@article{ref1,
title="The role of ideological attitudes in responses to COVID-19 threat and government restrictions in Australia",
journal="Personality and individual differences",
year="2021",
author="Clarke, Edward J. R. and Klas, Anna and Dyos, Emily",
volume="175",
number="",
pages="e110734-e110734",
abstract="Many government strategies to reduce the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) involved unprecedented restrictions on personal movement, disrupting social and economic norms. Although generally well-received in Australia, community frustration regarding these restrictions appeared to diverge across political lines. Therefore, we examined the unique effects of the ideological subfactors of Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA; Aggression, Submission and Conventionalism) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO; Dominance and Anti-egalitarianism) in predicting perceived personal threat of COVID-19, and support for and reactance to government restrictions, in Australian residents across two separate samples (S1 N = 451, S2 N = 838). COVID-19 threat was positively predicted by Submission, and negatively by Conventionalism, and Anti-egalitarianism. Support for restrictions was also positively predicted by Submission, and negatively by Conventionalism, Dominance, and Anti-egalitarianism. Reactance to government restrictions was negatively predicted by Submission, and positively by Conventionalism, Dominance, and Anti-egalitarianism. These findings suggest that right-wing ideological subfactors contribute to the one's perception of COVID-19 threat and government restrictions differentially.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0191-8869",
doi="10.1016/j.paid.2021.110734",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110734"
}