Paul Bertin
Biographic Data
| ID | 333343 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Bertin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Bertin |
| SIGNATURE | BERTIN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6700-460X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1949 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Conspiracy Beliefs and the Perception of Intergroup Inequalities
Conspiracy beliefs are prevalent among members of disadvantaged groups. Adopting a social identity perspective, we hypothesized that these beliefs would reduce the endorsement of internal attributions for inequalities that could negatively affect the image of disadvantaged ingroups. In Study 1 ( n = 1,104), conspiracy mentality was negatively associated with meritocracy beliefs, which attribute success and failure to internal factors. In Studies …
Beyond Weird societies: Global social identifications across 45 countries and their socio‐cultural and economic predictors
In an increasingly globalized world challenged by multiple social problems, global social identifications (GSIs, e.g., with all humanity) are concepts of growing interest. Although such identifications can be affected by the cultural contexts in which they are manifested, research on them remains largely confined to Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) societies. Using data collected in 45 countries ( N = 9807, preregistere…
Allies or Rivals? The Consequences of Ideological Distinctiveness and Social Recognition of Emergent Subgroups Within Social Movements
Conflictual dynamics within social movements are an important factor impeding social change. These conflicts may be explained by the negative reactions of members of dominant subgroups within these movements to emergent subgroups that are ideologically distinct from them and that attract social recognition. In two pre‐registered experiments ( N = 2060), we examined how these characteristics—and their interaction—influence attitudes and cooperatio…
The Impact of Freedom of Speech on Conspiracy Beliefs
Conspiracy beliefs are often portrayed as a threat to democracies. However, less is known about the extent to which the state of democracy may affect conspiracy beliefs. Hence, we investigated the impact of the societal level of freedom of speech on conspiracy beliefs. In Study 1, using aggregated nation‐level data ( N = 68 countries), we found that conspiracy beliefs were higher in countries with lower population support for and lower expert‐est…
Are supplementary materials the new file drawer
Populism, Economic Distress, Cultural Backlash, and Identity Threat: Integrating Patterns and Testing Cross-National Validity
Populism is on the rise across liberal democracies. The sociopsychological underpinnings of this increasing endorsement of populist ideology should be uncovered. In an online cross-sectional survey study among adult samples from five countries (Chile, France, Italy, Romania, and the United Kingdom; N = 9,105), we aimed to replicate an economic distress pattern in which relative deprivation and identity threat are associated with populism. We furt…
Psychological insights on the fans' boycott of the 2022 Fifa World Cup
The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has been criticized for numerous social, political, and environmental issues. While an important call to boycott the tournament spread worldwide, research has yet to document the motives underlying a boycott of such a mega sporting event. We investigated fans' intentions to boycott the 2022 FIFA World Cup in four countries of the Francophonie engaged in the World Cup ( N = 1635). We found that being highly identif…
Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interve…
Conspiracy blaming in the aftermath of group relative deprivation: The moderating role of national narcissism
Conspiracy beliefs entail a scapegoating function by attributing the consequences of crises, such as economic downturns, to the secret action of outgroups. While conspiracy beliefs have been described as reactions to economic threats, we argue that this factor alone is not sufficient. Rather, perceiving one's ingroup as unfairly deprived compared to other groups (i.e., group relative deprivation) might be key to explaining the situation in terms …
Are conspiracy theory believers drawn to conspiratorial explanations, alternatives explanations, or both
The resentful undergrowth of nostalgia: Ontological insecurity, relative deprivation and powerlessness
This article untangles competing conceptualisations of nostalgia and identifies a specific form of collective-restorative nostalgia as politically significant. We argue that the link between resentment and this type of nostalgia emerges from their joint critique of the socio-political realities of the present. Nostalgia provides spatial and temporal orientations for a group's experiences of resentment through highly selective recollections of the…
Engaging with conspiracy theories: Causes and consequences
