Motivational and Affective Drivers of Right-Wing Populism Support: Insights From an Austrian Presidential Election

Abstract: Research has identified political disenchantment as an important driver for the recent spread of right-wing populism. The cultural backlash approach explains this relationship as a counter response to progressive socio-political developments in Western societies. Drawing on previous work, the present research examines motivational and affective factors underlying the support of right-wing populist parties. We hypothesize that a perceived alienation from the symbolic architecture of a society may decrease levels of psychological need satisfaction, which may catalyze into anxiety and anger. As the “political system” represents an important reflective surface for the socio-political status quo, we expected lower levels of need satisfaction and its resulting affective consequences to help explain the relationship between political disenchantment and right-wing populist support. We tested these tenets based on data from the 2016 Austrian presidential election (n = 626). The results of a.... https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/2875

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Motivational and Affective Drivers of Right-Wing Populism Support: Insights From an Austrian Presidential Election ; volume:15 ; number:3 ; day:30 ; month:10 ; year:2020 ; Social psychological bulletin ; 15, Heft 3 (30.10.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Lüders, Adrian ; Mühlberger, Christina ; Jonas, Eva

Further information

• DOI: 10.32872/spb.2875
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021050105104023220920
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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