University of Montana, United States.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2020 Apr;32:76-80. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.06.034. Epub 2019 Jul 15.
Individuals' political ideologies influence almost every aspect of life. But where do political ideologies come from? In this article, we discuss new research on socio-ecological influences on political ideology. This emerging body of work reveals that the presence of ecological stressors (including disease, harsh climates, frontier topography, wildfires, and earthquakes) tends to produce politically conservative people who prefer hierarchy and authoritarianism. Current research further suggests two mechanisms by which these natural ecologies influence political ideology: Threat and relational mobility. We close by distinguishing two different ideological components: Ideological conservatism (identification with specific conservative beliefs) and status quo conservatism (preference for the existing system, regardless of its specific content). Recent research suggests that these two ideological components, while empirically related, should be more explicitly separated in future work that evaluates socio-ecological influences on political ideology.
个人的政治意识形态影响着生活的方方面面。但是，政治意识形态从何而来呢？在本文中，我们讨论了关于社会生态因素对政治意识形态影响的新研究。这一新兴的研究领域表明，生态压力源（包括疾病、恶劣的气候、边境地形、野火和地震）的存在往往会产生政治上保守的人，他们更喜欢等级制度和威权主义。目前的研究进一步提出了两种自然生态影响政治意识形态的机制：威胁和关系流动性。最后，我们区分了两种不同的意识形态成分：意识形态保守主义（对特定保守信念的认同）和现状保守主义（对现有制度的偏好，而不管其具体内容如何）。最近的研究表明，虽然这两个意识形态成分在经验上是相关的，但在评估社会生态因素对政治意识形态的影响的未来研究中，应该更明确地将它们分开。
