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Varför är du Liberal? En kvantitativ studie om väljarbeteende och personlighet

Andersson, Anna LU and Christierson, Jana LU (2020) PSYK11 20192
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The current study aims to investigate the predictive power of Attitudes, Past experiences, Comfort with differences, Participation in cultural activities, Moral, Free will and Altruism on voting behavior formulated as Degree of liberal. The study is a quantitative one with a sample of 144 Swedish students in Lund. Data was collected via an internet survey consisting of three scales: Personal Beliefs Scale (PBS), Attitudinal and Behavioral Openness Scale (ABOS) and Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) containing the seven predictors. A multiple regression analysis was performed. Results show that the seven predictors together had a significant predictive power on Degree of liberal (R2adjusted = .13, p = .001, 95%). Moral was the only variable... (More)
The current study aims to investigate the predictive power of Attitudes, Past experiences, Comfort with differences, Participation in cultural activities, Moral, Free will and Altruism on voting behavior formulated as Degree of liberal. The study is a quantitative one with a sample of 144 Swedish students in Lund. Data was collected via an internet survey consisting of three scales: Personal Beliefs Scale (PBS), Attitudinal and Behavioral Openness Scale (ABOS) and Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) containing the seven predictors. A multiple regression analysis was performed. Results show that the seven predictors together had a significant predictive power on Degree of liberal (R2adjusted = .13, p = .001, 95%). Moral was the only variable with single significant predictive power on Degree of liberal (β = .24, p =.005). A reliability analysis showed a low Cronbach’s Alpha for Moral (α=.462) which complicates the possibilities of drawing a clear conclusion regarding the results. Furthermore two sources of error are identified in explaining the results: a cultural discrepancy in the translations of the tests and a target variable that was poorly adjusted for the sample. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Den här studien undersöker huruvida Attityder, Tidigare erfarenheter, Bekväm med förändring, Deltagande i kulturella aktiviteter, Moral, Fri vilja och Altruism kan predicera väljarbeteende i form av Grad av liberal. Det är en kvantitativ studie med ett urval bestående av 144 studenter i Lund. Data samlades in genom en elektronisk enkät som bestod av tre skalor; Personal Beliefs Scale (PBS), Attitudinal and Behavioral Openness Scale (ABOS) och Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) som innehåller de sju prediktorerna. Resultaten av en multipel regressionsanalys visade att de sju prediktorerna tillsammans signifikant kunde predicera Grad av liberal (R2adjusted = .13, p = .001, 95% ). Moral stod som enda enskild prediktor att predicera Grad av... (More)
Den här studien undersöker huruvida Attityder, Tidigare erfarenheter, Bekväm med förändring, Deltagande i kulturella aktiviteter, Moral, Fri vilja och Altruism kan predicera väljarbeteende i form av Grad av liberal. Det är en kvantitativ studie med ett urval bestående av 144 studenter i Lund. Data samlades in genom en elektronisk enkät som bestod av tre skalor; Personal Beliefs Scale (PBS), Attitudinal and Behavioral Openness Scale (ABOS) och Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) som innehåller de sju prediktorerna. Resultaten av en multipel regressionsanalys visade att de sju prediktorerna tillsammans signifikant kunde predicera Grad av liberal (R2adjusted = .13, p = .001, 95% ). Moral stod som enda enskild prediktor att predicera Grad av liberal (β = .24, p =.005). En reliabilitetsanalys visade dock på en låg reliabilitet i variabeln (α=.462) vilket försvårar möjligheten att dra konkreta slutsatser om resultatet. Vidare kan resultaten förklaras genom två huvudsakliga felkällor: kulturell diskrepans i översättning testen och utfallsvariabel som inte var rätt anpassad till stickprovet. (Less)
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author
Andersson, Anna LU and Christierson, Jana LU
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organization
course
PSYK11 20192
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Personal Beliefs Scale (PBS), Attitudinal and Behavioral Openness Scale (ABOS) och Moral Foundations Theory (MFT), Väljarbeteende, Ideologi, Liberalism, Öppenhet, Altruism, Fri vilja, Moral.
language
Swedish
id
9001916
date added to LUP
2020-01-21 10:28:17
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2020-01-21 10:28:17
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  author       = {{Andersson, Anna and Christierson, Jana}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Varför är du Liberal? En kvantitativ studie om väljarbeteende och personlighet}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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