Dual Evolutionary Foundations of Political Ideology Predict Divergent Responses to COVID-19

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Abstract Political conservatives' opposition to COVID-19 restrictions is puzzling given the well-documented links between conservatism and conformity, threat sensitivity, pathogen aversion. We propose a resolution based on Dual Foundations Theory of ideology, which holds that ideology comprises two dimensions, one reflecting trade-offs threat-driven conformity individualism, another empathy-driven cooperation competition. test predictions derived from this theory in UK sample using individuals' responses widely-used measures dimensions – ‘right-wing authoritarianism’ (RWA) ‘social dominance orientation’ (SDO), respectively. Consistent with our predictions, we show RWA, but not SDO, increased following pandemic high-RWA conservatives do display more concerned, conformist, pro-lockdown attitudes, while high-SDO less empathic, cooperative attitudes are anti-lockdown. This helps explain paradoxical prior results highlights how focus unidimensional can mask divergent motives across ideological landscape.

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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Political Science

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['0007-1234', '1469-2112']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s000712342200076x