El objetivo del presente trabajo fue contribuir a la comprensión de las ideologías políticas de derecha-izquierda desde la perspectiva de la Psicología Política. Se recolectó información concerniente a las dimensiones simbólica y operativa, y a los esquemas cognitivos sobre “izquierda en Argentina”. La muestra incluyó a 495 ciudadanos/as de Córdoba (Argentina) de 18 a 65 años. Los datos fueron analizados en dos fases, a partir de una metodología mixta: 1) análisis de redes semánticas de las categorías cognitivas sobre “izquierda en Argentina”, 2) análisis exploratorios y ANOVA. Los resultados más significativos denotan una rica red semántica vinculada a “izquierda en Argentina”, estructurada en seis nodos ‒concepciones negativas, izquierda institucionalista, relato “setentista”, clasismo contrahegemónico, grandes principios de la izquierda, izquierda ...

This study aims to contribute to the understanding of left-wing political ideologies from a Political Psychology perspective. We gathered data regarding ideology’s symbolic and operative aspects, and citizens’ cognitive categories about the “left in Argentina”. The sample included 495 18- to 65-year-old citizens from Cordoba (Argentina). The data was analyzed in two phases, considering a mixed method approach: 1) semantic network analysis of cognitive categories about the “left in Argentina”, 2) exploratory analysis and ANOVA.The most significant results included a rich semantic network regarding the “left in Argentina” structured into six nodes ‒negative conceptions, institutionalist left, “narrative” of the seventies, counterhegemonic classism, great principles of the left, social left. After a moderate degree of adjustment (Fitness, 375) 91% of the sample ...

This study aims to contribute to the understanding of left-wing political ideologies from a Political Psychology perspective. We gathered data regarding ideology’s symbolic and operative aspects, and citizens’ cognitive categories about the “left in Argentina”. The sample included 495 18- to 65-year-old citizens from Cordoba (Argentina). The data was analyzed in two phases, considering a mixed method approach: 1) semantic network analysis of cognitive categories about the “left in Argentina”, 2) exploratory analysis and ANOVA.The most significant results included a rich semantic network regarding the “left in Argentina” structured into six nodes ?negative conceptions, institutionalist left, “narrative” of the seventies, counterhegemonic classism, great principles of the left, social left. After a moderate degree of adjustment (Fitness, 375) 91% of the sample wa...

The objective of the study was to determine the predictive power of certain ideological (right-wing authoritarianism, belief in a just world, social dominance orientation, ideo­ logical self-positioning), cognitive (causal attributions of poverty and prejudice against poor people) and socio-demographic variables on the justification of social inequality. A correlational design was employed. Participants were 305 male and female students from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina ages 18-60 (M=22.95; SD=4.75). Results indicate particularities of the predictive power of these variables depending on the evaluated dimension of the justification of social inequality. Based on these results, the contribution of political psychology to the understanding of the psychosocial mechanisms that enable the legitimation of unequal situations is discussed.

El presente trabajo buscó conocer el poder predictivo de variables ideológicas (autoritarismo, creencia en un mundo justo, orientación a la dominancia social, autoposicionamiento ideo­ lógico), cognitivas (atribuciones causales sobre la pobreza, prejuicio hacia personas pobres) y sociodemográficas sobre la justificación de la desigualdad social. Se realizó un estudio cuantitativo correlacional. Participaron 305 estudiantes de ambos sexos de 18 a 60 años (M=22.95; DE=4.75) de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. Los resultados indican particularidades en torno al poder predictivo de estas variables dependiendo de la dimensión de la justificación de la desigualdad social evaluada. En función de estos resul­ tados, se precisa el aporte de la psicología política a la comprensión de los mecanismos psicosociales que posibilitan la legitimación de la desigualdad.

The objective of the study was to determine the predictive power of certain ideological (right-wing authoritarianism, belief in a just world, social dominance orientation, ideo­ logical self-positioning), cognitive (causal attributions of poverty and prejudice against poor people) and socio-demographic variables on the justification of social inequality. A correlational design was employed. Participants were 305 male and female students from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina ages 18-60 (M=22.95; SD=4.75). Results indicate particularities of the predictive power of these variables depending on the evaluated dimension of the justification of social inequality. Based on these results, the contribution of political psychology to the understanding of the psychosocial mechanisms that enable the legitimation of unequal situations is discussed.