The Mediating Role of Values in the Correlation Between Self-identification and Political Beliefs in the Left–Right Axis
- Institution: University of Szczecin
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2689-3797
- Institution: University of Szczecin
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6808-0364
- Institution: University of Szczecin
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8314-0476
- Year of publication: 2024
- Source: Show
- Pages: 85-100
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2024.84.05
- PDF: apsp/84/apsp8405.pdf
The article presents the results of a study on the relationship between left-right self-identification and political beliefs mediated by values. A total of 1,038 people participated in the study. The study used the Political Beliefs Questionnaire and the Polish version of the S.Schwartz’s Portrait Value Questionnaire. Self-identification with right-wing views correlated positively with conservatiness and left-wing views correlated positively with self-transcendence, orientation to change and self-enhancement. Conservativeness mediates the relationship between self-identification and fundamentalism, lowering the negative correlation between these variables. The more the negative relationship between left-wing self-identification and conservativeness increases, the more the relationship between self-identification and religious fundamentalism decreases. The analysed values mediate the relationship between left-wing self-identification and political beliefs. The observations made confirm the need to take into account values when analysing political beliefs.
Pośrednicząca rola wartości w związku między autoidentyfikacją a przekonaniami politycznymi na osi lewica–prawica
W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań dotyczące związków między autoidentyfikacją lewica–prawica a przekonaniami politycznymi mediowanymi przez wartości. W badaniu wzięło udział łącznie 1038 osób. W badaniu wykorzystano Kwestionariusz Przekonań Politycznych oraz polską wersję Kwestionariusza Wartości Portretu S. Schwartza. Autoidentyfikacja z prawicowymi poglądami korelowała pozytywnie z zachowawczością, a poglądy lewicowe pozytywnie z przekraczaniem siebie, orientacją na zmianę i umacnianiem siebie. Zachowawczość mediuje związki między autoidentyfikacją a fundamentalizmem, obniżając negatywne zależność między tymi zmiennymi. Im bardziej nasila się negatywna zależność między autoidentyfikacją lewicową a zachowawczością, tym bardziej obniża się zależność między autoidentyfikacją a fundamentalizmem religijnym. Analizowane wartości mediują zależności między autoidentyfikacją lewicową a przekonaniami politycznymi. Poczynione obserwacje potwierdzają potrzebę uwzględniania wartości przy analizie przekonań politycznych.
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przekonania polityczne left–right political beliefs lewica–prawica values,