nguyen, Dung Minh, additional, Nguyen, Trieu, additional, Niemi, Laura, additional, Nijssen, Sari R. R., additional, Nilsonne, Gustav, additional, Nitschke, Jonas P., additional, Nockur, Laila, additional, Okura, Ritah, additional, Öner, Sezin, additional, Özdoğru, Asil Ali, additional, Palumbo, Helena, additional, Panagopoulos, Costas, additional, Panasiti, Maria Serena, additional, Pärnamets, Philip, additional, Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola, additional, Pavlov, Yuri G., additional, Payán-Gómez, César, additional, Pearson, Adam R., additional, Pereira da Costa, Leonor, additional, Petrowsky, Hannes M., additional, Pfattheicher, Stefan, additional, Pham, Nhat Tan, additional, Ponizovskiy, Vladimir, additional, Pretus, Clara, additional, Rêgo, Gabriel G., additional, Reimann, Ritsaart, additional, Rhoads, Shawn A., additional, Riano-Moreno, Julian, additional, Richter, Isabell, additional, Röer, Jan Philipp, additional, Rosa-Sullivan, Jahred, additional, Ross, Robert M., additional, Sabherwal, Anandita, additional, Saito, Toshiki, additional, Sarrasin, Oriane, additional, Say, Nicolas, additional, Schmid, Katharina, additional, Schmitt, Michael T., additional, Schoenegger, Philipp, additional, Scholz, Christin, additional, Schug, Mariah G., additional, Schulreich, Stefan, additional, Shreedhar, Ganga, additional, Shuman, Eric, additional, Sivan, Smadar, additional, Sjåstad, Hallgeir, additional, Soliman, Meikel, additional, Soud, Katia, additional, Spampatti, Tobia, additional, Sparkman, Gregg, additional, Spasovski, Ognen, additional, Stanley, Samantha K., additional, Stern, Jessica A., additional, Strahm, Noel, additional, Suko, Yasushi, additional, Sul, Sunhae, additional, Syropoulos, Stylianos, additional, Taylor, Neil C., additional, Tedaldi, Elisa, additional, Tinghög, Gustav, additional, Huynh, Luu Duc Toan, additional, Travaglino, Giovanni Antonio, additional, Tsakiris, Manos, additional, Tüter, İlayda, additional, Tyrala, Michael, additional, Uluğ, Özden Melis, additional, Urbanek, Arkadiusz, additional, Valko, Danila, additional, van der Linden, Sander, additional, van Schie, Kevin, additional, van Stekelenburg, Aart, additional, Vanags, Edmunds, additional, Västfjäll, Daniel, additional, Vesely, Stepan, additional, Vintr, Jáchym, additional, Vranka, Marek, additional, Wanguche, Patrick Otuo, additional, Willer, Robb, additional, Wojcik, Adrian Dominik, additional, Xu, Rachel, additional, Yadav, Anjali, additional, Zawisza, Magdalena, additional, Zhao, Xian, additional, Zhao, Jiaying, additional, Żuk, Dawid, additional, and Van Bavel, Jay J., additional

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2024
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8. Weaving Wayapa and cognitive behaviour therapy: applying research topic yarning to explore a cultural interface between Western and Indigenous psychology practice in Australia.

Author

O'Shea, Melissa, Klas, Anna, Hardy, Tracy, Stone, Jem, Frangos, Thaedra, Jacobs, Teya, Mitchell, Fiona, Charles, James, Jones, Sara, Thomas, Jamie, and Ryan, Kelleigh

Subjects
*CLINICAL psychology, *CULTURAL identity, *SOCIAL psychology, *MENTAL health services, *QUALITATIVE research, *CULTURE, *PSYCHOLOGY, *MEDICAL research, *COMMUNICATION, *COGNITIVE therapy, *THEORY, *AGRICULTURE, *WELL-being, *TRANSCULTURAL medical care
Abstract

