Kay, Aaron C.

God and the government: Testing a compensatory control mechanism for the support of external systems

Kay, A. C., Gaucher, D., Napier, J. L., Callan, M. J., & Laurin, K. (2008) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologySocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 809

Compensatory Control: Achieving Order Through the Mind, Our Institutions, and the Heavens

Kay, A. C., Whitson, J. A., Gaucher, D., & Galinsky, A. D. (2009) · Current Directions in Psychological Science

Paranormal Experiences and BeliefsFree Will and Agency

Cited by 598

Solution aversion: On the relation between ideology and motivated disbelief.

Campbell, T. H., & Kay, A. C. (2014) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Climate Change Communication and PerceptionSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 560

Compensatory control and the appeal of a structured world.

Landau, M. J., Kay, A. C., & Whitson, J. A. (2015) · Psychological Bulletin

Social and Intergroup PsychologyDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion

Cited by 479

A Sense of Powerlessness Fosters System Justification: Implications for the Legitimation of Authority, Hierarchy, and Government

van der Toorn, J., Feinberg, M., Jost, J. T., Kay, A. C., Tyler, T. R., Willer, R., & Wilmuth, C. (2015) · Political Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Power and Status Dynamics

Cited by 259

Subjective Status Shapes Political Preferences

Brown-Iannuzzi, J. L., Lundberg, K. B., Kay, A. C., & Payne, B. K. (2015) · Psychological Science

Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Power and Status Dynamics

Cited by 234

For God (or) country: The hydraulic relation between government instability and belief in religious sources of control.

Kay, A. C., Shepherd, S., Blatz, C. W., Chua, S. N., & Galinsky, A. D. (2010) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologyReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 209

Divergent effects of activating thoughts of God on self-regulation.

Laurin, K., Kay, A. C., & Fitzsimons, G. M. (2012) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyBehavioral Health and Interventions

Cited by 185

Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity

Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M., Chu, J., Pink, S. L., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Ghezae, I., Cashman, M., Adjodah, D., Allen, L., et al. (2023) · Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 174

Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity

Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M. N., Chu, J. Y., Pink, S. L., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Ghezae, I., Cashman, M., Adjodah, D., Allen, L. G., et al. (2024) · Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 174

Randomness, Attributions of Arousal, and Belief in God

Kay, A. C., Moscovitch, D. A., & Laurin, K. (2010) · Psychological Science

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyParanormal Experiences and Beliefs

Cited by 170

The emotional roots of conspiratorial perceptions, system justification, and belief in the paranormal

Whitson, J. A., Galinsky, A. D., & Kay, A. (2015) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologyMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 156

Compensatory Control and Its Implications for Ideological Extremism

Kay, A. C., & Eibach, R. P. (2013) · Journal of Social Issues

Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 117

Outsourcing punishment to God: beliefs in divine control reduce earthly punishment.

Laurin, K., Shariff, A. F., Henrich, J., & Kay, A. C. (2012) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 112

A functional basis for structure-seeking: Exposure to structure promotes willingness to engage in motivated action.

Kay, A. C., Laurin, K., Fitzsimons, G. M., & Landau, M. J. (2014) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Social and Intergroup PsychologyBehavioral Health and Interventions

Cited by 93

System justification and the defense of committed relationship ideology.

Day, M. V., Kay, A. C., Holmes, J. G., & Napier, J. L. (2011) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologyAttachment and Relationship Dynamics

Cited by 90

The Motivational Underpinnings of Belief in God

Laurin, K., & Kay, A. C. (2017) · Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologySocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 38