Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-11-12eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf045
Fredrik Jansson, Pontus Strimling
{"title":"Susceptibility to Moral Arguments Among Liberals and Conservatives.","authors":"Fredrik Jansson, Pontus Strimling","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf045","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An empirical result in Moral Foundations Theory is that liberals and progressives endorse the individualizing factors of care and fairness, while conservatives claim that the binding factors of authority, loyalty, and purity are equally relevant when determining what is moral. Does this translate into persuasiveness of arguments and opinion change? We here test the hypothesis that conservatives can be swayed by binding moral arguments, while everyone is susceptible to individualizing moral arguments. Using a classic experimental design (N = 375) where respondents are given moral arguments for a position in nine moral issues, we find support for this hypothesis. In line with motivational matching, the moral foundation support of respondents predicts the type of arguments to which they are susceptible. Along with previous studies on which type of moral argument supports which moral position in the public debate, these findings provide a mechanistic explanation for public opinion change, and in particular for the observation that moral values are becoming more liberal and progressive across the board. Although people tend to be resistant to belief revision, their opinions on politically polarized issues can change when arguments match their beliefs, reflected in their ideology.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 3","pages":"735-757"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12695052/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145745705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-11-01eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf047
Gaetano Scaduto
{"title":"Politicultural Linking: Inferences Between Political and Apolitical Traits.","authors":"Gaetano Scaduto","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf047","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evidence concerning inferences between political and apolitical traits has grown exponentially in recent years. This thriving literature-dealing with research on political stereotypes and projection around sociodemographic, psychological, and lifestyle traits-is disconnected and needs to be placed under a unifying framework. To achieve this, we introduce \"Politicultural Linking,\" a concept subsuming political inferences from apolitical cues and apolitical inferences from political cues. Through an extensive literature review of the works produced since 2009, we discuss and classify research on this topic, identifying common features, strengths, and weaknesses, and depicting a comprehensive conceptual framework. Moreover, we identify relevant gaps in the literature: the underexploration of inferences involving lifestyle preferences, the overrepresentation of US-based studies, the overlooked role of projection, and the lack of non-survey-based research. Consequently, we aim to set the agenda for future studies on this topic.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 3","pages":"915-946"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12695054/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145745669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-08-07eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf030
Fiona Grubin, Morgan E Neavill, Tessa Sawyer, Amanda Larson, Emily Maltaverne, Monica C Skewes
{"title":"Concerns About Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among American Indian Community Members: A Qualitative Secondary Analysis.","authors":"Fiona Grubin, Morgan E Neavill, Tessa Sawyer, Amanda Larson, Emily Maltaverne, Monica C Skewes","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf030","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Opioid use disorder and mortality due to opioid overdose pose significant public health problems in the United States, particularly among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities that experience disproportionately high rates of opioid overdose deaths. Such health inequities are related to centuries of ongoing colonization and oppression that inform social determinants of health today. Using medications to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD) has broad support among health professionals due to substantial evidence of its effectiveness and benefits to patients. However, most AI/ANs who need MOUD never receive it. This analysis sought to identify concerns related to the use of MOUD and how they inform barriers to implementing MOUD in a rural AI reservation community. Secondary analysis of qualitative data was conducted using reflexive thematic analysis. Findings reveal key themes related to conditions for when to use MOUD, recovery, distrust of Western medicine, and individual viewpoints on MOUD. Implications of these findings for reducing barriers to MOUD in AI/AN communities are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 SI","pages":"539-564"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12411911/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-08-07eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf027
Amanda Jones-Layman, Francine P Cartwright, Seran Schug, Jennifer Kitson, Lisa Siegert, Rachel Pruchno
