Political ideology and compensatory control mechanisms

被引:14
作者
de Leon, Rebecca Ponce [1 ]
Kay, Aaron C. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Duke Univ, Fuqua Sch Business, 100 Fuqua Dr, Durham, NC 27708 USA
[2] Duke Univ, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, 417 Chapel Dr, Durham, NC 27708 USA
关键词
COGNITIVE-STYLE; CONSERVATISM; THREAT; BELIEF; GOD; GOVERNMENT; CERTAINTY; SECURITY; RIGIDITY; COUNTRY;
D O I
10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.02.013
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
People strive to feel in control. As such, under control threat, people defensively endorse ideologies that help compensate for diminished control. Although scholarly work has tended to focus on conservatism as a compensatory control mechanism, recent research suggests that conservatism is not always the most appealing means of restoring feelings of control. While conservatives are higher in the need for control - and conservative social ideologies often function as compensatory control tools - the endorsement of both liberal and normative ideologies can also serve as compensatory control mechanisms, under different circumstances. However, political groups are likely to differ in the ideologies they adopt under control threat. Factors related to the cognitive accessibility of ideologies and their propensity to combat the control threat at play help determine which set of ideological beliefs people embrace when they face control loss.
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页码:112 / 117
页数:6
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