Social Representations of a dictatorial past and current support of authoritarianism
Abstract This study analyzed the structure of social representations of an authoritarian regime in Brazil (Military Regime, 1964-1985), the variables associated with reporting different emotions about that past, and support for authoritarian solutions in the present. A sample of 200 participants age...
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| author | Anderson Mathias Darío Páez Elza Techio Carolina Alzugaray Brigido Camargo Albert Moraes |
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| description | Abstract This study analyzed the structure of social representations of an authoritarian regime in Brazil (Military Regime, 1964-1985), the variables associated with reporting different emotions about that past, and support for authoritarian solutions in the present. A sample of 200 participants aged 18 to 85 years (M = 31.54; SD = 13.84) responded to a free word association task in which they indicated three words that came to mind about the Military Regime. A prototypical analysis showed a critical representation as the majority. However, positive representations and a mute zone effect (silence of controversial opinions) were found. Participants also answered several questions about the regime, the emotions they feel, and the support for its restoration. Regression analyses showed different variables predicting positive and negative emotions, and positive representations strongly predicting support for a current authoritarian solution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c47be21275404ff58572dc3cbc88dfe22023-07-25T07:47:09ZengUniversidade de São FranciscoPsico-USF2175-35632023-07-0128238940110.1590/1413-82712023280214Social Representations of a dictatorial past and current support of authoritarianismAnderson Mathiashttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8646-7864Darío Páezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8459-6037Elza Techiohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-7674Carolina Alzugarayhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5387-4623Brigido Camargohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9529-4923Albert Moraeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2186-7968Abstract This study analyzed the structure of social representations of an authoritarian regime in Brazil (Military Regime, 1964-1985), the variables associated with reporting different emotions about that past, and support for authoritarian solutions in the present. A sample of 200 participants aged 18 to 85 years (M = 31.54; SD = 13.84) responded to a free word association task in which they indicated three words that came to mind about the Military Regime. A prototypical analysis showed a critical representation as the majority. However, positive representations and a mute zone effect (silence of controversial opinions) were found. Participants also answered several questions about the regime, the emotions they feel, and the support for its restoration. Regression analyses showed different variables predicting positive and negative emotions, and positive representations strongly predicting support for a current authoritarian solution.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-82712023000200389&lng=en&tlng=enSocial RepresentationSocial MemoyPolitical PsychologyAuthoritarianismDictatorship |
| spellingShingle | Anderson Mathias Darío Páez Elza Techio Carolina Alzugaray Brigido Camargo Albert Moraes Social Representations of a dictatorial past and current support of authoritarianism Psico-USF Social Representation Social Memoy Political Psychology Authoritarianism Dictatorship |
| title | Social Representations of a dictatorial past and current support of authoritarianism |
| title_full | Social Representations of a dictatorial past and current support of authoritarianism |
| title_fullStr | Social Representations of a dictatorial past and current support of authoritarianism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Representations of a dictatorial past and current support of authoritarianism |
| title_short | Social Representations of a dictatorial past and current support of authoritarianism |
| title_sort | social representations of a dictatorial past and current support of authoritarianism |
| topic | Social Representation Social Memoy Political Psychology Authoritarianism Dictatorship |
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