Mit den Leipziger Autoritarismus Studien (LAS) untersuchen wir seit 2002 und damit bereits
in der zwölften Erhebungswelle die Verbreitung der rechtsextremen Einstellung, wir …

Myths about creativity keep contributing to its mysterious aura despite our increasing
scientific understanding of this complex phenomenon. This study examined the prevalence …

Threat is one of the most important predictors for attitudes towards refugees and migration.
The current research addresses the role of different threat types and emotional reactions in …

Studien zu rechtsextremen und politischen Einstellungen in Deutschland (LAS). Für die LAS
2020 wurden 2.503 Menschen in Deutschland befragt. In diesem Kapitel stellen wir die …

Political orientation reflects beliefs, opinions, and values that are, at least in part, rooted in
stable interindividual differences. Whereas evidence has accumulated with regard to the …

Ideological convictions are known to shape attitudes and behavior in various life domains.
Based on existing psychological analyses of political ideology, we use an ideological dual …

In times of growing concerns about climate change, environmental activism is increasing.
Whereas several studies have examined associations between environmental activism and …

In double barreled questions (DBQs) respondents provide one answer to two questions.
Assumptions how respondents treat DBQs and how DBQs impact measurement quality are …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by a massive flood of “fake
news”, conspiracy theories, and distorted information more generally. Alternative news …

Norm violations in comments on social networking sites have raised concerns about the
climate of political discourse. In this article, we analyze how comment characteristics and …