There is a traditional understanding that if someone experiences a threatening event, their attitudes and beliefs will change. Some scholars predict that a threat will cause someone to become more conservative on a variety of issues or that they will become more extreme in their attitudes.
There is a traditional understanding that if someone experiences a threatening event, their attitudes and beliefs will change. Some scholars predict that a threat will cause someone to become more conservative on a variety of issues or that they will become more extreme in their attitudes.
However, a new study from researchers at Michigan State University and Tilburg University has found that Americans’ political attitudes did not change significantly during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, contrary to what many expected. The study is published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin journal.
«The onset of the pandemic was a major event that affected nearly every aspect of life.
