How a Threat to Women's Healthcare in the U.S. Could Lead to a Liberal Shift

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dc.contributor.advisorJohnston, Amanda M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMoreno, Georgina L.
dc.creatorSwanson, Kelly
dc.creator.orcid0009-0006-9954-042X
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-02T15:29:03Z
dc.date.available2024-07-02T15:29:03Z
dc.date.created2023-12
dc.date.issued2023-11-30
dc.date.submittedDecember 2023
dc.date.updated2024-07-02T15:29:04Z
dc.description.abstractLiterature on traditional ideas of threat, such as terrorism, primarily shows increased support for political conservatism (Jost et al., 2003; 2007), while little research exists on how broader conceptualizations of threat may increase support for liberalism. The current research aims to extend findings from Eadeh and Chang (2020), exploring how threat may influence support for liberal ideology. Two between-subjects experiments were conducted focusing on healthcare threats at the group and individual level. The preliminary study (Experiment 1) explored perceptions of threat to women’s healthcare and found healthcare threats to be perceived as similarly threatening to terrorism. Using a pretest-posttest design, the primary study (Experiment 2) explored possible shifts in political attitudes after exposure to healthcare threats. Results show an increase in liberal healthcare beliefs after exposure to the “individual” healthcare threat, but not the “group” healthcare threat. Moral foundations of care/harm (Haidt & Graham, 2007) were also explored in addition to the importance and relevance of women’s healthcare. Implications for future research on threat and political ideology are discussed.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657.1/4963
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectpolitical psychology
dc.subjectpolitical ideology
dc.subjectsocial psychology
dc.subjectliberalism
dc.subjectconservatism
dc.subjecthealthcare
dc.subjectthreat
dc.subjectpolitical attitudes
dc.subjectMoral Foundations Theory
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectwomen's healthcare
dc.subjecthealthcare attitudes
dc.subjectliberal shift
dc.subjectBasic Personal Values
dc.subjectSocial Identity Theory
dc.subjectliberal threats
dc.subjecthealthcare threat
dc.titleHow a Threat to Women's Healthcare in the U.S. Could Lead to a Liberal Shift
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston-Clear Lake
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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