2020 INSPIRE Student Research and Engagement Showcase
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Keywords
Party affiliation; Threats--Political aspects;
Abstract
Participants completed self-report measures that were designed to either prime terrorism/crime or environmental threat. Overall, these primes had no main effect on political orientation or political attitudes. However, environmental threats increased sadness and negative affect, which, in turn, were associated with more liberal political attitudes. These findings suggest that threats may not necessarily favor a conservative shift.
Start Date
17-4-2020 12:00 PM
End Date
17-4-2020 4:00 PM
Faculty Advisor
Helen C. Harton
Department
Department of Psychology
Student Type
Graduate Student
Copyright
©2020 Dylan Pieper, Hiroki Hirano
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hirano, Hiroki and Pieper, Dylan, "The Effect of Environmental and Terrorism/Crime Threats on Political Orientation and Attitudes: Failure to replicate Thórisdóttir and Jost (2011)" (2020). INSPIRE Student Research and Engagement Conference. 86.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsresearchconf/2020/all/86
The Effect of Environmental and Terrorism/Crime Threats on Political Orientation and Attitudes: Failure to replicate Thórisdóttir and Jost (2011)
Participants completed self-report measures that were designed to either prime terrorism/crime or environmental threat. Overall, these primes had no main effect on political orientation or political attitudes. However, environmental threats increased sadness and negative affect, which, in turn, were associated with more liberal political attitudes. These findings suggest that threats may not necessarily favor a conservative shift.
