Dangerous Worldview and Perceived Sociopolitical Control: Two Mechanisms to Understand Trust in Authoritarian Political Leaders in Economically Threatening Contexts.
authoritarian political leader
authoritarianism
dangerous worldview
economic crisis
economic threat
perceived sociopolitical control
socioeconomic status
Journal
Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
05
09
2020
accepted:
12
02
2021
entrez:
12
4
2021
pubmed:
13
4
2021
medline:
13
4
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In this research we analyzed the relationship between threatening economic contexts (i.e., undergoing the economic crisis and having low socioeconomic status) and trust in authoritarian ideologies and leaders, regardless of the left-right political axis. Based on two theoretical approaches (i.e., the dual-process model and the compensatory control model), we argue that this relationship is mediated by dangerous worldview and low perceived sociopolitical control. We conducted two correlational studies with samples of the general population. In Study 1 (
Identifiants
pubmed: 33841238
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.603116
pmc: PMC8027088
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
603116Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Torres-Vega, Ruiz and Moya.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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