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The Effect of 9/11 on the Heritability of Political Trust

Author(s) -

Ojeda Christopher

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

political psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1467-9221

pISSN - 0162-895X

DOI - 10.1111/pops.12223

Subject(s) - biosocial theory , politics , heritability , population , social psychology , psychology , positive economics , political science , sociology , economics , biology , demography , genetics , law , personality

Following the attacks of S eptember 11, 2001, a rally effect led to a precipitous rise in political trust. However, the increase in political trust concealed a simultaneous decline among a smaller portion of the population. This article examines the psychological mechanisms underlying these heterogeneous attitudes towards government and shows that a biosocial model best explains the observed patterns of response. The interplay of genetic and environmental factors of political trust reveals the stable but dynamic nature of heritability: genetic influences of political trust increased immediately following 9/11 but quickly decayed to pre‐9/11 levels.

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