Hanel, Paul HP and Zarzeczna, Natalia and Haddock, Geoffrey (2019) Sharing the Same Political Ideology Yet Endorsing Different Values: Left- and Right-Wing Political Supporters Are More Heterogeneous Than Moderates. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10 (7). pp. 874-882. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618803348
Hanel, Paul HP and Zarzeczna, Natalia and Haddock, Geoffrey (2019) Sharing the Same Political Ideology Yet Endorsing Different Values: Left- and Right-Wing Political Supporters Are More Heterogeneous Than Moderates. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10 (7). pp. 874-882. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618803348
Hanel, Paul HP and Zarzeczna, Natalia and Haddock, Geoffrey (2019) Sharing the Same Political Ideology Yet Endorsing Different Values: Left- and Right-Wing Political Supporters Are More Heterogeneous Than Moderates. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10 (7). pp. 874-882. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618803348
Abstract
Members of extreme political groups are usually perceived as more homogeneous than moderates. We investigated whether members of the general public who share the same political ideology would exhibit different levels of heterogeneity in terms of human values across 20 European countries and Israel. We directly compared the variability across moderate-, left-, and right-wing groups. Our findings suggest that the values of more extreme (left-wing or right-wing) supporters are usually more heterogeneous than those with more moderate views. We replicated this finding for politics-related variables such as attitudes toward immigrants and trust in (inter)national institutions. We also found that country-level variables (income, religiosity, and parasite stress level) did not moderate the pattern of value variability. Overall, our results suggest that endorsing the same political ideology is not necessarily associated with sharing the same values, especially in the case of common citizens holding extreme political attitudes.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | human values, political ideology, left-wingers, right-wingers, European Union |
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: | 05 Feb 2020 14:56 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 17:01 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/26665 |
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