Identification with all humanity—A test of the factorial structure and measurement invariance of the scale in five countries
Identification with all humanity measured as an individual characteristic is an important factor related to social and international relations, such as concern for global issues and human rights, prosocial attitudes, intergroup forgiveness, attitudes toward immigrants, solving global problems, reactions to hate crimes and dehumanisation. We examine the factorial structure, psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Identification w…
Affected more than infected: The relationship between national narcissism and Zika conspiracy beliefs is mediated by exclusive victimhood about the Zika outbreak
Many conspiracy theories appeared along with the Zika outbreak. While the virus is still circulating, motives underlying Zika conspiracy beliefs remain underexplored. National narcissism has been shown to be a robust social motive predicting conspiracy beliefs about other public health crises. This relationship has been interpreted as conspiracy beliefs protecting one's idealistic national image from the crisis by externally attributing any poten…
Stand out of my sunlight: The mediating role of climate change conspiracy beliefs in the relationship between national collective narcissism and acceptance of climate science
Despite the scientific consensus about the anthropogenic nature of climate change, there are still obstacles hindering society from acknowledging the severity of the situation. Notably, previous research suggests that climate change threats can cause people to display ethnocentric reactions to preserve the ingroup’s interests. In this research, we investigate the relation between collective narcissism and attitudes towards climate science. We arg…
A power‐challenging theory of society, or a conservative mindset? Upward and downward conspiracy theories as ideologically distinct beliefs
Even though conspiracy theories are diverse, they are typically construed as a homogeneous phenomenon. Using classic theorizations of conspiracy theories by Popper and Moscovici, we propose to distinguish between belief in upward conspiracy theories (i.e., targeting relatively powerful groups) and downward conspiracy theories (i.e., targeting relatively powerless groups). The former are theorized as power‐challenging beliefs and the latter are th…
Investigating the identification-prejudice link through the lens of national narcissism: The role of defensive group beliefs
Conspiracy Beliefs, Rejection of Vaccination, and Support for hydroxychloroquine: A Conceptual Replication-Extension in the Covid-19 Pandemic Context
Many conspiracy theories appeared along with the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it is documented that conspiracy theories negatively affect vaccination intentions, these beliefs might become a crucial matter in the near future. We conducted two cross-sectional studies examining the relationship between COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, vaccine attitudes, and the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when a vaccine becomes available. We also examined h…
Notes et documents sur le sel à Aire-sur-la-Lys (XVe siècle)
L'évêque d'Arras, seigneur de Marœuil
La sortie des grains à Aire-sur-la-Lys en 1749-1750
Société d'histoire du Droit des pays flamands, picards et wallons. Journées d'histoire des institutions tenues à Bruxelles et Malines, les 4, 5 et 6 juin 1949
Monier R., Bertin Paul, Imbert Jean, Maes L.Th., Warlomont René, Lemarignier Jean-François, Gilissen John, Bosch J.W., Lepointe Gabriel, Hubrecht G. Société d'histoire du Droit des pays flamands, picards et wallons. Journées d'histoire des institutions tenues à Bruxelles et Malines, les 4, 5 et 6 juin 1949. In: Revue du Nord, tome 31, n°124, Octobre-décembre 1949. pp. 219-240
Le béguinage d'Aire-sur-la-Lys
Investigating the identification-prejudice link through the lens of national narcissism: The role of defensive group beliefs
A power‐challenging theory of society, or a conservative mindset? Upward and downward conspiracy theories as ideologically distinct beliefs
Even though conspiracy theories are diverse, they are typically construed as a homogeneous phenomenon. Using classic theorizations of conspiracy theories by Popper and Moscovici, we propose to distinguish between belief in upward conspiracy theories (i.e., targeting relatively powerful groups) and downward conspiracy theories (i.e., targeting relatively powerless groups). The former are theorized as power‐challenging beliefs and the latter are th…
Stand out of my sunlight: The mediating role of climate change conspiracy beliefs in the relationship between national collective narcissism and acceptance of climate science
Despite the scientific consensus about the anthropogenic nature of climate change, there are still obstacles hindering society from acknowledging the severity of the situation. Notably, previous research suggests that climate change threats can cause people to display ethnocentric reactions to preserve the ingroup’s interests. In this research, we investigate the relation between collective narcissism and attitudes towards climate science. We arg…