Indigenous Psychology within Australia reflects the traditional knowledges of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their understanding of the cultivation of relational social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB). However, these perspectives are poorly incorporated into dominant "Western" psychological theories and practice, such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). This represents a barrier to the cultural safety of current mental health practice and its decolonisation within Australia. This study brought together CBT Practitioners and Practitioners of an Aboriginal Wellbeing practice ("Wayapa") to engage in a series of yarns (guided focus groups) to share perspectives, insights, and stories on their own and each other's practices. Indigenous qualitative research approaches including Research Topic Yarning were engaged to decolonise the research environment and support dialogue at the cultural interface of the two practices. Through experiencing Wayapa, CBT practitioners reflected on gaps in their own practice, with an enthusiasm for the opportunities that Wayapa provided to decolonise their practice. Wayapa practitioners were able to celebrate the holistic nature of their practice and the possibility for it to inform dominant "Western" psychological theories and practice, such as CBT, and encourage a more connected and culturally safe way of working with First Nations peoples. Creating safe cultural interfaces between "Western" and Indigenous Psychologies, and building awareness of the value of Aboriginal grounded wellbeing models, can help to promote and expand culturally safe practices within Australian psychological practice. What is already known about this topic: The cultural safety and relevance of CBT for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples remains uncertain. There is limited knowledge of Aboriginal wellbeing practices and Indigenous Psychologies amongst non-Indigenous Australian mental health practitioners, including psychologists. Broadened understanding of Aboriginal wellbeing practices such as Wayapa Wurrrk, may contribute to decolonising psychology in Australia. What this topic adds: CBT and Wayapa share common and unique tools and concepts that can support the social emotional wellbeing of all Australians. Wayapa Wurrrk concepts such as earth mindfulness and the centring of Country as a foundation for wellness and social emotional wellbeing represent gaps in current CBT practice. Work at the cultural interface of "Western" and Indigenous Psychology offers a pathway to promote appreciation for, and active utilisation of, Indigenous psychologies including the social emotional wellbeing framework (SEWB). In this article, we recognise both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Nations of Australia. We acknowledge and pay respect to the knowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are unique, all with their own languages, knowledge systems, beliefs, and histories. We recognise the collective terms they prefer also vary. With respectful consideration to these preferences, typically we will specify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples when referring to First Nations Peoples in this article. From time to time, we use the term Indigenous. However, we note that for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, this is not preferred. As such, we have only used this where we are referencing it's use from another source, or it is the established use of the term, such as its use in "Indigenous knowledges". Where referring to individual Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, we have endeavoured to incorporate their preferences, including for example, reference to the Country they are connected to. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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9. Inner Speech Moderates the Relationship Between Autism Spectrum Traits and Emotion Regulation

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Albein-Urios, Natalia, Youssef, George, Klas, Anna, and Enticott, Peter G.

Subjects
Pervasive developmental disorders -- Diagnosis, Verbal behavior -- Analysis, Emotion regulation -- Analysis, Health
Abstract

Inner speech processes are thought to be associated with decreases in cognitive performance in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although verbal thinking is also a key component in emotional responses, no studies have investigated whether inner speech is linked to emotion regulation in ASD. The aim of this study was to investigate whether inner speech moderates the relationship between ASD traits and emotion regulation strategies. Our results indicate that only the evaluative/motivational form of inner speech moderates the relationship between ASD traits and cognitive reappraisal; inner speech processes did not moderate the association between ASD traits and expressive suppression. These findings are a first step to further investigate the role of inner speech in affective and self-regulatory processes in ASD., Author(s): Natalia Albein-Urios [sup.1] , George Youssef [sup.1] [sup.2] , Anna Klas [sup.3] , Peter G. Enticott [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.1021.2, 0000 0001 0526 7079, Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, School [...]

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2021
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16. When "good guys" do bad things: Evaluations of sexual harassment allegations against male allies.

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Lizzio-Wilson, Morgana, Klas, Anna, and Clarke, Edward J. R.

Subjects
*SEXUAL harassment, *SEXISM, *UNCERTAINTY, *MALES
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Across two studies (N s = 268 and 574), we examined the perceived legitimacy of sexual harassment allegations made against male allies. Overall, observers were less inclined to believe an allegation (Studies 1 and 2) and endorsed less severe punishments against a perpetrator who engaged in egalitarian (vs. sexist) behaviors toward women (Studies 1 and 2). Observers also endorsed weaker reparatory measures, were more willing to move past the allegation, and were more inclined to blame the victim for the incident when an egalitarian (vs. sexist) man was accused, especially when there was greater uncertainty surrounding his guilt (Study 2). Importantly, these effects were mediated by perpetrator typicality: the egalitarian perpetrator less closely resembled a typical perpetrator of sexual harassment, which, in turn, predicted more lenient evaluations (Study 2). These findings highlight how accusations of male allies' problematic behavior can reinforce widespread scepticism surrounding sexual harassment allegations and discriminatory attitudes towards victims. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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18. Fear and Hope Appeals for Climate Action: A Narrative Synthesis

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Barford, Kate, Kothe, Emily, Ling, Mathew, Klas, Anna, and Mackay, Matthew

Subjects
FOS: Psychology, Hope, Social Psychology, Psychology, Climate change, Fear, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Emotional appeals
Abstract

A narrative synthesis investigating how fear and hope-based appeals are developed in the literature (e.g., message content, use of theoretical frameworks). Additionally, we are interested in understanding what conditions make fear and hope-based appeals effective and ineffective.

