Populist attitudes and other socio-political views and psychological traits of the UK population
Creators
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National University of Distance Education
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London School of Economics and Political Science
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Universidad de Zaragoza
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Universitat de València
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University of Córdoba
Contributors
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Research groups:
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National University of Distance Education
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London School of Economics and Political Science
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Universidad de Zaragoza
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Universitat de València
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Cordoba University
Description
This dataset is the result of an original survey designed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from National Universtity of Distance Education (UNED), University of Zaragoza, University of Córdoba and University of Valencia.
The goal of the survey was to better understand the relationship between populist attitudes and relevant socio-political and psychology items and indexes. The UK was selected as case study given the lack of similar studies in this country and the relevance of the data to better understand the political context that had been heavily impacted by the Brexit referendum and proces of separation from the European Union.
The survey was theoretically informed and included among others:
- Populism, Elitism and Pluralism items by Akkerman et al. (2014) (14 items)
- New items design for a new Multidimensional Scale of Populist Attitudes (37 items) (Olivas Osuna 2021; Olivas Osuna et al. 2024; Olivas Osuna et al. forthcoming)
- Conspiracy Beliefs items (8 items) (Bruder et al. 2013; Brotherton et al. 2013)
- Social alienation index (6 items) (Bélanger et al. 2019)
- Justification of violence index (6 items) (Bélanger et al. 2019)
- Radicalised network (3 items)(Moyano 2011)
- Meaning in life (presence and search)(4 items)(Steger et al. 2006)
- Bordering attitudes (6 items)(Olivas Osuna et al. forthcoming)
- Endorsement for political parties
- Items reflecting level of agreement with the main slogans and arguments used by British Eurosceptics (11 items)
- Items on satisfaction with democracy and importance of democracy and with illiberal views (ESS)
- Left-right ideological self-placement
- Socio-demographic variables (age, religion, education, etc.)
Fieldwork was conducted between 17 November and 4 December 2020. Participants were recruited following socio-demographic representativity criteria via the online platform Prolific. Survey were collected via Google Forms (Survey title: Political and social views in the UK).
Files uploaded include:
- Total responses received (N=849) (.xlsx file)
- Responses analysed once participants failing attention checks were eliminated from the sample (N=748) (.csv file)
- Survery questionnair (.pdf file)
Files
pop.raw_data filtered of attention checks.csv
Additional details
Additional titles
- Subtitle (English)
- A dataset based on an original survey conducted on Prolific (Nov-Dec 2020)
Funding
- Comunidad de Madrid
- Programa Atracción de Talento Investigador 2018-T1/SOC-10152
Dates
- Collected
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2020-12Fieldwork end date
References
- Olivas Osuna, J.J. (2021). From chasing populists to deconstructing populism: A new multidimensional approach to understanding and comparing populism. European Journal of Political Research, 60(4): 829-853
- Olivas Osuna, J. J., Bélanger, J. and Clari, E. (2024). Populist Attitudes and Radical Activism in the USA. In K. Jane Patterson and E. Hidalgo-Tenorio (eds) Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Discourses of Extremism. Routledge. 32-53.
- Akkerman, A., Mudde, C. and Zaslove, A. (2014) How Populist are the People? Measuring Populist Attitudes in Voters. Comparative Political Studies 47(9), 1324 –1353.
- Brotherton R., French, C.C. and Pickering ,A.D. (2013) Measuring belief in conspiracy theories: The generic conspiracist beliefs scale. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00279
- Bruder, M. et al. (2013) Measuring individual differences in generic beliefs in conspiracy theories across cultures: Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00225
- Bélanger, J.J. et al. (2019) Radicalization leading to violence: A test of the 3N model. Frontiers in Psychiatry 10, 42. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00042
- Moyano M (2011). Factores psicosociales contribuyentes a la radicalización islamista de jóvenes en España: Construcción de un instrumento de evaluación [Psychosocial Factors Contributing to the Islamist Radicalization of Young People in Spain: Construction of an Evaluation Instrument]. Doctoral dissertation at Universidad de Granada, Granada.
- Steger, M.F. et al. (2006) The meaning in life questionnaire: assessing the presence of and search for meaning in life. Journal of Counseling Psychology 53(1), 80.