Does personality matter? Exploring its moderating role on the relationship between neighbourhood ethnic outgroup-size and preferences for Brexit
Does personality matter? Exploring its moderating role on the relationship between neighbourhood ethnic outgroup-size and preferences for Brexit
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DOI：
10.1080/14616696.2023.2277279
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发表时间：
2023-11-04
影响因子：
8.1
通讯作者：
Schmid，Katharina
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作者：
Bezzo，Franco Bonomi;Silva，Laura;Schmid，Katharina
先前的研究已经研究了社区层面的种族外群体规模与英国脱欧支持之间的关系，但对缓和这些影响的因素缺乏了解。本文批判性地扩展了先前的辩论，重点关注人格特质如何不仅在个人居住区的种族外群体规模水平（2011年），而且在2001-2011年的增加程度上与个人对2016年英国脱欧公投的偏好有关。使用数据从理解社会，我们发现，两个人格特质，宜人性和开放性，是影响上述关系的关键调节。高亲和力和高开放度的人比低亲和力和低开放度的人更不可能支持英国脱欧。然而，尽管低亲和力个体和高亲和力个体之间的差距随着族群外群体规模的增加而缩小，但开放性高与低亲和力个体之间的差距却在扩大。我们的研究结果强调了人格特质作为政治行为异质性影响的驱动因素的多方面作用。总之，本文表明，分析背景和个人因素的复杂性和相互交织的性质是更好地理解的基础，不仅是英国脱欧公投，而且更广泛地说，反移民情绪。
Prior research has examined the relationship between ethnic outgroup-size at the neighbourhood level and Brexit support, yet there is a lack of understanding on the factors that moderate these effects. This paper critically extends prior debate by focusing on how personality traits moderate not only the extent to which the levels (2011) of ethnic outgroup-size in individuals’ residential neighbourhoods but also the increase thereof (2001-2011) are associated with individuals’ preferences about the 2016 Brexit referendum. Using data from Understanding Society, we find that two personality traits, agreeableness and openness, are key moderators affecting the above-mentioned relationship. High-agreeable and high-open individuals are less likely than low-agreeable and low-open individuals to support Brexit. However, while the gap between low and highly agreeable individuals shrinks as ethnic outgroup-size increases, the gap widens between those higher vs. lower in openness. Our findings highlight the multifaceted role of personality traits as a driver of heterogeneous effects on political behaviour. In sum, this paper shows that analysing the complex and intertwined nature of both contextual and individual factors is fundamental for a better understanding, not only of the Brexit referendum but, more broadly, of anti-immigrant sentiment.