Contempt of Congress: Do Liberals and Conservatives Harbor Equivalent Negative Emotional Biases Towards Ideologically Congruent vs. Incongruent Politicians at the Level of Individual Emotions?

Contempt of Congress: Do Liberals and Conservatives Harbor Equivalent Negative Emotional Biases Towards Ideologically Congruent vs. Incongruent Politicians at the Level of Individual Emotions?

Prior research suggests that conservatives are more fear-motivated, disgust-sensitive, and happy than liberals. Yet when it comes to political targets (e.g., politicians), both liberals and conservatives can get very emotional. We examined whether the ideological differences in emotion seen in past...

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Main Authors: Russell L. Steiger, Christine Reyna, Geoffrey Wetherell, Gabrielle Iverson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Subjects:
political ideology
emotion
ideological conflict
contempt
anger
disgust
fear
happiness
liberal
conservative
Online Access:http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/822

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http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/822

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