Hartman, Todd K, Stocks, Thomas VA, McKay, Ryan, Gibson-Miller, Jilly, Levita, Liat, Martinez, Anton P, Mason, Liam, McBride, Orla, Murphy, Jamie, Shevlin, Mark et al (show 5 more authors)
(2021)
The Authoritarian Dynamic During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Nationalism and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE, 12 (7).
pp. 1274-1285.
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Abstract
<jats:p>Research has demonstrated that situational factors such as perceived threats to the social order activate latent authoritarianism. The deadly COVID-19 pandemic presents a rare opportunity to test whether existential threat stemming from an indiscriminate virus moderates the relationship between authoritarianism and political attitudes toward the nation and out-groups. Using data from two large nationally representative samples of adults in the United Kingdom ( N = 2,025) and Republic of Ireland ( N = 1,041) collected during the initial phases of strict lockdown measures in both countries, we find that the associations between right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and (1) nationalism and (2) anti-immigrant attitudes are conditional on levels of perceived threat. As anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic increases, so too does the effect of RWA on those political outcomes. Thus, it appears that existential threats to humanity from the COVID-19 pandemic moderate expressions of authoritarianism in society.</jats:p>
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19, authoritarianism, threat, nationalism, immigration, pandemic, social dominance orientation |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2020 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2023 23:23 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1948550620978023 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3106100 |
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