A Democratic Emergency After a Health Emergency? Exposure to COVID-19, Perceived Economic Threat and Support for Anti-Democratic Political Systems.

Michele RoccatoNicoletta CavazzaPasquale CollocaSilvia Russo

Published in: Social science quarterly (2020)

An authoritarian personality is not a necessary precondition for individual anti-democracy: when facing severe personal threats, anyone could restore a subjective sense of control over the social world by becoming anti-democratic, independent of their initial predisposition to support anti-democratic political systems.

Keyphrases

healthcare
public health
mental health
emergency department
coronavirus disease
sars cov
physical activity
depressive symptoms
social support
risk assessment
infectious diseases