Investigating the Psychology of polarization and extremism
Social Psychology Ph.D. Candidate at The Ohio State University
About Me
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I am a 6th year Ph.D. candidate in Social Psychology and a member of the Attitudes and Persuasion Lab at Ohio State. My research examines basic psychological processes involved in perpetuating social problems like extremism, political polarization, and prejudice.
My Research
Publications
Siev, J. J., Xu, M., Luttrell, A., Petty, R. E. (in press). The role of attitude strength in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. In M. Miller (Ed.), The social science of the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action for researchers. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [PDF]
Siev, J. J., Williams, S. N., & Petty, R. E. (in press). The elaboration likelihood model. In E. Ho, C. Bylund, & J. van Weert (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of health communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. [PDF]
Durso, G. R. O., Petty, R. E., Briñol, P., Siev., J. J., Hinsenkamp, L., & Sawicki, V. (2021). Dampening affect via expectations: The case of ambivalence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [PDF] [DOI]
Siev, J. J. & Petty, R. E., & Briñol, P. (2021). Attitudinal extremism. In A.W. Kruglanski, C. Kopetz, & E. Szumowska (Eds.). The psychology of extremism: A motivational perspective. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis. [PDF]
Teeny, J., Siev, J. J., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2021). A review and conceptual framework for understanding personalized matching effects in persuasion. Journal of Consumer Psychology. [PDF] [DOI]
Chamberlain, R., Drake, J. E., Kozbelt, A., Hickman, R., Siev, J. J., & Wagemans, J. (2019). Artists as experts in visual cognition: An update. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 13(1), 58-73. [DOI]
Siev, J., Zuckerman, S. E., & Siev, J. J. (2018). The relationship between immorality and cleansing: A meta-analysis of the Macbeth effect. Journal of Social Psychology, 49, 303-309. [DOI]
Chamberlain, R., McManus, C., Brunswick, N., & Siev, J. J. (2018). Meta-analytic findings reveal lower means but higher variances in visuospatial ability in dyslexia. British Journal of Psychology, 109(4), 897-916. [DOI]
Manuscripts in the Review Process
Siev, J. J. & Petty, R. E. Attitudinal ambivalence and extremism.
Siev, J. J., Rovenpor, D. R., & Petty, R. E. Why negative partisanship is more prevalent among partisan leaners than partisans.
Siev, J. J., Philipp-Muller, A., Durso, G. R. O., & Wegener, D. T. Social evaluation of people expressing ambivalence about polarizing political issues.
Siev, J. J., Rovenpor, D. R., & Petty, R. E. Motivational correlates of political and nonpolitical 'partisanship' versus 'independence.'
Siev, J. J. & Teeny, J. D. Personal misconduct elicits harsher professional consequences for artists (vs. scientists): A moral decoupling process.
Petty, R. E., Siev, J. J., & Briñol, P. Attitude strength: What's new?
Rovenpor, D. R., Syropoulos, S., O’Brien, T. C., Siev, J. J., & Leidner, B. Motivational underpinnings of meaning in life: Promotion focus is uniquely related to meaning presence, whereas prevention focus is uniquely related to meaning seeking.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Siev, J. J., Rovenpor, D. R., & Petty, R. E. Support versus opposition orientations underlie differences between partisans' and independents' preferences in politics and other domains.
Siev, J. J. & Petty, R. E., Paredes, B., & Briñol, P. Behavioral extremity moderates the impact of attitude certainty on attitude-consistent behavior.
Siev, J. J., Durso, G. R. O., & Petty, R. E. Not wrong, but too strong: Moderates view prosocial extremists as dangerously overconfident.