Publications by authors named "P Gorska"
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- The study investigated ways to reduce affective polarization among UK individuals with opposing Brexit views (Leavers and Remainers) through a controlled intervention.
- The intervention involved facilitated discussions between participants to promote understanding and reduce bias, resulting in short-term improvements in attitudes and willingness to compromise.
- However, challenges remained in achieving lasting change, especially among those with extreme opinions, indicating the need for further research into effective strategies for addressing polarization.
Previous research found that political polarization goes hand in hand with being strongly identified with a political ingroup. In this research, we assumed this should be the case only among those who identify with their political ingroup in a narcissistic way (stemming from frustrated needs and predicting outgroup hostility). This hypothesis was tested in one experimental (Study 4, n = 525) and three cross-sectional (Study 1, n = 320; Study 2, n = 316; Study 3, n = 500) studies conducted among American and Polish participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe outbreak of COVID-19 started in December 2019 and spread rapidly all over the world. It became clear that the development of an effective vaccine was the only way to stop the pandemic. It was the first time in the history of infectious diseases that the process of the development of a new vaccine was conducted on such a large scale and accelerated so rapidly.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The present research empirically examines the links between political knowledge, national narcissism, and climate change conspiracy beliefs. National narcissism (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe investigate the extent that political identity, political belief content (i.e., attitude stances), and political belief system structure (i.
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