{"title":"How the Age-Friendly Domains Apply to Low-Income Cities and Guide Improvements: Perspectives of Long-Term Residents in New Jersey.","authors":"Amanda Jones-Layman, Francine P Cartwright, Seran Schug, Jennifer Kitson, Lisa Siegert, Rachel Pruchno","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf027","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The WHO defined age-friendly cities (AFCs) as places with policies, services, settings, and structures that enable people to age in place. Although AFCs have gained attention recently, little is known about the applicability of age-friendly domains to low-income cities. We conducted flexible semistructured interviews with 28 adults aged 65 and older who had lived in New Jersey cities with high poverty rates and low median incomes for at least 15 years. Participants described their neighborhoods in ways that mapped onto the eight AFC domains. Themes of agency and safety linked the domains. Participants suggested ways to change neighborhoods in low-income cities that would make them age friendly. Findings suggest that the AFC domains have utility as a framework for how older long-term residents of low-income cities describe their neighborhoods. They provide unique information about how these domains relate to one another and identify strategies for making low-income places better environments for older people.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 SI","pages":"517-538"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12411912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-08-07eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf028
Ricardo R Ferreira, Jean-François Daoust
{"title":"To Report or Not to Report? A Qualitative Analysis of Journalists' Perspectives on Harm to Public Opinion.","authors":"Ricardo R Ferreira, Jean-François Daoust","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf028","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Journalists face intricate decisions regarding what to publish, especially when problematic content may impact public opinion in a way that could fuel hate and/or undermine democratic attitudes. While scholarship has recognized the importance of this issue, most studies focus on published content, how citizens engage with it, and the implications of published news. In this article, we provide a fresh perspective on the crucial dilemma faced by journalists concerning their perceived impact on public opinion, by leveraging data based on 36 semistructured in-depth interviews with journalists covering Brazil's political landscape. The interviews were conducted between December 7, 2021, and July 20, 2022. Our main findings are threefold. First, we find a consensus among journalists regarding what is seen as problematic content, which is centered around threats to democratic attitudes and misinformation on critical issues. Second, we examine the rationales underpinning journalists' choices to publish problematic content, which include the concept of \"competing voices,\" the legitimacy conferred to elected representatives (e.g., the head of a government), and journalists' fear of being viewed as left leaning and losing their audience. Third, we find that journalists who do not publish problematic content do so because they expect to negatively impact public opinion, in particular democratic attitudes, and that their reporting of hate speech may not meet ethical standards. We conclude by highlighting the complex interplay of journalistic norms and expectations regarding their impact on public opinion and the news production process.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 SI","pages":"683-715"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12411913/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-08-06eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf033
Marieke Haan, Simon D Venema
{"title":"Using a Blended Approach to Thematic Analysis: A Case Study on Fatherhood and Imprisonment.","authors":"Marieke Haan, Simon D Venema","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf033","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thematic analysis (TA) has become a prominent qualitative research method for identifying patterns in experiences, responses, narratives, and meanings in relation to a research question. In this paper, we provide researchers with an understanding of different approaches to TA and offer practical guidance on conducting a blended approach to TA, which combines the strengths of different TA approaches. Despite their prevalence in the literature, blended approaches to TA are rarely clearly illustrated in research publications. To address this gap, we present a detailed case study of a blended approach to TA, based on a qualitative study exploring the experiences of incarcerated fathers participating in a prison family program in the Netherlands. This case study offers researchers practical guidance for thoughtfully implementing a blended approach to TA in their own work. It also highlights the nuances and complexities of a blended approach to TA, emphasizing the importance of aligning the chosen TA approach to the research context and objectives. We conclude by discussing the value of blended approaches to TA in qualitative research, underscoring the importance of thoughtful application and transparent reporting of these approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 SI","pages":"716-733"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12411909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-08-06eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf032
Anna Kopec, Alison Smith, Genevieve Fuji Johnson
{"title":"Relationships, Trust and Accountability, and Critical Reflexivity: Developing Quality Data with the \"Hard to Reach\".","authors":"Anna Kopec, Alison Smith, Genevieve Fuji Johnson","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf032","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding the realities of members of marginalized communities is central to the advancement of social and behavioral sciences. We argue that the development of data accurately representing the perspectives and experiences of such communities is fundamentally contingent on relationships of trust and accountability, and on researcher critical reflexivity. We showcase our methodology in three vignettes based on how we conduct research with communities that are \"hard to reach\" due to their societal marginalization. These vignettes include our reflections on the quality of data as a function of relationships, trust, accountability, and critical reflexivity. Our stories from the field highlight the importance of relational research with communities experiencing marginalization.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 SI","pages":"565-589"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12411916/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-06-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf022
Tarek Al Baghal, Jonathan Burton, Thomas F Crossley, Michaela Benzeval, Meena Kumari
