Distinct types of conservative attitudes mediate the link between media preference and presidential candidate endorsement

Xu, Xiaowen; Burton, Caitlin M.; Plaks, Jason E.

doi:10.1080/15213269.2019.1679188

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“…In the present studies, conservative individuals were generally more assertive than their liberal peers. This difference in Assertiveness resonates with recent findings, which have found that a key dimension of conservatism, “Libertarian Independence,” is characterized by the need to assert one's dominance and independence (Xu et al, in press). The combination of higher Assertiveness and lower Withdrawal/Depression may contribute to this dimension of conservatism: In order to be competitive in a dominance hierarchy, one needs to assert oneself effectively, and to avoid being inhibited by negative emotions.…”

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“…Beyond documenting trait‐attitude associations, it will also be important for future research to test potential mechanisms that might underlie these relationships, and to document behavioral implications. For instance, different personality traits may predispose people to support different values (Caprara et al., 2009) or consume different media products (Xu et al., 2013), which, in turn, foster differences in political beliefs and votes for different candidates (Xu et al, in press). More detailed investigations of these contributing mediators and mechanisms would allow us to obtain a better understanding of the psychological mechanisms that contribute to political attitudes.…”

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Beyond Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness: Testing links between lower‐level personality traits and American political orientation

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Plaks

2021

Journal of Personality

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Introduction Research has consistently revealed positive correlations between political liberalism and Openness to Experience, and between conservatism and Conscientiousness. Most of this research has made use of domain‐level models of the Big Five personality traits. Recent work suggests, however, that each Big Five trait domain can be divided into distinct aspects or facets, which offer more nuanced characterizations of each trait. Methods Across four studies (Ns ranging from 1,123 to 116,406), the present research examined the degree to which distinct lower‐level traits would be associated with meaningful differences in political orientation. United States residents completed two different hierarchical Big Five personality measures (the Big Five Aspect Scales and the Big Five Inventory‐2), as well as a range of measures of political orientation. Results Across both personality measures, liberal political orientation showed distinct positive associations with the lower‐level traits Openness/Aesthetic Sensitivity, Intellect/Intellectual Curiosity, Compassion, and Withdrawal/Depression, as well as distinct negative associations with Orderliness/Organization, Politeness, and Assertiveness. Discussion By examining individual differences at a higher level of granularity, these data provide insight into specific motivations that predispose individuals toward different ends of the political spectrum.

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Beyond Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness: Testing links between lower‐level personality traits and American political orientation

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Plaks

2021

Journal of Personality

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“…Across both studies, we found examples of the utility of a three-dimensional approach for predicting variables that are straightforwardly politically relevant (e.g., SDO, RWA/ACT) and those that are less straightforwardly political in nature (e.g., SWL, disgust sensitivity). See Xu et al (2021) for evidence that these dimensions differentially predict media preferences.…”

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“… 1. The Moral Traditionalism factor was previously labeled as Religious Traditionalism in an earlier publication using the Attitude-Based Political Conservatism (ABPC) Scale (e.g., Xu et al, 2021). …”

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Three Dimensions of American Conservative Political Orientation Differentially Predict Negativity Bias and Satisfaction With Life

Burton

Plaks

2022

Social Psychological and Personality Science

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Numerous studies have linked political conservatism with negativity bias, whereas others have linked conservatism with indicators of positive adjustment. This research sought to reconcile this seeming contradiction by examining whether distinct dimensions of conservatism differentially predicted measures of negativity bias and positive adjustment. In two studies, we used an empirically derived and validated Attitude-Based Political Conservatism (ABPC) Scale that captures three correlated but distinct factors of American conservatism: Libertarian Independence, Moral Traditionalism, and Ethnic Separateness. In both studies ( N = 1,756), Libertarian Independence was linked with indicators of positive adjustment, whereas Moral Traditionalism and Ethnic Separateness were linked with indices of negativity bias. By identifying which dimensions of conservatism predict negativity bias and positive adjustment, this work illuminates the unique psychological foundations of distinct strands of conservatism in America.

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“…The interaction of media and political figures is studied by many authors (Coxall et al, 2003;Xu et al, 2019;Van Aelst et al, 2010;Van Aelst, 2014;Sevenans, 2017;Kunelius and Reunanen, 2012).…”

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Presidential campaign of Volodimir Zelensky: Usage of Donald Trump’s experience

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2020

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Introduction: the article contains the analysis of the unique features of Volodimir Zelensky’s presidential election campaign, the success of which is based on the image of a political leader deliberately built as totally different from the one traditional for the Ukraine’s political elite. Objectives: studying the main political trends in presidential campaigns of Volodimir Zelensky and Donald Trump, to identify common elements of their image-building strategies. Methods: comparative analysis. Results: the study verifies the effectiveness of building the counter-culture image of a political leader in the conditions of high levels of political cynicism and citizens’ distrust to their government. Conclusions: the tactics used by Donald Trump and Volodimir Zelensky during the 2016 US elections and 2019 Ukrainian elections respectively are similar at their core. The difference manifests itself in the types of political images used, as formed with respect to the candidates’ previous careers.

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Distinct types of conservative attitudes mediate the link between media preference and presidential candidate endorsement

Cited by 7 publications

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Beyond Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness: Testing links between lower‐level personality traits and American political orientation

Beyond Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness: Testing links between lower‐level personality traits and American political orientation

Three Dimensions of American Conservative Political Orientation Differentially Predict Negativity Bias and Satisfaction With Life

Presidential campaign of Volodimir Zelensky: Usage of Donald Trump’s experience

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