Ideologically‐based contact avoidance during a pandemic
Blunt or selective distancing from ‘others’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10901554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gordon Hodson (0000-0001-9699-9098, Department of Psychology Brock University St. Catharines Ontario Canada, corresponding author), Rose Meleady (0000-0002-4671-4960, School of Psychology University of East Anglia Norwich England) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 823-845 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-2772 • E-ISSN: 1099-0992 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ejsp.2938 |
| OpenAlex | W4323667910 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 64 |
This project sought to understand when ideology is relevant (or not) to predicting contact avoidance of ‘others’ during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Right‐leaning ideologies (political conservatism, right‐wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation) were not expected to predict greater contact avoidance per se, but rather exhibit selective avoidance of outgroup (vs. ingroup) members. White British participated in one exploratory (Study 1 N = 364) and two pre‐registered (Study 2 N = 431, Study 3 N = 700) studies. As expected, right‐leaning ideologies were significantly stronger predictors of greater preferred personal distance and contact discomfort regarding foreign outgroups (vs. British ingroup) in Studies 1 and 3 (partially supported in Study 2). Ideology rarely predicted ingroup reactions. This Ideology × Target pattern was itself not moderated by the perceived COVID‐19 threat. Pre‐pandemic theorizing that heightened behavioural immune system responses are associated with heightened right‐leaning ideologies appear insufficient for use in actual pandemic contexts, especially when highly politicized
Authoritarianism · Biology and political orientation · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Developmental psychology · Dominance (genetics) · Ideology · Ingroups and outgroups · Outgroup · Political science · Politics · Social distance · Social dominance orientation · Cultural Differences and Values · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |