Political Polarization and Wellbeing: Investigating Potential Intrapersonal Harm From Affective Polarization [PDF]
International Review of Social PsychologyAffective 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 ...
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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.
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Estimating affective polarization on a social network. [PDF]
PLoS ONEConcerns 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 PsychologyEconomic 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 +6 more
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Affective polarization of space under imminent physical threat: Self-reported affect, physiology, and social responding across two experiments. [PDF]
PLoS ONEWhen humans navigate through their social and spatial surroundings, they construct affective representations of the spatial context that shape this navigation.
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Development and Validation of the Affective Polarization Scale [PDF]
International Review of Social PsychologyAffective 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.
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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
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Dynamics of sociopolitical polarization and effects of misperception-correcting information around the 2022 Brazilian elections [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAffective polarization is little-studied in systems that present ambiguity in relevant political groups. We assess dynamic patterns in intergroup liking and perceived intelligence over 5 waves of a pre-registered survey with 4 panel waves (N ≃ 2,000-3 ...
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Affective Polarization and Misinformation Belief [PDF]
Political Behavior, 2023 Libby Jenke
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Polarization and health-related behaviors and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review [PDF]
SSM: Population HealthObjective: Political and affective polarization are different, but related concepts, which can shape trust in authorities, interpretation of health messages, and health behaviors and outcomes.
Aziz Mert Ipekci +6 more
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