PubData Leuphana Repository: Existential insecurity and deference to authority: the pandemic as a natural experiment

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Ressourcentyp	Zeitschriftenartikel
Titel	Existential insecurity and deference to authority: the pandemic as a natural experiment
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-1442
Handle	20.500.14123/1511
Autor*in	Foa, Roberto Stefan 0000-0001-8867-7566 Welzel, Christian 0000-0002-1562-3580
Abstract	Introduction: The global coronavirus pandemic offers a quasi-experimental setting for understanding the impact of sudden exposure to heightened existential risk upon both individual and societal values. Methods: We examined the effect of the pandemic on political attitudes by comparing data from eight countries surveyed before and after the worldwide spread of COVID-19 in March 2020 with continuous weekly polling tracker data from the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2021. Multilevel models were used to explore the drivers of change, and the results indicated that reported emotions of fear and stress were positively associated with institutional approval during periods of greater pathogen risk. Results: Our findings revealed that support for political and technocratic authority, as well as satisfaction with political institutions, rose significantly above long-term historical baselines during the pandemic. Discussion: The results support the hypothesis that exposure to existential risk results in greater support for authority and that individual feelings of insecurity may be linked to less critical citizen orientations.
Sprache	Englisch
Schlagwörter	Pandemic; Existential Security; Populism; Authoritarianism; Pathogen; Risk; COVID-19
Jahr der Veröffentlichung in PubData	2024
Art der Veröffentlichung	Zweitveröffentlichung
Publikationsversion	Veröffentlichte Version
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung	2023-05-19
Entstehungskontext	Forschung
Anmerkungen	This publication was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Veröffentlicht durch	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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Informationen zur Erstveröffentlichung

Element	Wert
Ressourcentyp	Zeitschrift
Titel des Ressourcentyps	Frontiers in Political Science
Identifier	DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2023.1117550
Publikationsjahr	2023
Band	5
Nummer	1117550
Nummerntyp	Artikel
Verlag / Anbieter	Frontiers