“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: Predicting College Students’ Voting Behavior Using the Extended Parallel Process Model

IF 1.7 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI:10.3390/socsci12110628

Anthony J. Roberto, L. D. Mattson, Paige A. Von Feldt, Xin Zhou

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Abstract

This longitudinal study examines how well the EPPM predicts and explains college students’ voting behavior. One-hundred-and-seventy-eight undergraduate students filled out a survey at two points in time: (1) four weeks before and (2) one week after the 2022 midterm election. As hypothesized, the EPPM accurately predicted danger control outcomes (i.e., severity, susceptibility, self-efficacy, and response efficacy predicted voting intentions, and voting intentions predicted voting behavior). The EPPM also predicted one fear control outcome (though only the path between severity and fear was significant). More specifically, the EPPM explained 45.7% of the variance in intention, 81.7% of the variance in behavior, 77% of the variance in contesting, and 33.6% of the variance in suppression.

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“我们唯一害怕的就是害怕本身”:用扩展平行过程模型预测大学生的投票行为

本纵向研究考察了epm对大学生投票行为的预测和解释。178名本科生在两个时间点填写了一份调查问卷:(1)2022年中期选举前四周和(2)中期选举后一周。根据假设，epppm能够准确预测危险控制结果(即严重性、易感性、自我效能和反应效能预测投票意向，投票意向预测投票行为)。epm还预测了一种恐惧控制结果(尽管只有严重程度和恐惧之间的路径是显著的)。更具体地说，epppm解释了意向方差的45.7%，行为方差的81.7%，竞争方差的77%，抑制方差的33.6%。

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来源期刊

Social Sciences Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

5.90%

发文量

494

审稿时长

11 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760) is an international, peer-reviewed, quick-refereeing open access journal published online monthly by MDPI. The journal seeks to appeal to an interdisciplinary audience and authorship which focuses upon real world research. It attracts papers from a wide range of fields, including anthropology, criminology, geography, history, political science, psychology, social policy, social work, sociology, and more. With its efficient and qualified double-blind peer review process, Social Sciences aims to present the newest relevant and emerging scholarship in the field to both academia and the broader public alike, thereby maintaining its place as a dynamic platform for engaging in social sciences research and academic debate. Subject Areas: Anthropology, Criminology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Political science, Psychology, Social policy, Social work, Sociology, Other related areas.