Validity of the ideological left/right continuum during 2011 Presidential Elections in Lima-Peru

• Autor: Rottenbacher, Jan Marc
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2012
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/3806
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/3806
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Voting behavior; Right-wing political orientation; Authoritarianism; Emotional responses; Comportamiento electoral; Orientación política de derecha; Autoritarismo; Reacciones emocionales

This study analyzes the relationship between political ideology, voting behavior and emotional responses after Peruvian presidential elections in 2011. Scales of intolerance for ambiguity, need for closure, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and the right-wing political orientation were used to assess right-wing political conservatism. A structural equation model proposes that intolerance of ambiguity and need for closure exert a direct effect on RWA. Also, RWA influences directly the right-wing political orientation, which exerts a direct influence on negative emotional responses and an inverse effect on positive emotional responses after O. Humala’s victory. Final discussion focuses on the contemporary relevance of left/right ideological continuum.