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      Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation predict rejection of science and scientists

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      Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
      SAGE Publications

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          Previous research has highlighted how ideological factors such as political self-identification, religiosity and conspiracy thinking influence our beliefs about scientific issues such as climate change and vaccination. Across three studies (combined N = 9,022) we expand on this line of inquiry to show for the first time that the ideological attitudes relating to authoritarianism and group-based dominance predict disagreement with the scientific consensus in several scientific domains. We show these effects are almost entirely mediated by varying combinations of ideological (political ideology, religiosity, free-market endorsement, conspiracy thinking) and science-specific (scientific knowledge, trust in scientists) constructs, depending on the scientific issue in question. Importantly, a general distrust of science and scientists emerges as the most consistent mediator across different scientific domains. We find that, consistent with previous research, the ideological roots of rejection of science vary across scientific issues. However, we also show that these roots may share a common origin in ideological attitudes regarding authority and equality.

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            The Authoritarian Spectre

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              Journal
              Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
              Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
              SAGE Publications
              1368-4302
              1461-7188
              June 2021
              May 31 2021
              June 2021
              : 24
              : 4
              : 550-567
              Affiliations
              [1 ]University of Cambridge, UK
              [2 ]Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
              Article
              10.1177/1368430221992126
              dcd46969-4aaa-4218-af1f-614f2c74ceb4
              © 2021

              https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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