The limited impact of adverse experiences on worldviews and ideologies
The impact of adverse experiences on clinical symptoms has been consistently demonstrated, but their impact on ideologies and worldviews has been rarely tested empirically. It has been long assumed that threatening experiences increase Dangerous World Beliefs (DWB) and Right-Wing Authoritarianism (R...
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| author | Felipe Vilanova Damiao Soares Almeida-Segundo Pablo Borges Moura Felicia Pratto Angelo Brandelli Costa |
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| description | The impact of adverse experiences on clinical symptoms has been consistently demonstrated, but their impact on ideologies and worldviews has been rarely tested empirically. It has been long assumed that threatening experiences increase Dangerous World Beliefs (DWB) and Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), whereas scarcity experiences increase Competitive World Beliefs (CWB) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO). Here we assess whether self-reports of these adverse experiences are associated with clinical symptoms, worldviews and ideologies across two distinct studies (Ntotal = 1,108). Study 1 comprised Brazilian youth (13–17 years old) and results indicated that adverse experiences are consistently associated with depression, anxiety and stress but only marginally associated with DWB, RWA, CWB and SDO. Study 2 comprised male prisoners with a higher degree of adverse experiences and similar results were observed, as adverse experiences were mostly unrelated to worldviews and ideologies. Comprehensively, this research challenges the theoretical foundations of worldviews and ideological development, posing questions to the existing models and advocating for new frameworks that promote a shift from models grounded in clinical assumptions to frameworks focusing on social influences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8fc0b3a3a954d8aa70109c0162e902a2024-04-17T04:36:32ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Social Psychology2813-78762024-04-01210.3389/frsps.2024.13755271375527The limited impact of adverse experiences on worldviews and ideologiesFelipe Vilanova0Damiao Soares Almeida-Segundo1Pablo Borges Moura2Felicia Pratto3Angelo Brandelli Costa4Graduate Program in Psychology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilGradute Program in Developmental Psychology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilComplexo Penitenciário de Canoas, Canoas, BrazilDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United StatesGraduate Program in Psychology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilThe impact of adverse experiences on clinical symptoms has been consistently demonstrated, but their impact on ideologies and worldviews has been rarely tested empirically. It has been long assumed that threatening experiences increase Dangerous World Beliefs (DWB) and Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), whereas scarcity experiences increase Competitive World Beliefs (CWB) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO). Here we assess whether self-reports of these adverse experiences are associated with clinical symptoms, worldviews and ideologies across two distinct studies (Ntotal = 1,108). Study 1 comprised Brazilian youth (13–17 years old) and results indicated that adverse experiences are consistently associated with depression, anxiety and stress but only marginally associated with DWB, RWA, CWB and SDO. Study 2 comprised male prisoners with a higher degree of adverse experiences and similar results were observed, as adverse experiences were mostly unrelated to worldviews and ideologies. Comprehensively, this research challenges the theoretical foundations of worldviews and ideological development, posing questions to the existing models and advocating for new frameworks that promote a shift from models grounded in clinical assumptions to frameworks focusing on social influences.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsps.2024.1375527/fullideologyworldviewRight-Wing AuthoritarianismSocial Dominance Orientationadverse experience |
| spellingShingle | Felipe Vilanova Damiao Soares Almeida-Segundo Pablo Borges Moura Felicia Pratto Angelo Brandelli Costa The limited impact of adverse experiences on worldviews and ideologies Frontiers in Social Psychology ideology worldview Right-Wing Authoritarianism Social Dominance Orientation adverse experience |
| title | The limited impact of adverse experiences on worldviews and ideologies |
| title_full | The limited impact of adverse experiences on worldviews and ideologies |
| title_fullStr | The limited impact of adverse experiences on worldviews and ideologies |
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| title_short | The limited impact of adverse experiences on worldviews and ideologies |
| title_sort | limited impact of adverse experiences on worldviews and ideologies |
| topic | ideology worldview Right-Wing Authoritarianism Social Dominance Orientation adverse experience |
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