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2023
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19. Environmental imagery

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Fernando, Julian and Klas, Anna

Subjects
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract

This project is designed to investigate the impact of awe-inspiring messages (images/videos) on environmental outcomes (pro-environmental behaviour, climate anxiety) and well-being.

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2022
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22. Communication

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North, Madelon, Kothe, Emily, Ling, Mathew, and Klas, Anna

Abstract

This is for communication of the study to participants

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2022
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28. Investigating the complementarity of qualitative and quantitative approaches to textual data

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Hagg, Lauryn, Youssef, George, Westrupp, Elizabeth, Klas, Anna, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew, Evans, Subhadra, and Merkouris, Stephanie

Subjects
Medicine and Health Sciences, Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract

This project aims to investigate how qualitative methodologies complement, differ, or detract from Natural Language Processing (NLP) topic modelling methods (specifically Latent Dirichlet Allocation – LDA) when used on a large textual data set derived from scientific journal articles on exploratory behaviour in children.

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2022
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34. 2020_Emotions_Framing_CC&COVID19

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Klas, Anna, Barford, Kate, and Ling, Mathew

Subjects
FOS: Psychology, Communication, Environmental Studies, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The overarching aim of the research project is to investigate the impact of (1) loss, gain, and combined (loss + gain) message frames, (2) emotional responses, and (3) personality traits in the context of Climate Change and COVID-19 (especially on policy support). Given these relationships will be examined in two different social contexts (Climate Change and COVID-19), the research project will involve the collection of two comparable samples. These samples will be collected simultaneously (from the same recruitment notice) and will test the same proposed models. However, participants will be randomly allocated to receive information and measures about only one of the two social contexts.

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2022
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35. Figures

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Clarke, Edward, Ling, Mathew, Kothe, Emily, Richardson, Ben, and Klas, Anna

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2022
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37. Mitigation system threat and its effects on climate change beliefs among Australians

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Clarke, Edward, Klas, Anna, and Dyos, Emily

Subjects
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract

Despite overwhelming scientific evidence and consensus surrounding humanity’s role in climate change, many still deny these scientific conclusions. Understanding why some still deny climate change and its impacts is critical to developing communication and advocacy approaches that persuade people of the need to address this global issue. Prior research has shown that one of the most influential factors on climate change denial is political ideology, primarily right-wing ideology (Hornsey, Harris, Bain, & Fielding, 2016). However, little is known as to why right-wing adherents are more likely to deny climate change, particularly in the Australian socio-political context (Unsworth & Fielding, 2014). Given right-wing adherents are highly sensitive to threat (Feygina, Jost, & Goldsmith, 2010), one possibility is that government policies commonly proposed to mitigate climate change pose threats to (a) the socioeconomic system (i.e. market-based economics and the unimpeded use of fossil fuels for energy), as well as (b) the sociocultural system (i.e. threats to the Australian way of life such as unimpeded land resource use, and beef consumption). This study is a partial replication of a similar study conducted with U.S. participants (Clarke, Ling, Kothe, Klas & Richardson, 2019) which examined the mediating role of climate change mitigation threat on the relationships between Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation subfactors on types of climate change denial (existence, human cause, impact, and climate science denial). This study will extend upon this work by examining the role of two different types of mitigation threat in socioeconomic and sociocultural mitigation threat. Furthermore, given the current COVID-19 crisis and how this may affect attention to and perceptions of climate change and associated policies, an extension on this work is to control for some key COVID-19 variables such as the perceived threat of Coronavirus, support for government measures to slow the spread of the virus, and news consumption relating to the virus.

