Persuasion & emotions
Casiraghi, M., Curini, & Nai, A. (2024). “I trust you, but I’m scared!” Attitudinal and emotional drivers of support for restrictive interventions during crises. Political Psychology. doi: 10.1111/pops.13021
Vargiu, C., Nai, A., & Valli, C. (2024). Uncivil Yet Persuasive? Testing the Persuasiveness of Political Incivility and the Moderating Role of Populist Attitudes and Personality Traits. Political Psychology. doi: 10.1111/pops.12969
Zugravu, A., Medeiros, M., & Nai, A. (2023). A Tormenting Dilemma: American Identity and Attitudes towards Torture. American Politics Research. doi: 10.1177/1532673X231173917
Valli, C., & Nai, A. (2023). Dispositioned to resist? The Big Five and resistance to dissonant political views. Personality and Individual Differences. 207, 112152.
Nai, A., Schemeil, Y., & Valli, C. (2023). A Persuadable Type? Personality Traits, Dissonant Information, and Political Persuasion. International Journal of Communication. 17, 1061-1082.
Valli, C., & Nai, A. (2022). Let Me Think About It: Cognitive Elaboration and Strategies of Resistance to Political Persuasion. Media Psychology. doi: 10.1080/15213269.2022.2098774
Nai, A., & Maier, J. (2021). The Wrath of Candidates. Drivers of Fear and Enthusiasm Appeals in Election Campaigns Across the Globe. Journal of Political Marketing. doi: doi: 10.1080/15377857.2021.1930327
Gerstlé, J., & Nai, A. (2019). Negativity, emotionality and populist rhetoric in election campaigns worldwide, and their effects on media attention and electoral success. European Journal of Communication, 34(4) 410–444.
Nai, A. (2018). Fear and loathing in populist campaigns? Comparing the communication style of populists and non-populists in elections worldwide. Journal of Political Marketing. doi: 10.1080/15377857.2018.1491439
Nai, A., & Seeberg, HB. (2018). A series of persuasive events. Sequencing effects of negative and positive messages on party evaluations and perceptions of negativity. Journal of Marketing Communications, 24(4): 412-432.
Nai, A., Schemeil, Y., & Marie, J.-L. (2017). Anxiety, Sophistication, and Resistance to Persuasion: Evidence from a Quasi-experimental Survey on Global Climate Change. Political Psychology, 38(1): 137-156.