Using a knowledge-attitudes-behavior practice (KABP) paradigm, professionals have
focused on educating the public in biomedical explanations of mental illness. Especially in …

Disasters incurred by natural hazards affect young people most. Schools play a vital role in
safeguarding the wellbeing of their pupils. Consideration of schools' psychosocial influence …

A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social
concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, national identity, racism, religious …

This chapter provides an overview of research on migration and multiculturalism from the
perspective of political psychology. The first part outlines some historical benchmarks of …

Recent work has called for the integration of different perspectives into the field of political
psychology (Haste, 2012). This chapter suggests that one possible direction that such efforts …

Stereotypes and the Construction of the Social World explores the complexity of stereotypes,
guiding the reader through issues of definition and theoretical explanations from psychology …

Intergroup relations are of crucial importance in contemporary times, with concerns around
social representations, social influence and collective action remaining salient. A core …

The conceptualizations of power, traditionally associated with control, have been nuanced in
the past decades by influential authors such as Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt and Pierre …

Public opposition to antiracism laws—an expression of prejudice toward immigrants—is
widespread in Switzerland as well as in other European countries. Using data from the …

Citizens have many different reasons to support or oppose government responsibility in the
domain of social welfare. They may want to restrict social rights for undeserving or deviant …