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pacjournal.bsky.social
@pacjournal.bsky.social
Official @APA_Journals of @APA Division 48 (Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence) || Editor @lauraktaylorPHD.bsky.social

https://psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES/journal/pac/28/3
📢 Call for Papers
Special Issue: Rethinking Resistance in Peace & Conflict

#peace #psychology #APA

We invite work that challenges dominant models of #peace ✊🏽

See www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pac/resistance-peace-conflict for more information

@apajounals.bsky.social
@lauraktaylorPHD.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Facing our 💫emotions with curiosity💭

🧑‍🔬🔎This brilliant study explores how an integrative emotion regulation style facilitates #empathy and inclusive victimhood- paving the way for #reconciliation.

Read now: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000830

#PeacePsychology #EmotionRegulation #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Can sexism justify war? 💭🔎📚

In this excellent 🆕 study, Bosaia & Rollero connect ambivalent sexism with moral disengagement in #conflict.

From Patriarchy to the Battlefield:
📖Read here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000823

#CRSV #Gender #FeministPeace #PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM
📚In this study by Hirohito Mashiko, a short-term #conflict-resolution 🏋️🧠 training program was found to improve Japanese junior high students' #interpersonal skills and #relationships.

Worth a read 👇
doi.org/10.1037/pac0000823

#PeaceEducation #PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
🔥🔥🔥This fascinating study examines the relationship between #prosocial behaviors and #civicparticipation by considering how #trust in #minorities moderates this relationship.

#Chile #longitudinal #LatinAmerica #PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

📖 Read here:
doi.org/10.1037/pac0000817
February 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
🧠How do advantaged group's help initiatives affect its members' attitudes toward #peace?

🔎 @eliadler.bsky.social & co explored the dark side of #intergroup help.

Read here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000819

#PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
@eranhalperin75.bsky.social @rethink-hope.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
👀 Can paying attention to riot graffiti🖌️ in urban areas help us understand #localconflictdynamics?

🗺️ This study examines what rioters felt and expressed on the streets during the Honiara #riots in November 2021.

📖Read here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000816

#pacificislands #PeacePsych #AcademicSky
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🎉ANNOUNCEMENT🎉 The #PAC November journal issue is live! 🆕

We are delighted to share the invaluable #research our colleagues have completed 📚

Here's where to find it 🔎 psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...

#PACNov2025

See the table of contents below
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Angélica Valencia & Co found that PTSD symptoms are associated with 📉poorer #neurocognitive🧠⚙️ functioning among displaced Colombian adolescents, with effects intensified by economic adversity #ucccali

📖Read now: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000814

#ucccali #PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🔎Why is #misrecognition important for the success of #DEI-initiatives?

🔥This excellent article highlights its overlooked role in #intergrouprelations and offers insights for policy and practice.

📖Read here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000815

#DiversityEquityInclusion #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🌿🕊️New research on young leaders in a rural #peace process

💭How does an initiative to bring youth, elders & community leaders together to train a new generation of community leaders influence the development of their #politicalsubjectivities?🧠

📖Read here doi.org/10.1037/pac0000809

#SocialPsych
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📈 What predicts increased support among ultra-Orthodox Israelis for a regional peace agreement amid the Israel-Hamas war?

This 🆕 study finds that mainstream news consumption and empathy do

📖 Read more doi.org/10.1037/pac0...

#PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych #MiddleEast #ConflictResolution
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
💭Can #intergroup contact have lasting effects?

🧠 @daniceguzman.bsky.social & @pulteinstitute.bsky.social colleagues found that intergroup encounters effects may vary by program model, motivation, and chance for lasting friendships in the #MiddleEast

📖 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000808

#PeacePsych
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
⚡Disruptions like pandemics and wars can spark major societal shifts

🔎 @dianacardenasmtl.bsky.social & co explore how the #SocialChangeAlgorithm models these changes, which is a 🆕 frontier in modeling #peaceandconflict

📖 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000807

#PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
☀️ Thanks @apajournals.bsky.social for the #PAC journal spotlight !

🔍 @metesefauysal.bsky.social & co explored how #ingroup identity relates to #outgroupattitudes, perceptions of #discrimination & support for #minorityrights in the context of Turkish–Kurdish #conflict

📖 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000764
June 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🚨 APA Article Spotlight 🚨

We are so proud to see the work from @metesefauysal.bsky.social ‬& colleagues out in @pacjournal.bsky.social 🎉

📚 Read more here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000764

Thank you @apajournals.bsky.social for highlighting valuable research from #PAC 💭
June 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
📚 Charles P. Webel provides a review of some key works by Johan Galtung on #peace & #conflict research. An excellent review to commemorate Galtung's contrubtions, we highly recommend this as your next read.

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000793

#PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych @unyp.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🕊️ Charles P. Webel discusses the contributions of three pieces of work on #peace and war, and how they contribute to our understanding of how to move closer to #WorldPeace

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000784

#Peacebuilding #Conflict #PeacePsychology #AcademicSky @unyp.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
📖 A fantastic review from Séamus Power on Moghaddam's work on #psychology of #Omniculturalism. Essential read for #InterculturalRelations, #SocialPsych, & #conflict transformation

We'd love to hear your thoughts!

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000796

#Peacebuilding #AcademicSky #UniversityCopenhagen
June 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
👥 This research explores the #psychology of #territorial rights in #conflicts. With key insights on #collective psychological ownership, #socialidentitytheory, shared memory & #peaceandconflict

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000775

@ateneodemanilau.bsky.social

#PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
June 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🌎 Keen to learn about the intersection of #ClimateChange & #PeacePsych? This LitReview by Padilla Malca et al. provide insights into links between climate-related disaster & #conflict

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000802

#SocialPsyc #PontificiaUniversidadCatólicadelPerú #UniversidadAntonioRuizdeMontoya
June 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🧩 Castro-Abril et al., used the multidimensional model of #peace to examine the interplay of distributive justice, indiv, and collective dynamics in the Colombian context

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000772

#resilience #wellbeing #biopsychosocial #socialpsyc #UniJaveriana #UniOfTheBasqueCountry
June 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
👥 Cheung-Blunden investigated how #threats can impact individuals' voter preference, with specific insight to the migrant crises and #Covid-19 in the Canadian context.

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000749

#USF #UniversityOfSanFranciso #Politics #PoliticalPsyc #SocialPsych #AcademicSky
June 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
☀️ If you’re interested in learning about how strategies grounded in #SystemsThinking can advance #PeacePsych in #academia, have a look at this research by Wibisono et al!

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0...

#PeacePsychology #Education #SystemsThinking #Interdisciplinary
June 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our associate editor @gmvelez.bsky.social & team share a restorative, #trauma-informed alternative to punitive discipline in urban schools. A #mustread for rethinking school discipline through #peacebuilding.

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0...

#AcademicSky #SocialPsych #PeacePsych #MarquetteU
May 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM