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Effects of Right‐Wing Authoritarianism and Threat from Terrorism on Restriction of Civil Liberties
Author(s) -
Cohrs J. Christopher,
Kielmann Sven,
Maes Jürgen,
Moschner Barbara
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
analyses of social issues and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1530-2415
pISSN - 1529-7489
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2005.00071.x
Subject(s) - civil liberties , social dominance orientation , authoritarianism , terrorism , ideology , dominance (genetics) , politics , social psychology , feeling , psychology , political science , biology and political orientation , law , democracy , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
In an Internet survey (N = 275), we investigated how right‐wing authoritarianism (RWA), social dominance orientation (SDO), personal values, and political ideology predicted attitudes toward restriction of civil liberties and toward surveillance measured one year later. Feelings of threat from terrorism were also taken into account. RWA, SDO, political ideology, security values, and self‐direction values were significant predictors. In addition, RWA interacted with threat from terrorism, in that threat reinforced the positive effect of RWA on support for surveillance measures. Thus, the study contributes to the understanding of psychological reasons for support for political measures related to civil liberties.