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- Title
Anger, Anxiety and Corruption Perceptions: Evidence from France.
- Authors
Birch, Sarah; Allen, Nicholas J.; Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, Katja
- Abstract
This article assesses the roles of anxiety and anger in shaping people’s perceptions of politicians’ integrity. Drawing on recent work on the role of affect in shaping political judgement, the article develops a theoretical model of the anticipated role of anger and anxiety in structuring reactions to allegations of political misconduct. The model is tested on a unique data set that includes results of an experiment fielded as part of a survey carried out in January 2013 among a representative sample of the French adult population. The analysis finds that those in whom politically dubious actions generate anxiety are more sensitive to contextual details than other respondents, although the role of anger in modulating ethical judgements is less clear-cut, dampening attention to information about negatively assessed behaviour but enhancing attention to information about behaviour that is assessed more positively.
- Subjects
FRANCE; PUBLIC opinion; POLITICIANS; ANGER -- Social aspects; INTEGRITY -- Social aspects; ANXIETY -- Social aspects; POLITICAL corruption; PSYCHOLOGICAL judgment -- Social aspects; HOLLANDE Administration
- Publication
Political Studies, 2017, Vol 65, Issue 4, p893
- ISSN
0032-3217
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0032321717691294