The psychology of offensive and defensive intergroup violence: Preregistered insights from 58 countries
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@article{allodium:10.1073/pnas.2535665123,
title = {The psychology of offensive and defensive intergroup violence: Preregistered insights from 58 countries},
author = {Jonas R. Kunst and Tomasz Besta and Michał Jaśkiewicz and Anna Natalia Gajda and Markus Sanden and Mina Marie Flatebø and Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo and Marios Adonis and Collins Badu Agyemang and Raymond Agyenim Boateng and Serap Arslan Akfirat and Samir Al-adawi and Chiara Ambrosio and Gulnaz Anjum and John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta and Ivars Austers and Oumar Barry and Brock Bastian and Maja Becker and Michael Bender and Nora Cornelia Glerud Benningstad and Islam Borinca and Göksu Celikkol and Jiří Čeněk and Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon and Phatthanakit Chobthamkit and Hoon-Seok Choi and Suyeong Choi and Patricia Ciordas and Ann-Cathrin Coenen and Aleksandra Cupta and Piyanjali de Zoysa and Sandesh Dhakal and Lauren E. Duncan and Tuğçenaz Elcil and Barkan Eskiili and Edgardo Etchezahar and Renata Franc and Silvia Galdi and Magdalena Garvanova and Paul Gill and Augusto Gnisci and Angel Gómez and Talía Gómez Yepes and Igor Grossmann and Emily A. Haines and Fatjona Haka and Boaz Hameiri and Imaduddin Hamzah and Mai Helmy and Roland Imhoff and Shanmukh Kamble and Fiona Kazarovytska and Anna Kende and Narine Khachatryan and Sasha Y. Kimel and Jack W. Klein and Adam Komisarof and David Lacko and Timo Juhani Lajunen and Barbara Lášticová and Claudio López-Calle and Wilson López-López and Barbara Kalebić Maglica and Romualdas Malinauskas and Sona Manusyan and Khatuna Martskvishvili and Gustave Adolphe Messanga and Marta Miklikowska and Jelena Minic and Tamara Mohorić and Francesca Mottola and Silvana Mula and Pasquale Musso and Dieynaba Gabrielle Ndiaye and Félix Neto and Joana Neto and Laina Ngom Dieng and Ihuoma Faith Obioma and Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin and Simon Ozer and Penny Panagiotopoulou and Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska and Vassilis Pavlopoulos and Tomislav Pavlović and Inha Petrovska and Andrzej Piotrowski and Xenia Daniela Poslon and Lotte Pummerer and Mahima Raina and Jano Ramos-Diaz and Vilja Robertsson and Bettina Rottweiler and David L. Sam and Rosa Scardigno and Marion K. Schulmeyer and Anna Stefaniak and Anna Studzinska and Mark J. M. Sullman and Marcin Szulc and Willy Taffo Nemboué and Ergyul Tair and Nicole Tausch and Narendra Singh Thagunna and Emma F. Thomas and Joaquín Ungaretti and Colette Van Laar and Žermēna Vazne and Alexandra Vázquez and Jose Villanueva-Alvarado and Anna Wlodarczyk and Kumar Yogeeswaran and Milan Obaidi},
year = {2026},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.2535665123},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2535665123}
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TY - JOUR TI - The psychology of offensive and defensive intergroup violence: Preregistered insights from 58 countries AU - Jonas R. Kunst AU - Tomasz Besta AU - Michał Jaśkiewicz AU - Anna Natalia Gajda AU - Markus Sanden AU - Mina Marie Flatebø AU - Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo AU - Marios Adonis AU - Collins Badu Agyemang AU - Raymond Agyenim Boateng AU - Serap Arslan Akfirat AU - Samir Al-adawi AU - Chiara Ambrosio AU - Gulnaz Anjum AU - John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta AU - Ivars Austers AU - Oumar Barry AU - Brock Bastian AU - Maja Becker AU - Michael Bender AU - Nora Cornelia Glerud Benningstad AU - Islam Borinca AU - Göksu Celikkol AU - Jiří Čeněk AU - Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon AU - Phatthanakit Chobthamkit AU - Hoon-Seok Choi AU - Suyeong Choi AU - Patricia Ciordas AU - Ann-Cathrin Coenen AU - Aleksandra