How criminal organisations exert secret power over communities: An intracultural appropriation theory of cultural values and norms

GA Travaglino, D Abrams - European Review of Social Psychology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Criminal organisations have the ability to exert secret power–governance over the
community and inhibition of opposition (omertà). Traditionally, omertà has been attributed to …

Children's judgments of disloyal and immoral peer behavior: Subjective group dynamics in minimal intergroup contexts

D Abrams, A Rutland, JM Ferrell… - Child Development, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The developmental model of subjective group dynamics hypothesizes that peer exclusion
during middle childhood involves inferences about group dynamics. To test the generality of …

The influence of group membership on online expressions and polarization on a discussion platform: An experimental study

N Wuestenenk, F van Tubergen… - new media & …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite much attention for group polarization in online environments, little is known about
how group membership affects online behavior. We designed an online platform where …

Reactions to morally motivated deviance

FM Cramwinckel, K van den Bos, E van Dijk - Current Opinion in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Morally motivated deviants display deviant behavior for moral reasons.•They
often face severe social backlash, even though people value morality.•Negative responses …

The interpersonal costs of revealing others' secrets

E Hart, EM VanEpps, DA Yudkin… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
People often keep relevant information secret from others. For example, an employee might
keep a coworker's plan to quit without giving notice secret from their manager, or someone …

Deviance credit: Tolerance of deviant ingroup leaders is mediated by their accrual of prototypicality and conferral of their right to be supported

D Abrams, GA Travaglino, JM Marques… - Journal of Social …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Leaders often deviate from group norms or social conventions, sometimes innovating and
sometimes engaging in serious transgressions or illegality. We propose that group members …

When Your Friend is My Friend: How Loyalty Prompts Support for Indirect Ties in Moral Dilemmas

Z Berry, JAD Hildreth - Organization Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
How are some criminals able to get away with wrongdoing for months or even years? Here,
we consider the role of loyalty in facilitating networks of support for wrongdoers, examining …

Reasoning to justify eating animals varies with age

L McGuire, T Bagus, AG Carter, E Fry… - Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The present study examined the justifications used by children, adolescents, and adults to
justify eating animals. Children (n= 100, M age= 9.82, SD= 0.77, female n= 49) as compared …

Fraternizing with the enemy: Intragroup effects of extended contact

J Koetke, K Schumann… - Group Processes & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Extended contact (ie, knowledge that an ingroup member has a close relationship with an
outgroup member) often improves relations between groups. In the current research, we …

Morality, social inclusion, and in-group superiority: The differential role of individualizing and binding foundations in perceptions of the social identity of in-group and …

A Amit, E Venzhik - Personality and Social Psychology …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Research into social identity and morality judgments typically focuses on how the former
influences the latter. We approach this theme from the opposite direction, establishing the …