Alberto Mirisola
@albertomirisola
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Associate professor of social psychology at the university of Palermo
Joined May 2010
New paper from @SecretPower_ERC, led by @dottone_silvana and orchestrated by @GioTravaglino. Using data from 8 countries (🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇹🇰🇷🇯🇵🇩🇪🇨🇱🇨🇴), we found that the relationship between institutional confidence and civic honesty is moderated by power distance. https://t.co/Vmwhl9xJj2
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Confidence in institutions is a key predictor of civic honesty, yet evidence shows that this relationship varies across contexts and individuals. This study examined whether power-distance orientat...
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New paper by @GioTravaglino and his Secret Power project team! We developed a novel scale to measure legitimisation of criminal authority🦹♂️ The psychology of criminal authority: Introducing the Legitimacy of Secret Power Scale https://t.co/7x2xQAY9Xt
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The state’s monopoly on sovereignty can be challenged by criminal systems capable of gaining legitimacy within communities. Understanding the psychological basi...
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Another paper from the Secret Power team led by @Chanki_Moon !!! In a 8-country survey, we explored the link between state responsiveness, perceived collective efficacy, threat perception, and collective action intention against criminal groups: https://t.co/PFD72iA5h1
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Collective action can be a crucial tool for enabling individuals to combat crime in their communities. In this research, we investigated individuals' intentions to mobilize against organized crime,...
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Masculine honor, social identity, and the Sicilian Mafia: New insights from research via @psypost
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A recent study found that masculine honor predicts justification of Mafia-aligned behaviors, strengthened by territorial identity and weakened by national identity.
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Our latest research, with @albertomirisola and Isabella Giammusso, examined how social identity affects the relationship between masculine honor and the justification of connivance practices with the mafia. The open-access article is available here
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Organized crime's governance raises questions about mechanisms facilitating the exercise of illegal authority in society. The present research tested the association between masculine honor ideology...
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🗳️ "The unchecked growth of #oc doesn’t merely lead to more illegal activities and lower public security, it threatens the very fabric of our democracies. It can lead to a broader acceptance of illegal behaviours." (Research by @GioTravaglino, @albertomirisola & Pascal Burgmer)
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In The @ConversationUK , we discuss the results of our latest empirical research article (w @albertomirisola and Pascal Burgmer): When mafia threatens democracy: research shows ordinary people are less honest in countries hit by organised crime
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Mafia groups don’t just cause harm through violence, they can erode the principles that make a democracy function.
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There is very little #research on the psychological implications of #organizedcrime. Its impact goes beyond security and economics and alters people's relationship with institutions. More information about our work and the "Secret Power" project here https://t.co/EoAw7swvHu 8/n
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Our conclusion is that criminal groups can be linked to public bodies' reduced capacity to act as moral authorities, with profound implications for democratic systems #crime #democracy 7/n
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Excited to share our new #research published in SPPS @SagePsychology: https://t.co/lEnt1tMW55 We used data from @WVS_Survey and @evs_values to address a key psychological correlate of organized #criminal groups' influence across 83 countries (w @albertomirisola & p. burgmer)🧵1/n
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Individuals’ endorsement of standards of civic honesty is necessary for democracies to flourish. A critical driver of civic honesty is the relationship of trust...
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The map's author is @albertomirisola, from the University of Palermo, with whom it is an incredible privilege to collaborate on a topic we both feel is crucial, scientifically and practically. You can check out who we are here: https://t.co/Trj5C83uoB 🧵2/2
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In November, we started the Secret Power project on the socio-psychological dynamics of #CriminalGovernance (awarded @ERC_Research; funded @UKRI_News). The best part of the project, by far, is being able to work with amazing colleagues worldwide. That's us on the map :) 🧵1/2
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