@article{ref1,
title="The psychological burden of the CoViD-19 pandemic is associated with antisystemic attitudes and political violence",
journal="Psychological science",
year="2021",
author="Bartusevičius, Henrikas and Bor, Alexander and Jørgensen, Frederik and Petersen, Michael Bang",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="What are the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for people's political attitudes and behavior? We tested, specifically, whether the psychological burden of the COVID-19 pandemic relates to antisystemic attitudes (dissatisfaction with the fundamental social and political order), peaceful political activism, and political violence. Nationally representative two-wave panel data were collected via online surveys of adults in the United States, Denmark, Italy, and Hungary (ns = 6,131 and 4,568 in Waves 1 and 2, respectively). Overall, levels of antisystemic attitudes were low, and only a small share of interviewees reported behavioral intentions to participate in and actual participation in political violence. However, preregistered analyses indicated that perceived COVID-19 burden was associated with antisystemic attitudes and intentions to engage in political violence. In the United States, the burden of COVID-19 was also associated with self-reported engagement in violence surrounding the Black Lives Matter protests and counterprotests. We found less robust evidence that perceived COVID-19 burden was associated with peaceful activism.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0956-7976",
doi="10.1177/09567976211031847",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09567976211031847"
}