The resentful undergrowth of nostalgia: Ontological insecurity, relative deprivation and powerlessness
This article untangles competing conceptualisations of nostalgia and identifies a specific form of collective-restorative nostalgia as politically significant. We argue that the link between resentment and this type of nostalgia emerges from their joint critique of the socio-political realities of the present. Nostalgia provides spatial and temporal orientations for a group's experiences of resentment through highly selective recollections of the…
Engaging with conspiracy theories: Causes and consequences
Conspiracy blaming in the aftermath of group relative deprivation: The moderating role of national narcissism
Conspiracy beliefs entail a scapegoating function by attributing the consequences of crises, such as economic downturns, to the secret action of outgroups. While conspiracy beliefs have been described as reactions to economic threats, we argue that this factor alone is not sufficient. Rather, perceiving one's ingroup as unfairly deprived compared to other groups (i.e., group relative deprivation) might be key to explaining the situation in terms …
L'évêque d'Arras, seigneur de Marœuil
Société d'histoire du Droit des pays flamands, picards et wallons. Journées d'histoire des institutions tenues à Bruxelles et Malines, les 4, 5 et 6 juin 1949
Monier R., Bertin Paul, Imbert Jean, Maes L.Th., Warlomont René, Lemarignier Jean-François, Gilissen John, Bosch J.W., Lepointe Gabriel, Hubrecht G. Société d'histoire du Droit des pays flamands, picards et wallons. Journées d'histoire des institutions tenues à Bruxelles et Malines, les 4, 5 et 6 juin 1949. In: Revue du Nord, tome 31, n°124, Octobre-décembre 1949. pp. 219-240
Le béguinage d'Aire-sur-la-Lys
La sortie des grains à Aire-sur-la-Lys en 1749-1750
Notes et documents sur le sel à Aire-sur-la-Lys (XVe siècle)
L'évêque d'Arras, seigneur de Marœuil
Conspiracy Beliefs, Rejection of Vaccination, and Support for hydroxychloroquine: A Conceptual Replication-Extension in the Covid-19 Pandemic Context
Many conspiracy theories appeared along with the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it is documented that conspiracy theories negatively affect vaccination intentions, these beliefs might become a crucial matter in the near future. We conducted two cross-sectional studies examining the relationship between COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, vaccine attitudes, and the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when a vaccine becomes available. We also examined h…
Identification with all humanity—A test of the factorial structure and measurement invariance of the scale in five countries
Identification with all humanity measured as an individual characteristic is an important factor related to social and international relations, such as concern for global issues and human rights, prosocial attitudes, intergroup forgiveness, attitudes toward immigrants, solving global problems, reactions to hate crimes and dehumanisation. We examine the factorial structure, psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Identification w…
Affected more than infected: The relationship between national narcissism and Zika conspiracy beliefs is mediated by exclusive victimhood about the Zika outbreak
Many conspiracy theories appeared along with the Zika outbreak. While the virus is still circulating, motives underlying Zika conspiracy beliefs remain underexplored. National narcissism has been shown to be a robust social motive predicting conspiracy beliefs about other public health crises. This relationship has been interpreted as conspiracy beliefs protecting one's idealistic national image from the crisis by externally attributing any poten…
Stand out of my sunlight: The mediating role of climate change conspiracy beliefs in the relationship between national collective narcissism and acceptance of climate science
Despite the scientific consensus about the anthropogenic nature of climate change, there are still obstacles hindering society from acknowledging the severity of the situation. Notably, previous research suggests that climate change threats can cause people to display ethnocentric reactions to preserve the ingroup’s interests. In this research, we investigate the relation between collective narcissism and attitudes towards climate science. We arg…
A power‐challenging theory of society, or a conservative mindset? Upward and downward conspiracy theories as ideologically distinct beliefs
Even though conspiracy theories are diverse, they are typically construed as a homogeneous phenomenon. Using classic theorizations of conspiracy theories by Popper and Moscovici, we propose to distinguish between belief in upward conspiracy theories (i.e., targeting relatively powerful groups) and downward conspiracy theories (i.e., targeting relatively powerless groups). The former are theorized as power‐challenging beliefs and the latter are th…
