Need for affect, need for cognition, and the desire for independence.
The last decade has witnessed a significant rise in European secessionist movements leading to considerable political turmoil (e.g., protest, repression, imprisonment of political leaders). While scholars have identified a number of economic and political factors that influence the support for seces...
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description | The last decade has witnessed a significant rise in European secessionist movements leading to considerable political turmoil (e.g., protest, repression, imprisonment of political leaders). While scholars have identified a number of economic and political factors that influence the support for secessionist movements, fewer studies have focused on its psychological roots. Using evidence from Catalonia, this paper investigates the role of two fundamental individual traits, Need for Affect (NFA) and Need for Cognition (NFC), in influencing the support for Catalan independence. It analyzes a large representative sample of adult Catalans in 2013, during the peak of the secessionist movement, to examine the influence of NFA and NFC, and their interaction, on the intention to vote in favor of seceding from Spain. Results indicate that individuals who have high levels in NFA and those who have high levels of NFA and low levels of NFC are more likely to support independence. In other words, individuals who have low levels of both NFA and NFC have the lowest support for independence. In conclusion, these findings highlight the importance of considering individual differences in psychological motives in order to fully understand support for secessionist movements. |
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spelling | doaj.art-e339777f8d3e4c42b5507bcbbbac7bdc2023-04-08T05:32:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01182e028045710.1371/journal.pone.0280457Need for affect, need for cognition, and the desire for independence.Joan BarcelóThe last decade has witnessed a significant rise in European secessionist movements leading to considerable political turmoil (e.g., protest, repression, imprisonment of political leaders). While scholars have identified a number of economic and political factors that influence the support for secessionist movements, fewer studies have focused on its psychological roots. Using evidence from Catalonia, this paper investigates the role of two fundamental individual traits, Need for Affect (NFA) and Need for Cognition (NFC), in influencing the support for Catalan independence. It analyzes a large representative sample of adult Catalans in 2013, during the peak of the secessionist movement, to examine the influence of NFA and NFC, and their interaction, on the intention to vote in favor of seceding from Spain. Results indicate that individuals who have high levels in NFA and those who have high levels of NFA and low levels of NFC are more likely to support independence. In other words, individuals who have low levels of both NFA and NFC have the lowest support for independence. In conclusion, these findings highlight the importance of considering individual differences in psychological motives in order to fully understand support for secessionist movements.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280457 |
spellingShingle | Joan Barceló Need for affect, need for cognition, and the desire for independence. PLoS ONE |
title | Need for affect, need for cognition, and the desire for independence. |
title_full | Need for affect, need for cognition, and the desire for independence. |
title_fullStr | Need for affect, need for cognition, and the desire for independence. |
title_full_unstemmed | Need for affect, need for cognition, and the desire for independence. |
title_short | Need for affect, need for cognition, and the desire for independence. |
title_sort | need for affect need for cognition and the desire for independence |
url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280457 |
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