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ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2023

The role of the COVID-19 impersonal threat strengthening the associations of right-wing attitudes, nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiments.

Anna Panzeri, Giuseppe Mignemi, Giovanni Bruno, Umberto Granziol, Cecilia Scalavicci, Marco Bertamini, Kate Mary Bennett, Andrea Spoto, Giulio Vidotto

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Anna PanzeriDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5999-858X
Giuseppe MignemiDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1624-2584
Giovanni BrunoDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2526-880X
Umberto GranziolDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6286-6569
Cecilia ScalavicciDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, Padova, Italy.
Marco BertaminiDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8617-6864
Kate Mary BennettDepartment of Psychology, University of Liverpool, L69 3BX Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3164-6894
Andrea SpotoDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7580-544X
Giulio VidottoDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3854-5087

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Abstract

Literature showed that the link between right-wing attitudes and ethnocentric attitudes gets stronger under existential threats, but the role exerted by an impersonal threat - as COVID-19 - on right-wing attitudes is still unclear. This study aimed to highlight the role of anxiety exerted by the impersonal COVID-19 threat on the relationship between right-wing attitudes and ethnocentric attitudes, as nationalism and anti-immigrants' sentiments. As part of an international project to evaluate the impact of COVID-19, this study administered an online survey to a representative sample (n 1038). The anxiety generated by an impersonal threat as COVID-19 - thus not exerted by any outgroup - can moderate the relationship among personal Right-Wing Authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and ethnocentric attitudes. This is the first study demonstrating that existential threat is effective also when exerted by an impersonal agent (as COVID-19) rather than by an outgroup. Second, these findings disclose useful implications for preventive psychological interventions and for social policy makers. Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-023-04305-w.

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AnxietyExistential threatHealth psychologyRight-Wing authoritarianismSocial Dominance Orientation

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