On the Association of Interpersonal Trust With Right-Wing Extremist and Authoritarian Attitudes

Abstract: Right-wing extremism and authoritarianism have been identified as major, if not the major threats to democracy in recent years. The rise of right-wing extremist and populist parties in many democratic countries throughout the world has renewed the interest in identifying the roots and determinants of these anti-democratic attitudes. Even though factors on many levels of analysis (macro-, meso- and micro-level) have been taken into consideration as possible sources of the development of these kinds of positions, the relationship of interpersonal trust with both right-wing extremism and authoritarianism has yet to be systematically examined. The aim of the current study was to shed light on the connection between these constructs by analyzing data from a German representative study conducted in 2018 (N = 2,416). Multiple linear regression found interpersonal trust to reliably predict all facets of right-wing extremism and authoritarianism included in the study, even when controlling .... https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/6741

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

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: On the Association of Interpersonal Trust With Right-Wing Extremist and Authoritarian Attitudes ; volume:10 ; number:2 ; day:26 ; month:09 ; year:2022 ; Journal of social and political psychology ; 10, Heft 2 (26.09.2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Heller, Ayline ; Wicke, Felix S. ; Kasinger, Christoph ; Beutel, Manfred E. ; Decker, Oliver ; Schuler, Julia ; Brähler, Elmar

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/jspp.6741
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022102905091654465095
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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