Exploring political behavior and polarization through the lens of social identity theory (SIT) provides insights into how individuals' self-concepts are shaped by their group memberships ...

The vicious cycle of political polarization by Adrian Lüders, Philip Warncke, Mike Quayle, Dino Carpentras, opinion contributors - 08/02/23 3:00 PM ET ...

It remains possible, for example, that being deeply involved in partisan politics might reinforce narcissistic traits over time. “It is possible that people with strong political identities may ...

A new study from King's Business School and the University of Edinburgh has found that aligning corporate identity with ...

They find that national identity, when it is causally central, can also predict political behavior. A poll they conducted of 243 UK residents about the Brexit referendum reveals that people who ...

A new study holds clues as to why we get so passionate about politics. When your political views are challenged, the brain becomes active in regions associated with personal identity, threat ...

In many of the countries that have experienced pernicious polarization, partisan political identity aligns almost perfectly with visible markers of ethnic or religious identity. In Lebanon and ...

Can Asian-American political identity be defined? What issues unites us? Sarah examines some recent examples of powerful political organizing, including a school board recall in San Francisco, the ...

A person’s political identity is wrapped up in almost everything they do. Exposure to opinions from the other side actually makes it worse. Political polarization is about feelings, not facts ...

For example, it isn’t hard to imagine that the white backlash to the civil-rights movement was not just about racial animus, but also about whites feeling like their political power was going to ...

To more systematically examine the relationship between political power and national identity, I combined hundreds of surveys conducted by different research organizations around the world. In total I ...