Books
Nai, A., Otto, L., & Vargiu, C. (2025). The Psychology of Attack Politics: Perceptions, Evaluations, and Effects. Routledge.
Peer-reviewed articles
Vargiu, C., Nai, A., Garzia, D. (2024), Stage 2 Registered Report: Incivility Does Not Exist: An Experimental Assessment on the Drivers of Incivility Perceptions and their Effects on Candidate Evaluations. The Journal of Politics. doi:10.1086/735437
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, 00, 1-20, doi:10.1111/pops.12969
Vargiu, C. (2022), It’s All Relative: Perceptions of (Comparative) Candidate Incivility and Candidate Sympathy in Three Multiparty Elections. Politics and Governance, 10(4), 261-274. doi:10.17645/PAG.V10I4.5677
Vargiu, C., Nai, A. (2022), Sincerity Over Accuracy: Epistemic Preferences and the Persuasiveness of Uncivil and Simple Rhetoric. International Journal of Communication, 16(0), 1-24.
Chapters in edited books
Vargiu, C. (in press). Perceived Incivility. In Nai, A., Grömping, M., & Wirz, D. (Eds). Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing.
van Dijk, R., van der Goot, E., Runderkamp, Z., Turkenburg E., & Vargiu, C. (2024). Verruwing in de politiek: hoe kiezers conflict en geweld in de politiek ervaren. In Voogd, R., Jacobs, K., Lubbers, M. (Eds). Van onderstroom naar doorbraak: Onvrede en migratie (pp. 46-54). SKON: www.dpes.nl.
Book Reviews
Vargiu, C. (2025), Political psychology perspectives on populism: edited by Gilda Sensales, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, pp. 478, ISBN 9783031440724. Contemporary Italian Politics, 1–2.
Media
Vargiu, C., Nai A, (December 2025), Chatbots can persuade voters. News & View | Nature.
Vargiu, C., Nai A., Valli C. (May 2024), Uncivil Yet Persuasive? Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Blog.