- Title
- The role of ideological attitudes in responses to COVID-19 threat and government restrictions in Australia
- Creator
- Clarke, Edward; Klas, Anna; Dyos, Emily
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/176320
- Identifier
- vital:15102
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110734
- Identifier
- ISBN:0191-8869 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Many government strategies to reduce the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) involved unprecedented restrictions on personal movement, disrupting social and economic norms. Although generally well-received in Australia, community frustration regarding these restrictions appeared to diverge across political lines. Therefore, we examined the unique effects of the ideological subfactors of Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA; Aggression, Submission and Conventionalism) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO; Dominance and Anti-egalitarianism) in predicting perceived personal threat of COVID-19, and support for and reactance to government restrictions, in Australian residents across two separate samples (S1 N = 451, S2 N = 838). COVID-19 threat was positively predicted by Submission, and negatively by Conventionalism, and Anti-egalitarianism. Support for restrictions was also positively predicted by Submission, and negatively by Conventionalism, Dominance, and Anti-egalitarianism. Reactance to government restrictions was negatively predicted by Submission, and positively by Conventionalism, Dominance, and Anti-egalitarianism. These findings suggest that right-wing ideological subfactors contribute to the one's perception of COVID-19 threat and government restrictions differentially. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Relation
- Personality and Individual Differences Vol. 175, no. (2021), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Subject
- 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Sciences; Australia; COVID-19; Right-wing authoritarianism; Social distancing; Social dominance orientation
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