POLARIZAÇÃO POLÍTICA AFETIVA: SÃO OS VALORES HUMANOS E OS TRAÇOS DE PERSONALIDADE UMA EXPLICAÇÃO?

Abstract

The present study aimed to know to what extent affective political polarization correlates with human values and dark personality traits. Participants were 209 people with a mean age of 28.6 years, most of them female (53.1%). They answered online version of three measures: Affective Political Polarization Scale, Basic Values Survey and Dark Triad Dirty Dozen. Results showed that the greater affective polarization on the right was positively correlated with normative values, while the greater affective polarization on the left did so with the experimental values. Although the dark traits did not correlate with political affective polarization, they did so with the values; narcissism was positively correlated with the values of experimentation and achievement, while psychopathy and Machiavellianism did so negatively with normative values. These findings were discussed based on previous studies, which indicate the position on the right as more focused on conservative principles, while the left endorses greater openness to new experiences.