{"title":"How Different Mixed-Mode Data Collection Approaches Impact Response Rates and Provision of Biomeasure Samples.","authors":"Tarek Al Baghal, Jonathan Burton, Thomas F Crossley, Michaela Benzeval, Meena Kumari","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf022","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social surveys can be enriched with the collection of objective health measures, allowing new types of research in both health and social sciences. We experimentally tested three alternative designs for collecting survey responses and biomeasures within a longitudinal survey. In the nurse-administered design, a nurse conducts the survey and collects biomeasures in person. In the interviewer-first design, an interviewer initially attempts to carry out the survey in person, collects a subset of biomeasures, and then leaves a further biomeasure sample collection kit with the respondent. The web-first design invites respondents to complete the survey in web mode, and a biomeasure sample collection kit is sent after they do so. Nonrespondents to their initial mode are followed up with in an alternate mode. The outcomes of interest are both (i) response to the survey, and (ii) take-up and completion of the biomeasure sample collection. The impact of the experimental design is tested on both outcomes, utilizing intention-to-treat analysis (that is, by allocated design). To account for the importance of channel of communication in the consent decision for biomeasures, we also analyze observed consent outcomes by realized mode of response, other survey factors, and respondent characteristics. Findings show that the web-first design is superior in obtaining survey response, with nonsignificant differences between in-person interviewer-administered and nurse-administered designs. Conversely, the web was the least effective design for obtaining biomeasures. These findings imply that there is a design trade-off between obtaining survey responses and biomeasures, and this should be considered in future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 2","pages":"245-269"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12369939/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-06-16eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf018
Anja Neundorf, Aykut Öztürk
{"title":"Advertising Online Surveys on Social Media: How Your Advertisements Affect Your Study.","authors":"Anja Neundorf, Aykut Öztürk","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf018","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the recruitment of online survey participants through paid social media advertisements is becoming increasingly common among survey researchers, we know little about how the content of advertisements influences the recruitment process. Our study systematically compares the effects of several approaches-being vague or explicit about the survey theme and offering material incentives-relying on 23 advertisements conducted in Turkey and Spain between May 2021 and June 2022, recruiting more than 30,000 respondents. Our article documents the important trade-offs that the content of an advertisement creates regarding cost and sample composition. We find that incentive-based advertisements can produce samples much closer to national population benchmarks; however, this also depends on the type of incentive. Thematic advertisements, which mention the political content of a survey, consistently return the cheapest samples, yet certain groups are overrepresented in these samples. Incentive-based advertisements also produce a generally higher response quality. We conclude our article by providing practical advice on which kind of advertisement to use, discussing the generalizability of our findings to other countries, and listing the main limitations of our study.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 2","pages":"335-360"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12369937/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144978011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Public Opinion QuarterlyPub Date : 2025-06-15eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfaf019
Joyce H Nguy, Alexandria J Davis, Nathan K Chan
{"title":"Ladies' Choice: Intersectional Linked Fate and Public Opinion Toward Women of Color in Politics.","authors":"Joyce H Nguy, Alexandria J Davis, Nathan K Chan","doi":"10.1093/poq/nfaf019","DOIUrl":"10.1093/poq/nfaf019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article seeks to understand the public opinion formation among women of color in America. How do identity-based factors, such as linked fate with women of color (WoC), shape political evaluations? Expanding on social identity theory and intersectionality frameworks, we investigate the political influences of WoC identification and WoC intersectional linked fate. We argue that intersectional linked fate represents a deeper sense of shared experiences and interconnected outcomes across race and gender, making this both a conceptually distinct construct and a politically consequential extension of WoC identity. Further, we theorize that women of color's perceptions of intersectional linked fate drive their cross-racial support for real-world WoC in politics. We analyze data from the 2020 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey to test how intersectional linked fate correlates with evaluations of prominent WoC political figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Michelle Obama among Black, Latina, and Asian American women. Our findings reveal that intersectional linked fate has a stronger and more consistent influence on these political evaluations than either WoC identity or racial linked fate, fostering solidarity and support for WoC politicians across racial boundaries. The results highlight the critical role of intersectional linked fate in shaping public opinion with important implications for understanding future elections, especially as candidates, politics, and the electorate continue to diversify in the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":51359,"journal":{"name":"Public Opinion Quarterly","volume":"89 2","pages":"361-388"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12369943/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}