Threat and authoritarianism: Some theoretical and methodological comments

Cohrs, J. Christopher

doi:10.1080/00207594.2012.732699

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“…However, our analyses did not support the hypothesis that dangerous world beliefs would partially mediate connections between RWA and MH stigma. One explanation for this lack of mediation could be the nature of the DWS measure; threat is also a multidimensional construct (Cohrs, 2013) and DWS may not have tapped into all facets underlying TMT. Other common TMT measures, such as experimental tests of mortality salience and standardized measures of death anxiety or death thought accessibility, may elucidate this relationship in future studies.…”

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Political attitudes as predictors of the multiple dimensions of mental health stigma

Vaccaro

Seda

Yanos

2018

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Political attitudes as predictors of the multiple dimensions of mental health stigma

Vaccaro

Seda

Yanos

2018

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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“…For example, those higher in SDO rate health (e.g., firefighting, mountain climbing) and competitive hazards (e.g., highrisk investment) as less risky (Choma et al, 2013) and perceive potentially dangerous recreational and health situations as less precarious (Choma & Hodson, 2017). Individuals higher in SDO are also more responsive to dominance and perceive the world as a competitive jungle (Cohrs, 2013;Duckitt, 2001;Duckitt & Sibley, 2009;Perry et al, 2013). Thus, those higher (vs. lower) in SDO are largely unaverse to threat.…”

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Right‐Wing Ideology as a Predictor of Collective Action: A Test Across Four Political Issue Domains

Choma

Hodson

Jagayat

et al. 2019

Political Psychology

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Despite a vast literature documenting motivations for collective action, the role of sociopolitical ideologies, including right‐wing ideologies, in predicting collective action is underresearched. Literature on right‐wing ideological beliefs suggests that those higher in right‐wing authoritarianism (RWA) or social dominance orientation (SDO) hold specific attitudes or endorse specific policies, in part, because of factors such as perceived fear‐based threat or empathy. In the present research, structural equation modeling (SEM) was run on pooled data from a diverse Canadian university sample and two American adult samples (total N = 1,469). Participants completed measures of RWA, SDO, fear‐based threat, empathy, and domain‐specific collective action. Results showed that RWA and SDO both related positively to collective action targeting societal moral breakdown but negatively to collective action aimed at equalizing race relations or fighting climate change. Whereas the indirect effects of right‐wing ideologies via fear‐based threat or empathy were significant in all four domains for SDO, the indirect effect of RWA was only significant in the climate change domain. Implications are discussed.

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“…The reason for these different interaction patterns is unclear, as these authors used different measures of authoritarianism, different measures of threat, and different criterion variables (but see Cohrs [] and Feldman [] for reflections about this relationship). Given the prior research, we expected to find perceptions of Muslims as threatening act as both a mediating and moderating variable.…”

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Support for Anti‐Muslim Policies: The Role of Political Traits and Threat Perception

Dunwoody

McFarland

2017

Political Psychology

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We explored how political beliefs and attitudes predict support for anti-Muslim policies and extremist behavior in the United States following the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks. A large sample completed measures of authoritarianism, social dominance orientation (SDO), generalized prejudice, identification with all humanity (IWAH), perceptions of Muslim threat, and support for anti-Muslim policies and behaviors. These measures accounted for 73% of the variance in moderate anti-Muslim policies and 55% of the variance in extreme anti-Muslim policies. Authoritarianism and SDO directly and indirectly predicted support for anti-Muslim policies, with their effects partially mediated by generalized prejudice, IWAH, and perceptions of Muslims as threatening. Threat both mediated and moderated the relationship between authoritarianism and anti-Muslim policies. A negative interaction between authoritarianism and perceptions of Muslims as threatening predicted moderate anti-Muslim policies, but a positive interaction predicted extreme anti-Muslim policies. A tentative explanation is offered. Perceptions of Muslim threat was consistently a powerful predictor of anti-Muslim policies and willingness to engage in extremist behaviors targeting Muslims. Programs to combat anti-Muslim prejudice should consider the role of threat-related stereotypes in expressions of anti-Muslim prejudice.The goal of this article is to explore how political beliefs and attitudes, along with threat perception, relate to judgments of support for a variety of anti-Muslim policies within the United States. Below, we review relevant variables and connect them with contemporary events, show how these variables are related to threat perception, and then address how they likely work together to explain and predict support for anti-Muslim policies.

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Threat and authoritarianism: Some theoretical and methodological comments

Cited by 34 publications

References 27 publications

Political attitudes as predictors of the multiple dimensions of mental health stigma

Political attitudes as predictors of the multiple dimensions of mental health stigma

Right‐Wing Ideology as a Predictor of Collective Action: A Test Across Four Political Issue Domains

Support for Anti‐Muslim Policies: The Role of Political Traits and Threat Perception

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