The Interplay Between Explicit and Implicit Right-Wing Populism in Germany and Switzerland

  • We conceptualize and measure right-wing populism (RWP) as a three-dimensional concept, explicitly and implicitly, based on online surveys and implicit association tests (IATs) in Germany and Switzerland. Confirmatory factor analyses show that explicit populism, nativism, and authoritarianism establish the latent RWP-construct and that they are each related to their respective implicit counterpart. However, RWP ideology does not exist as an equally robust construct in the implicit realm as it does in the explicit realm. Resulting implicit-explicit incongruence is psychologically meaningful in that it is moderated by willingness to comply with perceived social norms: For participants who perceive that their own political views differ from their social environment and who conceal their diverging opinions, implicit attitudes differ more strongly from explicit attitudes. This supports our rationale that explicit expression of RWP-ideology is subject to social-compatibility concerns. Hence, corresponding implicit attitudes are useful to fully assess the RWP potential within society.

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Author:Michaela MaierORCiD, Teresa Gil-LópezORCiD, Laurits BrommeORCiD, Axel ZinkernagelORCiD, Ines C. Welzenbach-Vogel, Clara Christner, Silke Adam, Manfred Schmitt, Erik R. Tillman
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-88968
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12895
ISSN:0162-895X
Parent Title (English):Political Psychology
Publisher:Wiley
Place of publication:Malden, USA
Editor:Mark Brandt, Liz Suhay
Document Type:Article
Language of publication:English
Date of Publication (online):2025/04/01
Year of first Publication:2023
Publishing Institution:Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
Date of the Publication (Server):2025/04/08
Issue:(2023) Vol.44 / 6
Page Number:24
First Page:1235
Last Page:1258
Source:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pops.12895
Faculties / Organisational entities:Landau - Fachbereich Psychologie
DDC-Cassification:1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
Collections:Open-Access-Publikationsfonds
Licence (German):Creative Commons 4.0 - Namensnennung (CC BY 4.0)