Journal article
Stereotypes About Compassion Across the Political Spectrum
Emotion (Washington, D.C.), Vol.22(3), pp.466-478
04/01/2022
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000820
PMID: 32597670
Abstract
To what extent are ideological differences in compassion real or exaggerated, and who is more likely to engage in stereotyping about such differences? In five studies, including three online studies and two field studies of voters at the Iowa Caucus and U.S. Presidential Election in 2016, we found evidence for political stereotyping about compassion. Although Democratic and Republican participants did not consistently rate themselves as feeling different amounts of compassion on a single-item self-assessment, there was a stereotype that the average Democrat/liberal is more compassionate than the average Republican/conservative. Importantly, this stereotype exaggerated the extent of self-reported differences in compassion across parties in these samples, and Democratic participants engaged in stronger stereotype exaggeration. These results suggest that although there can be ideological variability in compassion, the perceived difference may exaggerate this reality.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Stereotypes About Compassion Across the Political Spectrum
- Creators
- Julian A. Scheffer - Pennsylvania State UniversityC. Daryl Cameron - Pennsylvania State UniversityStephanie McKee - University of VirginiaEliana Hadjiandreou - Pennsylvania State UniversityAaron M. Scherer - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Emotion (Washington, D.C.), Vol.22(3), pp.466-478
- Publisher
- Amer Psychological Assoc
- DOI
- 10.1037/emo0000820
- PMID
- 32597670
- ISSN
- 1528-3542
- eISSN
- 1931-1516
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) Rock Ethics Institute John Templeton Foundation Augustana College and Wake Forest University
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359882302771
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