Hanel, Paul HP and Wolf, Lukas J (2020) Leavers and Remainers After Brexit: More United Than Divided After All? British Journal of Social Psychology, 59 (2). pp. 470-493. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12359
Hanel, Paul HP and Wolf, Lukas J (2020) Leavers and Remainers After Brexit: More United Than Divided After All? British Journal of Social Psychology, 59 (2). pp. 470-493. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12359
Hanel, Paul HP and Wolf, Lukas J (2020) Leavers and Remainers After Brexit: More United Than Divided After All? British Journal of Social Psychology, 59 (2). pp. 470-493. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12359
Abstract
Since the British “Brexit referendum” in 2016, tensions between ‘leave’ and ‘remain’ voters have been growing. Using a novel analytical approach based on the full distribution of responses rather than their arithmetic means, Study 1 (N=1,506) showed on average 90% of overlap among Leavers and Remainers across a range of important variables. Even on the variables that are commonly used to illustrate how Leavers and Remainers differ (e.g., prejudice against immigrants), the amount of overlap was larger than 50%. In Study 2 (N=206), we demonstrate the importance of focusing on similarities between groups: Presenting the full distribution of responses from Leavers and Remainers rather than their mean differences caused more accurate perceptions of the actual differences and similarities between both groups and higher perceived intergroup harmony. We conclude that similarities between Leavers and Remainers are substantial and that our proposed approach may help to de-escalate tensions between these and other groups.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Brexit; Euroscepticism; Human values; National identity; Prejudice; Similarities |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2019 10:14 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 19:20 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/26206 |
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