Associations of political orientation, xenophobia, right-wing authoritarianism, and concern of COVID-19: Cognitive responses to an actual pathogen threat.
Authoritarianism
COVID-19 pandemic
Pathogen threat
Political orientation
Xenophobia
Journal
Personality and individual differences
ISSN: 0191-8869
Titre abrégé: Pers Individ Dif
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8006972
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
received:
25
06
2020
revised:
09
06
2021
accepted:
16
06
2021
entrez:
21
12
2022
pubmed:
22
12
2022
medline:
22
12
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Previous research has related the existence of pathogenic threat to an individual's social cognition, with people avoiding physical interactions with those who have potential contagion risks. These pathogenic induced behavioral responses have broader social consequences, such as avoidance of outgroup members or negative reactions to individuals foreign to one's own group. Specially, higher pathogen threat is associated with xenophobic attitudes and ideological tendencies, such as authoritarianism and political conservatism. The COVID-19 pandemic provides an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the effect of pathogenic threat on the above-mentioned variables in a real-world situation. Collecting data during a low (
Identifiants
pubmed: 36540871
doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111081
pii: S0191-8869(21)00458-X
pmc: PMC9756797
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
111081Informations de copyright
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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