Personality and individual difference correlates of attitudes toward human rights and civil liberties

Viren Swami; Ingo W. Nader; Jakob Pietschnig; Stefan Stieger; Ulrich S. Tran; Martin Voracek

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.015

Personality and individual difference correlates of attitudes toward human rights and civil liberties

Viren Swami^*
, Ingo W. Nader
, Jakob Pietschnig
, Stefan Stieger
, Ulrich S. Tran
, Martin Voracek

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study examined associations between attitudes toward human rights and civil liberties (HR-CL) and a range of ideological, personality, and individual difference traits. A total of 474 German-speaking participants completed measures of attitudes toward HR-CL, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), Big Five personality traits, conspiracist ideation, and political cynicism. Preliminary analyses showed no significant sex differences on attitudes toward HR-CL. When these predictors were entered into a multiple regression, the only significant predictors were RWA, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Openness-Intellect. Further analyses showed that the relationship between Openness-Intellect and attitudes toward HR-CL was mediated by RWA. These results are discussed in relation to intervention programmes aimed at promoting more egalitarian HR-CL attitudes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	443-447
Number of pages	5
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	53
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.015
Publication status	Published - Sept 2012
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Big Five
Civil liberties
Human rights
Right-wing authoritarianism

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General Psychology

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