title: Confounding valence and arousal: What really underlies political orientation?
abstract: The negative valence model of political orientation proposed by Hibbing et al. is comprehensive and thought-provoking. We agree that there is compelling research linking threat to conservative political beliefs. However, we propose that further research is needed before it can be concluded that negative valence, rather than arousal more generally, underlies the psychological motivations to endorse conservative political belief.
authors: University of Toronto Scarborough,Department of Psychology,Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4,Canada.shona.tritt@utoronto.cawww.shonatritt.commichael.inzlicht@utoronto.cawww.michaelinzlicht.com.
authors: Shona M
authors: SM
authors: Tritt
authors: University of Toronto Scarborough,Department of Psychology,Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4,Canada.shona.tritt@utoronto.cawww.shonatritt.commichael.inzlicht@utoronto.cawww.michaelinzlicht.com.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Inzlicht
authors: Department of Psychology,University of Toronto,Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3,Canada.peterson@psych.utoronto.cahttp://jordanbpeterson.com/
authors: Jordan B
authors: JB
authors: Peterson
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D011057:Politics