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2022
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39. The effects of socioeconomic and sociocultural mitigation threat on climate change denial

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Clarke, Edward, Dyos, Emily, Klas, Anna, and Stanley, Samantha

Subjects
FOS: Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract

Despite close to unanimous scientific agreement regarding humanity’s role in causing climate change (Cook et al., 2016; IPCC, 2018), research suggests that many people still deny human involvement in climate change and its consequences, specifically right-wing political adherents in Anglosphere nations (e.g. Australia and the U.S.; Hornsey, Harris, & Fielding, 2018). It appears that specific components of right-wing ideology are associated with climate change denial. Right-wing adherents - particularly those with high levels of Conventionalism and Anti-Egalitarianism - appear to perceive climate change mitigation policies as threatening to the socioeconomic status quo (Clarke, Ling, Kothe, Klas, & Richardson, 2019). This perception of threat then leads to a denial of climate change, at least in the U.S. context (Clarke et al.). Findings from study one of this project suggest that in the Australian context, higher perceived threats to the sociocultural and socioeconomic systems by mitigation policy at least partially explained the relationships between Conventionalism (RWAc; defined as a tendency to adhere to and uphold traditions and social norms) and two types of climate change denial (Human Cause and Impact). In most cases, these threat types also partially mediated the relationships between Anti-Egalitarianism (SDOe; a preference for hierarchy and group-based inequality) and both climate change denial types. These findings provide evidence that perceived threat of climate change mitigation policies to the sociocultural and socioeconomic status quo in Australia at least partially explain right-wing climate change denial. However, the data is correlational, which prevents us from implying causality. Therefore, this study proposes to experimentally test the role of mitigation threat on the right-wing tendency to deny aspects of climate change, as well as whether perceived mitigation threat reduces support for climate mitigation policies. We plan to recruit a maximum of 600 Australian participants to complete a short online survey.

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2022
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43. Personality, Goals, Emotion, and the Environment

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Barford, Kate, Klas, Anna, Hindson, Helen, Yun, Christine, Hapangama, Udaara, and Ling, Mathew

Subjects
FOS: Psychology, ComputerApplications_MISCELLANEOUS, ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences, GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries)
Abstract

Personality, Goals, Emotion, and the Environment Registration

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2022
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45. Data

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North, Madelon, Kothe, Emily, Ling, Mathew, and Klas, Anna

Abstract

Data for: “It’s not just a diet, it’s a lifestyle”: An Exploratory Study into Community Preferences of Vegan Definitions.

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2022
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49. sj-docx-1-gpi-10.1177_13684302221094432 – Supplemental material for When 'good guys' do bad things: Evaluations of sexual harassment allegations against male allies

Author

Lizzio-Wilson, Morgana, Klas, Anna, and Clarke, Edward J. R.

Subjects
FOS: Psychology, 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
Abstract

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-gpi-10.1177_13684302221094432 for When “good guys” do bad things: Evaluations of sexual harassment allegations against male allies by Morgana Lizzio-Wilson, Anna Klas and Edward J. R. Clarke in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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2022
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50. Partisan Bias in Responses to Sexual Misconduct Allegations against Male Politicians

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Clarke, Edward J. R., Klas, Anna, Lizzio-Wilson, Morgana, and Kothe, Emily J.

Subjects
expressive partisanship, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, sexual misconduct allegations, politically-motivated reasoning, social identification, partisan bias, Applied Psychology
Abstract

Across two studies, we tested whether evaluations of sexual misconduct allegations against male politicians are made in a partisan biased manner. First, we investigated the likelihood a sexual misconduct allegation made by a female staffer was perceived as legitimate by Democratic and Republican participants when the accused politician’s party affiliation was aligned (versus unaligned) with the participant’s own affiliation (Study 1). We also tested whether partisan bias was conditional on the strength of the participant’s expressive partisanship (Study 2). In Study 1, 182 Democratic and 159 Republican affiliates (N = 341), recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk, were randomly allocated to one of three conditions (Democratic, Republican, or unaffiliated accused politician). Findings indicated that Republican participants were less likely than Democrats to perceive a sexual misconduct allegation as legitimate, irrespective of the politician’s party affiliation. Nonetheless, participants were not more likely to perceive a sexual misconduct allegation against an unaligned politician as more legitimate than against a politician of their own party. However, in a replication of Study 1 with a larger sample (301 Democratic and 301 Republican affiliates), Republicans (but not Democrats) demonstrated partisan bias in judgements of the legitimacy of misconduct allegations. Expressive partisanship did not moderate this partisan effect.

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2021
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