Are liberals agreeable or not? Politeness and compassion differentially predict political conservatism via distinct ideologies.

Autor/inn/en	Osborne, Danny; Wooton, Liz W.; Sibley, Chris G.
Titel	Are liberals agreeable or not? Politeness and compassion differentially predict political conservatism via distinct ideologies.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 44 (2013) 5, S. 354-360Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000132
Schlagwörter	Autoritarismus; Konservatismus; Dominanz; Verträglichkeit
Abstract	Documenting the relationship between Agreeableness and political conservatism has proven elusive. We address this anomaly by showing that two aspects of Agreeableness - politeness and compassion - have countervailing relationships with political conservatism through right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO). To test this, we analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of New Zealanders (N = 4,553). Politeness was positively, but compassion was negatively, correlated with political conservatism. Consistent with the differential mediation hypothesis derived from the dual process model of ideology and prejudice, these opposing relationships were differentially mediated by RWA and SDO. This attenuated the bivariate relationship between the higher-order trait of Agreeableness and political conservatism. These results demonstrate the complex relationship between personality and political orientation. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2014/3