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Worldviews and Values as Bases for Political Orientations

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|Apr 2023

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Figure 1

The base model for connections between worldviews, basic personal values (lighter gray boxes) and core political values (darker gray boxes). Political values are linked to value orientations in line with data from Schwartz et al. (2014).

Table 1

Standardized regression coefficients in predictions of humanistic and normativistic worldviews from specific indicators. Means and SDs of ratings of items in the indicators in the two rightmost columns.

WORLDVIEWINDICATORREGRESSION COEFFICIENTMaSD
HumanismHuman nature0.685.631.11
HumanismInterpersonal attitude0.885.951.02
HumanismAttitude to affect0.455.301.04
NormativismHuman nature0.662.941.38
NormativismInterpersonal attitude0.842.681.45
NormativismAttitude to affect0.344.731.21

[i] aThe means are on 1–7 scale from 1 = Completely disagree to 7 = Completely agree.

Table 2

Standardized regression coefficients in predictions of values (rows) from value orientation factors (columns). In italics: core political values. Bold faced numbers: links expected from base model. All coefficients are statistically significant (p < 0.05). Means and SDs of the value ratings in the two rightmost columns.

VALUESELF-TRAN-SCENDENCECONSER-VATIONSELF-ENHANCE-MENTOPENNESS TO CHANGEMaSD
Personal values
Universalism0.760.284.670.80
Benevolence0.480.394.840.83
Conformity0.330.410.45–0.193.761.05
Security0.320.474.211.03
Tradition0.340.543.830.99
Power0.880.382.890.94
Achievement0.520.212.951.14
Self-direction0.564.400.90
Stimulation0.643.301.15
Hedonism0.603.941.03
Political values
Accept immigrants0.45–0.413.391.16
Equality0.573.630.99
Civil liberties0.344.120.81
Environment0.464.410.84
Traditional morality0.822.371.00
Law and order0.732.350.98
Blind patriotism0.591.911.04
Free enterprise–0.220.290.332.080.99
Military intervention0.192.331.06

[i] aThe means for personal values were computed by reversing the scale responses, after reversal going from 1 = Not like me at all to 6 = Very much like me. The ratings of core political values scale went from 1 = Completely disagree to 5 = Completely agree.

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Figure 2

Structural weights in the fitted model as well as weight for links between value orientation factors and political orientations. All coefficients are statistically significant (p < 0.05).

Table 3

Indirect effects of worldviews on ratings of political orientations.

WORLDVIEWECONOMICALLY LEFT-RIGHTSOCIALLY LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE
Humanism–0.110.07
Normativism0.280.42
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.741 | Journal eISSN: 2397-8570
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 7, 2022
Accepted on: Feb 28, 2023
Published on: Apr 10, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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