@article{ref1,
title="Right-wing ideology: positive (and negative) relations to threat",
journal="Social cognition",
year="2017",
author="Choma, Becky L. and Hodson, Gordon",
volume="35",
number="4",
pages="415-432",
abstract="Threat has traditionally been conceptualized as a cause or consequence of right-wing ideologies. We argue that the relation is bidirectional and that conceptually pairing right-wing ideologies with threat might be too simplistic and potentially inaccurate. To illustrate a more nuanced perspective, we review recent findings and present data investigating the relations between threat and multiple dimensions of right-wing ideology. Using path analyses SEM, we found that greater right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) predicted perceiving greater latent risk, whereas greater social dominance orientation (SDO) predicted perceiving less latent risk (Study 1); RWA associated with experiencing greater distress, whereas SDO associated with experiencing less distress (when considering the self or others engaging in harmful behaviors; Study 2). Thus, consistent with existing literature, one aspect of right-wing ideology (RWA) relates to greater threat, but another (SDO) relates to experiencing less threat, inconsistent with the long-held assumption that right-wing ideology is tied to greater threat.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0278-016X",
doi="10.1521/soco.2017.35.4.415",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/soco.2017.35.4.415"
}