Political opposites do not attract: The effects of ideological dissimilarity on impression formation
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Mallinas, Stephanie R.
Crawford, Jarret T.
Cole, Shana
Abstract / Description
Past research shows that people like others who are similar to themselves, and that political partisans tend to dislike those with opposing viewpoints. Two studies examined how initial person impressions changed after discovering that the target held similar or dissimilar political beliefs. Using potential mates as targets, we found that participants liked targets less, were less romantically interested in targets, and rated targets as less attractive after discovering political dissimilarity with them. Further, they became more uncomfortable with targets after discovering ideological dissimilarity. Theoretical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Keyword(s)
politics impression formation attitude changePersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-03-13
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
6
Issue
1
Page numbers
49–75
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Mallinas, S. R., Crawford, J. T., & Cole, S. (2018). Political opposites do not attract: The effects of ideological dissimilarity on impression formation. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 6(1), 49–75. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v6i1.747
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Mallinas, Stephanie R.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Crawford, Jarret T.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Cole, Shana
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Date of first publication2018-03-13
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Abstract / DescriptionPast research shows that people like others who are similar to themselves, and that political partisans tend to dislike those with opposing viewpoints. Two studies examined how initial person impressions changed after discovering that the target held similar or dissimilar political beliefs. Using potential mates as targets, we found that participants liked targets less, were less romantically interested in targets, and rated targets as less attractive after discovering political dissimilarity with them. Further, they became more uncomfortable with targets after discovering ideological dissimilarity. Theoretical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationMallinas, S. R., Crawford, J. T., & Cole, S. (2018). Political opposites do not attract: The effects of ideological dissimilarity on impression formation. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 6(1), 49–75. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v6i1.747en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1462
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1729
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v6i1.747
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Keyword(s)politicsen_US
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Keyword(s)impression formationen_US
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Keyword(s)attitude changeen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitlePolitical opposites do not attract: The effects of ideological dissimilarity on impression formationen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers49–75
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Volume6
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