Adaptation and mitigation efforts are hampered by multiple obstacles and thus lag behind
climate changes' speed and scope. Some of the most powerful obstacles to climate action …

War means threat to people's lives. Research derived from terror management theory (TMT)
illustrates that the awareness of death leads people to defend cultural ingroups and their …

The social psychological literature on threat and defense is fragmented. Groups of
researchers have focused on distinct threats, such as mortality, uncertainty, uncontrollability …

This Handbook provides a uniquely comprehensive and scholarly overview of the latest
research on prejudice, stereoty**, and discrimination. All chapters are written by eminent …

Here, we advance the ideological migration hypothesis—individuals choose to live in
communities with ideologies similar to their own to satisfy their need to belong. In Study 1 …

Social and political psychologists have attempted to reveal the reasons why individuals and
societies that acknowledge that peace would improve their personal and collective well …

Handbook of Terror Management Theory provides an overview of Terror Management
Theory (TMT), including critical research derived from the theory, recent research that has …

Science tells us that humans are merely animals that evolved to survive long enough to
reproduce and care for offspring before dying. Yet, people want to view life as something …

Solidarity with a suffering country has emerged as an important topic of discussion and
influence in society. Using the Ukraine–Russia conflict as the research setting, this research …

Climate crisis presents a near-term existential threat to the human species, one that society
has neither the physical nor psychological infrastructure to manage. Eco-anxiety increases …