Effects of COVID-19 related economic threat on political conservatism, xenophobia, and racial bias in the United States.

ABSTRACT: The uncertainty-threat model of conservatism posits that people turn to political conservatism to protect themselves from perceived threats; indeed, studies show increases in conservative ideology and outgroup bias following threat priming. The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented threat that has had devastating effects on the health and economic lives of Americans. Concerns surrounding the threat of COVID-19 may have secondary effects on other aspects of American life, such as political and anti-Asian racial bias. The current studies explored the effects of COVID-19 related threats on expressed political conservatism, xenophobia, and racial bias under the uncertainty-threat model. Study 1 assessed the effects of priming health or economic risks of COVID-19 (vs. control), and found that e

SUBMITTER: Wang CX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11410237 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature