"Siblings must stick together": Chilean parents' perspectives on sibling group adoption and post-adoption contact
In: Journal of public child welfare, p. 1-22
ISSN: 1554-8740
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In: Journal of public child welfare, p. 1-22
ISSN: 1554-8740
In: Children and youth services review: an international multidisciplinary review of the welfare of young people, Volume 80, p. 149-156
ISSN: 0190-7409
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Volume 45, Issue 2, p. 407-433
ISSN: 1467-9221
AbstractAlthough different social crises may eventually favor undemocratic and authoritarian forms of governance, at some point, such antidemocratic practices require the support of a significant part of the population to be implemented. The present research investigates how and whether the COVID‐19 pandemic might have favoured greater support for antidemocratic governmental practices, on the premise of regaining control and security. Using data from 17 countries (N = 4364) and national‐level indicators (i.e., real number of contagions and deaths, and sociopolitical indicators), we test how the risk of contagion and death from COVID‐19, along with personal orientations (i.e., social dominance orientation [SDO], right‐wing authoritarianism [RWA], and perceived anomie) motivate authoritarian and antidemocratic practices. Results from multilevel models indicate that risk perception and perceptions of political instability predict a wish for stronger leadership, agreement with martial law, and support for a controlling government especially when SDO and RWA are high, while more egalitarian and less conservative people agree less with these authoritarian measures in spite of the levels of risk perception. We discuss the implications for these findings for future research on similar but also dissimilar external events (natural disasters, war, or terror incidents) and the consequences for societies with higher authoritarian tendencies.