Lewicowość–prawicowość autoidentyfikacji politycznych a przekonania i kapitał społeczny– perspektywa psychologii politycznej
Political Autoidentification on a Left–Right Wing Scale in Relation to Beliefs and Social Capital of Electorate – Political Psychology Perspective

Summary/Abstract: The article answers the question to what extent a political autoidentification on the left-right wing scale is related to the content of acceptable beliefs related to their identification as well as economic domain, to support for four main political parties (PO, PiS, LiD, PSL), and to socio-psychological resources (socio-demographic characteristics and social capital). The survey was conducted on a representative sample of Polish adults (N=1024) in 2008. The analysis proved that Poles autoidentification on the left-right wing scale is more related to identification beliefs than to economic ones, but both these relationships are rather weak. It turned out that the level of liberal beliefs, in both domains – identification and economic one, depends on gender, education and place of residence. Economic liberalism, in comparison to identification liberalism, is better explained by the following psychological variables: trust to other people, sense of control, legitimization of political system and happiness.

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