Does Extreme Political Ideology Predict Conspiracy Beliefs, Economic Evaluations and Political Trust? Evidence From Sweden
A large volume of academic research has demonstrated that individuals who profess radical political ideology, both left- and right-wing, tend to share similar underlying psychological patterns. By utilizing data collected through a voting advice application in Sweden, this study aims to assess wheth...
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| author | Andre Krouwel Yordan Kutiyski Jan-Willem van Prooijen Johan Martinsson Elias Markstedt |
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| description | A large volume of academic research has demonstrated that individuals who profess radical political ideology, both left- and right-wing, tend to share similar underlying psychological patterns. By utilizing data collected through a voting advice application in Sweden, this study aims to assess whether extreme leftists and rightists share similarities in the psychological and political understanding of how society functions. We propose three hypotheses to test this pattern: Extreme left and right individuals are more inclined to believe in conspiracy theories than moderates; they are more likely to have negative economic evaluations; and they are less politically and interpersonally trustful. By means of hierarchical regression analyses, we reveal a quadratic relationship between extreme political ideology and conspiracy beliefs. Moreover, we find a similar linkage between ideology and economic evaluations. However, the empirical analyses fail to provide evidence that extreme ideology is related to lower political and interpersonal trust. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae1e528ec765458385c016df7512200a2023-01-03T05:51:55ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyJournal of Social and Political Psychology2195-33252017-10-015243546210.5964/jspp.v5i2.745jspp.v5i2.745Does Extreme Political Ideology Predict Conspiracy Beliefs, Economic Evaluations and Political Trust? Evidence From SwedenAndre Krouwel0Yordan Kutiyski1Jan-Willem van Prooijen2Johan Martinsson3Elias Markstedt4VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsKieskompas (Election Compass), Amsterdam, The NetherlandsVU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsUniversity of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenUniversity of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenA large volume of academic research has demonstrated that individuals who profess radical political ideology, both left- and right-wing, tend to share similar underlying psychological patterns. By utilizing data collected through a voting advice application in Sweden, this study aims to assess whether extreme leftists and rightists share similarities in the psychological and political understanding of how society functions. We propose three hypotheses to test this pattern: Extreme left and right individuals are more inclined to believe in conspiracy theories than moderates; they are more likely to have negative economic evaluations; and they are less politically and interpersonally trustful. By means of hierarchical regression analyses, we reveal a quadratic relationship between extreme political ideology and conspiracy beliefs. Moreover, we find a similar linkage between ideology and economic evaluations. However, the empirical analyses fail to provide evidence that extreme ideology is related to lower political and interpersonal trust.http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/745political ideologyeconomic evaluationstrust, conspiracy belief, extremism |
| spellingShingle | Andre Krouwel Yordan Kutiyski Jan-Willem van Prooijen Johan Martinsson Elias Markstedt Does Extreme Political Ideology Predict Conspiracy Beliefs, Economic Evaluations and Political Trust? Evidence From Sweden Journal of Social and Political Psychology political ideology economic evaluations trust, conspiracy belief, extremism |
| title | Does Extreme Political Ideology Predict Conspiracy Beliefs, Economic Evaluations and Political Trust? Evidence From Sweden |
| title_full | Does Extreme Political Ideology Predict Conspiracy Beliefs, Economic Evaluations and Political Trust? Evidence From Sweden |
| title_fullStr | Does Extreme Political Ideology Predict Conspiracy Beliefs, Economic Evaluations and Political Trust? Evidence From Sweden |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Extreme Political Ideology Predict Conspiracy Beliefs, Economic Evaluations and Political Trust? Evidence From Sweden |
| title_short | Does Extreme Political Ideology Predict Conspiracy Beliefs, Economic Evaluations and Political Trust? Evidence From Sweden |
| title_sort | does extreme political ideology predict conspiracy beliefs economic evaluations and political trust evidence from sweden |
| topic | political ideology economic evaluations trust, conspiracy belief, extremism |
| url | http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/745 |
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