TY - JOUR
T1 - An Anatomy of Political Beliefs
T2 - A Study of Their Centrality, Confidence, Contents, and Epistemic Authority
AU - Bar‐Tal, Daniel
AU - Raviv, Alona
AU - Freund, Tali
PY - 1994/5
Y1 - 1994/5
N2 - The present study is a simultaneous investigation of the contents of political beliefs and their characteristics among Israeli students. In addition, it examines their perceived use of information sources. The results indicate that political beliefs regarding the Israeli‐Arab conflicts are organized systematically around the dove/hawk dimension. Also, a positive relationship was found between centrality of beliefs and confidence in them; between well‐defined political identification and centrality and confidence; and between agreement with the beliefs and confidence. Finally, the results show that the perceived use of information sources is related to political identification. The performed investigation demonstrates the importance of combining the study of the contents of beliefs with that of their characteristics, since the latter have important implications for understanding individuals' cognitive, affective, and behavioral reactions.
AB - The present study is a simultaneous investigation of the contents of political beliefs and their characteristics among Israeli students. In addition, it examines their perceived use of information sources. The results indicate that political beliefs regarding the Israeli‐Arab conflicts are organized systematically around the dove/hawk dimension. Also, a positive relationship was found between centrality of beliefs and confidence in them; between well‐defined political identification and centrality and confidence; and between agreement with the beliefs and confidence. Finally, the results show that the perceived use of information sources is related to political identification. The performed investigation demonstrates the importance of combining the study of the contents of beliefs with that of their characteristics, since the latter have important implications for understanding individuals' cognitive, affective, and behavioral reactions.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1994.tb02363.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1994.tb02363.x
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AN - SCOPUS:84991152853
SN - 0021-9029
VL - 24
SP - 849
EP - 872
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
IS - 10
ER -