Investigating the identification-prejudice link through the lens of national narcissism: The role of defensive group beliefs
Engaging with conspiracy theories: Causes and consequences
The resentful undergrowth of nostalgia: Ontological insecurity, relative deprivation and powerlessness
This article untangles competing conceptualisations of nostalgia and identifies a specific form of collective-restorative nostalgia as politically significant. We argue that the link between resentment and this type of nostalgia emerges from their joint critique of the socio-political realities of the present. Nostalgia provides spatial and temporal orientations for a group's experiences of resentment through highly selective recollections of the…
Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interve…
Conspiracy blaming in the aftermath of group relative deprivation: The moderating role of national narcissism
Conspiracy beliefs entail a scapegoating function by attributing the consequences of crises, such as economic downturns, to the secret action of outgroups. While conspiracy beliefs have been described as reactions to economic threats, we argue that this factor alone is not sufficient. Rather, perceiving one's ingroup as unfairly deprived compared to other groups (i.e., group relative deprivation) might be key to explaining the situation in terms …
Are conspiracy theory believers drawn to conspiratorial explanations, alternatives explanations, or both
Populism, Economic Distress, Cultural Backlash, and Identity Threat: Integrating Patterns and Testing Cross-National Validity
Populism is on the rise across liberal democracies. The sociopsychological underpinnings of this increasing endorsement of populist ideology should be uncovered. In an online cross-sectional survey study among adult samples from five countries (Chile, France, Italy, Romania, and the United Kingdom; N = 9,105), we aimed to replicate an economic distress pattern in which relative deprivation and identity threat are associated with populism. We furt…
Psychological insights on the fans' boycott of the 2022 Fifa World Cup
The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has been criticized for numerous social, political, and environmental issues. While an important call to boycott the tournament spread worldwide, research has yet to document the motives underlying a boycott of such a mega sporting event. We investigated fans' intentions to boycott the 2022 FIFA World Cup in four countries of the Francophonie engaged in the World Cup ( N = 1635). We found that being highly identif…
Conspiracy Beliefs and the Perception of Intergroup Inequalities
Conspiracy beliefs are prevalent among members of disadvantaged groups. Adopting a social identity perspective, we hypothesized that these beliefs would reduce the endorsement of internal attributions for inequalities that could negatively affect the image of disadvantaged ingroups. In Study 1 ( n = 1,104), conspiracy mentality was negatively associated with meritocracy beliefs, which attribute success and failure to internal factors. In Studies …
Beyond Weird societies: Global social identifications across 45 countries and their socio‐cultural and economic predictors
In an increasingly globalized world challenged by multiple social problems, global social identifications (GSIs, e.g., with all humanity) are concepts of growing interest. Although such identifications can be affected by the cultural contexts in which they are manifested, research on them remains largely confined to Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) societies. Using data collected in 45 countries ( N = 9807, preregistere…
Allies or Rivals? The Consequences of Ideological Distinctiveness and Social Recognition of Emergent Subgroups Within Social Movements
Conflictual dynamics within social movements are an important factor impeding social change. These conflicts may be explained by the negative reactions of members of dominant subgroups within these movements to emergent subgroups that are ideologically distinct from them and that attract social recognition. In two pre‐registered experiments ( N = 2060), we examined how these characteristics—and their interaction—influence attitudes and cooperatio…
The Impact of Freedom of Speech on Conspiracy Beliefs
Conspiracy beliefs are often portrayed as a threat to democracies. However, less is known about the extent to which the state of democracy may affect conspiracy beliefs. Hence, we investigated the impact of the societal level of freedom of speech on conspiracy beliefs. In Study 1, using aggregated nation‐level data ( N = 68 countries), we found that conspiracy beliefs were higher in countries with lower population support for and lower expert‐est…
Are supplementary materials the new file drawer
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (6 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)