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Overview

John Duckitt is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple disciplines, chiefly within the social sciences, neuroscience, and psychology. Specifically, their work is concentrated in the subfields of sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, and social psychology.

The primary topics covered in Duckitt's research include social and intergroup psychology, the psychology of moral and emotional judgment, cultural differences and values, racial and ethnic identity research, and the impacts of misinformation.

Duckitt has published in several academic venues throughout their career, contributing to journals such as:

  • Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Frontiers in Political Science
  • Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Duckitt include:

  • The psychological causes and societal consequences of authoritarianism, 2023, Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Longitudinal Change in Authoritarian Factors as Explained by Political Beliefs and a Distrust of Science, 2022, Frontiers in Political Science
  • Threats to democracy, 2021, Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology

Frequent collaborators in Duckitt's research network include Danny Osborne, Thomas H. Costello, Chris G. Sibley, Taylor Winter, and Benjamin C. Riordan.

Best Publications

  • A dual-process cognitive-motivational theory of ideology and prejudice

    John Duckitt

  • Personality and Prejudice: A Meta-Analysis and Theoretical Review:

    Christopher Sibley;John Duckitt

  • The environmental attitudes inventory: A valid and reliable measure to assess the structure of environmental attitudes

    Taciano L. Milfont;John Duckitt

  • The psychological bases of ideology and prejudice: Testing a dual process model.

    John Duckitt;Claire Wagner;Ilouize du Plessis;Ingrid Birum

  • The social psychology of prejudice

    John H. Duckitt

  • Personality, ideology, prejudice, and politics: a dual-process motivational model

    John Duckitt;Christopher Sibley

  • Differential Effects of Right Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation on Outgroup Attitudes and Their Mediation by Threat From and Competitiveness to Outgroups

    John Duckitt

  • Right wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation and the dimensions of generalized prejudice

    John Duckitt;Chris G. Sibley

  • The Impact of Social Threat on Worldview and Ideological Attitudes

    John Duckitt;Kirstin Fisher

  • Authoritarianism and Group Identification: A New View of an Old Construct

    John Duckitt

  • The structure of environmental attitudes: A first- and second-order confirmatory factor analysis

    Taciano L. Milfont;Taciano L. Milfont;John Duckitt

  • A Tripartite Approach to Right‐Wing Authoritarianism: The Authoritarianism‐Conservatism‐Traditionalism Model

    John Duckitt;Boris Bizumic;Stephen W. Krauss;Edna Heled

  • A Dual-Process Motivational Model of Ideology, Politics, and Prejudice

    John Duckitt;Chris G. Sibley

  • Psychology and prejudice: A historical analysis and integrative framework.

    John H. Duckitt

  • Right‐wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation and the dimensions of generalized prejudice: A longitudinal test

    Frank Asbrock;Chris G. Sibley;John Duckitt

  • Personality and political orientation: Meta‐analysis and test of a threat‐constraint model.

    Chris G. Sibley;Danny Osborne;John Duckitt

  • A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Motive Concerns and Their Implications for Proenvironmental Behavior:

    Taciano L. Milfont;John Duckitt;Linda D. Cameron

  • Antecedents of Men’s Hostile and Benevolent Sexism: The Dual Roles of Social Dominance Orientation and Right-Wing Authoritarianism

    Chris G. Sibley;Marc S. Wilson;John Duckitt

  • A Cross-Cultural Test of the Value–Attitude–Behavior Hierarchy

    Taciano L. Milfont;John Duckitt;Claire Wagner

  • Dangerous and competitive worldviews: A meta-analysis of their associations with Social Dominance Orientation and Right-Wing Authoritarianism

    Ryan Perry;Chris G. Sibley;John Duckitt

  • Prejudice: its social psychology

    John Duckitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris G. Sibley
Chris G. Sibley University of Auckland
Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Marc S. Wilson
Marc S. Wilson Victoria University of Wellington
Danny Osborne
Danny Osborne University of Auckland
James H. Liu
James H. Liu Massey University
Nickola C. Overall
Nickola C. Overall University of Auckland
Walter G. Stephan
Walter G. Stephan New Mexico State University
Linda D. Cameron
Linda D. Cameron University of California, Merced
Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer Victoria University of Wellington
Oliver Christ
Oliver Christ University of Hagen

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