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SUBMITTER: Brandt MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6676336 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brandt Mark J MJ Sibley Chris G CG Osborne Danny D
Personality & social psychology bulletin 20190128 9
A central challenge for identifying core components of a belief system is examining the position of components within the structure of the entire belief system. We test whether operational (i.e., positions on issues) or symbolic (i.e., affective attachments to political groups and labels) components are most central by modeling a political belief system as a network of interconnected attitudes and beliefs. Across seven waves of representative panel data from New Zealand, we find that symbolic co ...[more]