Cupta AU - Piyanjali de Zoysa AU - Sandesh Dhakal AU - Lauren E. Duncan AU - Tuğçenaz Elcil AU - Barkan Eskiili AU - Edgardo Etchezahar AU - Renata Franc AU - Silvia Galdi AU - Magdalena Garvanova AU - Paul Gill AU - Augusto Gnisci AU - Angel Gómez AU - Talía Gómez Yepes AU - Igor Grossmann AU - Emily A. Haines AU - Fatjona Haka AU - Boaz Hameiri AU - Imaduddin Hamzah AU - Mai Helmy AU - Roland Imhoff AU - Shanmukh Kamble AU - Fiona Kazarovytska AU - Anna Kende AU - Narine Khachatryan AU - Sasha Y. Kimel AU - Jack W. Klein AU - Adam Komisarof AU - David Lacko AU - Timo Juhani Lajunen AU - Barbara Lášticová AU - Claudio López-Calle AU - Wilson López-López AU - Barbara Kalebić Maglica AU - Romualdas Malinauskas AU - Sona Manusyan AU - Khatuna Martskvishvili AU - Gustave Adolphe Messanga AU - Marta Miklikowska AU - Jelena Minic AU - Tamara Mohorić AU - Francesca Mottola AU - Silvana Mula AU - Pasquale Musso AU - Dieynaba Gabrielle Ndiaye AU - Félix Neto AU - Joana Neto AU - Laina Ngom Dieng AU - Ihuoma Faith Obioma AU - Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin AU - Simon Ozer AU - Penny Panagiotopoulou AU - Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska AU - Vassilis Pavlopoulos AU - Tomislav Pavlović AU - Inha Petrovska AU - Andrzej Piotrowski AU - Xenia Daniela Poslon AU - Lotte Pummerer AU - Mahima Raina AU - Jano Ramos-Diaz AU - Vilja Robertsson AU - Bettina Rottweiler AU - David L. Sam AU - Rosa Scardigno AU - Marion K. Schulmeyer AU - Anna Stefaniak AU - Anna Studzinska AU - Mark J. M. Sullman AU - Marcin Szulc AU - Willy Taffo Nemboué AU - Ergyul Tair AU - Nicole Tausch AU - Narendra Singh Thagunna AU - Emma F. Thomas AU - Joaquín Ungaretti AU - Colette Van Laar AU - Žermēna Vazne AU - Alexandra Vázquez AU - Jose Villanueva-Alvarado AU - Anna Wlodarczyk AU - Kumar Yogeeswaran AU - Milan Obaidi PY - 2026 JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DO - 10.1073/pnas.2535665123 UR - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2535665123 ER -
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Kunst, J. R., Besta, T., Jaśkiewicz, M., Gajda, A. N., Sanden, M., Flatebø, M. M., Adebayo, S. O., Adonis, M., Agyemang, C. B., Boateng, R. A., Akfirat, S. A., Al-adawi, S., Ambrosio, C., Anjum, G., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Austers, I., Barry, O., Bastian, B., Becker, M., Bender, M., Benningstad, N. C. G., Borinca, I., Celikkol, G., Čeněk, J., Chaleeraktrakoon, T., Chobthamkit, P., Choi, H., Choi, S., Ciordas, P., Coenen, A., Cupta, A., Zoysa, P. D., Dhakal, S., Duncan, L. E., Elcil, T., Eskiili, B., Etchezahar, E., Franc, R., Galdi, S., Garvanova, M., Gill, P., Gnisci, A., Gómez, A., Yepes, T. G., Grossmann, I., Haines, E. A., Haka, F., Hameiri, B., Hamzah, I., Helmy, M., Imhoff, R., Kamble, S., Kazarovytska, F., Kende, A., Khachatryan, N., Kimel, S. Y., Klein, J. W., Komisarof, A., Lacko, D., Lajunen, T. J., Lášticová, B., López-Calle, C., López-López, W., Maglica, B. K., Malinauskas, R., Manusyan, S., Martskvishvili, K., Messanga, G. A., Miklikowska, M., Minic, J., Mohorić, T., Mottola, F., Mula, S., Musso, P., Ndiaye, D. G., Neto, F., Neto, J., Dieng, L. N., Obioma, I. F., Olonisakin, T. T., Ozer, S., Panagiotopoulou, P., Pastwa-Wojciechowska, B., Pavlopoulos, V., Pavlović, T., Petrovska, I., Piotrowski, A., Poslon, X. D., Pummerer, L., Raina, M., Ramos-Diaz, J., Robertsson, V., Rottweiler, B., Sam, D. L., Scardigno, R., Schulmeyer, M. K., Stefaniak, A., Studzinska, A., Sullman, M. J. M., Szulc, M., Nemboué, W. T., Tair, E., Tausch, N., Thagunna, N. S., Thomas, E. F., Ungaretti, J., Laar, C. V., Vazne, Ž., Vázquez, A., Villanueva-Alvarado, J., Wlodarczyk, A., Yogeeswaran, K., & Obaidi, M. (2026). The psychology of offensive and defensive intergroup violence: Preregistered insights from 58 countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2535665123
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