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Narcissism and Affective Polarization. [PDF]

Polit Behav
Abstract There are increasing concerns about affective polarization between political groups in the US and elsewhere. While most work explaining affective polarization focuses on a combination of social and ideological sorting, we ask whether people’s personalities are associated with friendliness to their political in-group and hostility to ...
Tilley J, Hobolt S.
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Affective Polarization and Misinformation Belief. [PDF]

Polit Behav, 2023
While affective polarization has been shown to have serious social consequences, there is little evidence regarding its effects on political attitudes and behavior such as policy preferences, voting, or political information accrual. This paper provides evidence that affective polarization impacts misinformation belief, arguing that citizens with ...
Jenke L.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Political Self-Confidence and Affective Polarization. [PDF]

Public Opin Q
AbstractEven among those who share the same partisan commitments, some people say they despise the opposing party while others report far less animosity. Why are some people more likely to express hostility toward the opposing political party? We explore how individual-level differences in feelings of self-confidence fuel out-party animosities. Drawing
Stapleton CE, Wolak J.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Political Polarization and Wellbeing: Investigating Potential Intrapersonal Harm From Affective Polarization [PDF]

International Review of Social Psychology
Affective polarization—antipathy towards members of one’s political out-group—may pose challenges to social cohesion and personal wellbeing. Prior studies have suggested that one’s affective polarization may cause intrapersonal harm as well as ...
Brandon McMurtrie, Anja Roemer, Michael Philipp, Ross Hebden, Matt Williams   +4 more
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Bridging the (Brexit) divide: Effects of a brief befriending meditation on affective polarization [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2022
The European Union Brexit referendum has divided the British electorate, with high levels of animosity between those who affiliate with the Remain side (Remainers) and the Leave side (Leavers) of the debate.
Otto Simonsson, Simon B. Goldberg, Joseph Marks, Liuxin Yan, Jayanth Narayanan   +4 more
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Estimating affective polarization on a social network. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Concerns about polarization and hate speech on social media are widespread. Affective polarization, i.e., hostility among partisans, is crucial in this regard as it links political disagreements to hostile language online. However, only a few methods are
Marilena Hohmann, Michele Coscia
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Economic Threats, Political and National Identification Predict Affective Polarization: Longitudinal Evidence From Spain [PDF]

International Review of Social Psychology
Economic threats, along with political identities and ideologies, are associated with affective polarization. However, there is still a need to learn more about the consequences of different economic threats and identities fueling polarization. We take a
Efraín García-Sánchez, Felicity Turner-Zwinkels, Rebekka Kesberg, Medhi Marot, Rosa Rodríguez-Bailón, Guillermo B. Willis, Toon Kuppens   +6 more
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Development and Validation of the Affective Polarization Scale [PDF]

International Review of Social Psychology
Affective polarization – an expressed aversion and dislike of members of one’s political outgroup – has increased in many polities in recent years, and thus published research on the topic has proliferated.
Brandon McMurtrie, Michael Philipp, Ross Hebden, Matt Williams   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The impact of emotions on polarization. Anger polarizes attitudes towards vaccine mandates and increases affective polarization [PDF]

Research & Politics, 2022
When does anger lead to greater polarization? As societal polarization and political polarization increase so does academic interest in its antecedents. One important cause of polarization appears to be anger. However, existing research linking anger and
Christoph G. Nguyen, Sabrina J. Mayer, Susanne Veit   +2 more
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Conceptualizing Affective Climate Polarization

Socius
Existing research demonstrates that liberals are more likely than conservatives to endorse climate policies. Scholars attribute this to differences in worldviews, elite cues, and misinformation. But political divisions are also emotional, as evidenced by
Emily Huddart, Tony Silva, Parker Muzzerall, Sophia Dimitrakopoulos   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources