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...