Micaela Varela

📢 Call for Papers
Special Issue: Rethinking Resistance in Peace & Conflict

#peace #psychology #APA

We invite work that challenges dominant models of #peace ✊🏽

See www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pac/resistance-peace-conflict for more information

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Congratulations, Christina! How exciting 🎉

Police Fairness, Anger and Support for Violent and Non‐Violent Disruptive Actions in Chile Cross-sectional research has shown that perceptions of injustice and their resultant emotions are associated with increased support for collective actions. In a three-wave longitudinal study of Chile...

Our paper examining the relationship between perceptions of police procedural justice, anger toward the police, and support for disruptive collective action in Chile is now published!

Link to the full paper: doi.org/10.1002/casp...

The need for context in intergroup conflict research

Comment by Rezarta Bilali

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We explored this at the individual and village levels, as well as cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Our results highlight the relevance of outgroup trust and sense of community in conflict-affected societies and its potential for reducing support for violence. @easpinfo.bsky.social

Does Social Cohesion Predict Justification of Extremist Violence? Evidence From the Sahel Region in Burkina Faso Many governments have invested in interventions that foster social cohesion to promote peace and prevent the rise of violent extremism. Yet, we know little about the relationship between social cohes...

New in #EJSP: We provide evidence on the role of social cohesion and its potential for reducing support for extremist violence. Work with Dominika Bulska, Rezarta Bilali and Ruoxi Xu. doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...