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Context, engagement, and the (multiple) functions of negativity bias.

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Federico, CM; Johnston, CD; Lavine, HG
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences
June 2014

Hibbing and colleagues argue that political attitudes may be rooted in individual differences in negativity bias. Here, we highlight the complex, conditional nature of the relationship between negativity bias and ideology by arguing that the political impact of negativity bias should vary as a function of (1) issue domain and (2) political engagement.

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Published In

The Behavioral and brain sciences

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EISSN

1469-1825

ISSN

0140-525X

Publication Date

June 2014

Volume

37

Issue

3

Start / End Page

311 / 312

Related Subject Headings

  • Politics
  • Personality
  • Models, Psychological
  • Individuality
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Attitude
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
 

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Federico, C. M., Johnston, C. D., & Lavine, H. G. (2014). Context, engagement, and the (multiple) functions of negativity bias. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(3), 311–312. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x13002550
Federico, Christopher M., Christopher D. Johnston, and Howard G. Lavine. “Context, engagement, and the (multiple) functions of negativity bias.The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 37, no. 3 (June 2014): 311–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x13002550.
Federico CM, Johnston CD, Lavine HG. Context, engagement, and the (multiple) functions of negativity bias. The Behavioral and brain sciences. 2014 Jun;37(3):311–2.
Federico, Christopher M., et al. “Context, engagement, and the (multiple) functions of negativity bias.The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 37, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 311–12. Epmc, doi:10.1017/s0140525x13002550.
Federico CM, Johnston CD, Lavine HG. Context, engagement, and the (multiple) functions of negativity bias. The Behavioral and brain sciences. 2014 Jun;37(3):311–312.
Journal cover image

Published In

The Behavioral and brain sciences

DOI

EISSN

1469-1825

ISSN

0140-525X

Publication Date

June 2014

Volume

37

Issue

3

Start / End Page

311 / 312

Related Subject Headings

  • Politics
  • Personality
  • Models, Psychological
  • Individuality
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Attitude
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences