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摘要
最近的研究表明,冠状病毒大流行不仅暂时增加了对现任政治家的支持和对专家的信任,还引发了一种专制反应。由于疫情严重影响了个人的目标、需求和对生活的控制,我们预计疫情会引发情绪反应。在本文中,我们将研究对 COVID-19 的担忧如何通过情绪直接或间接地与机构信任(对政治机构和专家的信任)和对右翼民粹主义政党的偏好相关联。我们的理论框架依赖于 "团结在旗帜周围 "假说、文化反弹理论以及情绪评价理论。我们分析了一个新的数据集,该数据集是荷兰社会科学纵向互联网研究小组调查(Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences Panel Survey)的一部分,收集于第二波大流行病开始时(2020 年 10 月)。我们的研究结果表明,对 COVID-19 的担忧与机构信任正相关,但与右翼民粹主义偏好无关。对冠状病毒危机的担忧与政治机构信任之间的关系是通过恐惧和悲伤来调节的;这些情绪也可以解释为什么人们反对右翼民粹主义政党。我们将结合有关围绕国旗集会效应、右翼民粹主义和情绪的研究来解释我们的发现。我们将结合冠状病毒大流行和其他 "集会 "诱发事件讨论我们的研究结果的意义。
Rally Around the Government or a Populist Response? How Concerns About COVID-19 and Emotional Responses Relate to Institutional Trust and Support for Right-Wing Populism
Recent studies have shown that the coronavirus pandemic not only temporarily increased support for incumbent politicians and trust in experts but also triggered an authoritarian response. Because the pandemic has significantly affected individuals’ goals, needs, and control over their lives, we expect that it has generated emotional reactions. In this article, we study how concerns about COVID-19 relate to institutional trust (trust in political institutions and experts) and a preference for populist right parties—directly and indirectly—via emotions. Our theoretical framework relies on the “rally around the flag” hypothesis, the cultural backlash theory, as well as appraisal theories of emotions. We analyze a novel data set collected as part of the Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences Panel Survey for the Netherlands at the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic (October 2020). Our findings reveal that concerns about COVID-19 are positively related to institutional trust but unrelated to preferences for right-wing populism. The relationship between concerns about the coronavirus crisis and trust in political institutions is mediated via fear and sadness; these emotions also explain opposition to right-wing populist parties. We interpret our findings in relation to research on the rally around the flag effect, right-wing populism, and emotions. We discuss the implications of our results in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and other “rally”-inducing events.
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American Behavioral Scientist has been a valuable source of information for scholars, researchers, professionals, and students, providing in-depth perspectives on intriguing contemporary topics throughout the social and behavioral sciences. Each issue offers comprehensive analysis of a single topic, examining such important and diverse arenas as sociology, international and U.S. politics, behavioral sciences, communication and media, economics, education, ethnic and racial studies, terrorism, and public service. The journal"s interdisciplinary approach stimulates creativity and occasionally, controversy within the emerging frontiers of the social sciences, exploring the critical issues that affect our world and challenge our thinking.