O'Dwyer, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1226-0515 and Coymak, Ahmet (2019) Basic human values and their contexts: a multilevel analysis of support for the use of armed drones in the United States, United Kingdom, and Turkey. Political Psychology, 41 (2). pp. 249-264. ISSN 0162-895X (Print), 1467-9221 (Online) (doi:10.1111/pops.12621)

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Abstract

Armed drones are now a key component of military strategy; however, little empirical research has explored the phenomenon in terms of psychological processes. Previous research has emphasized the importance of basic human values for structuring understandings of and opinions towards foreign policy issues. Using a social representations approach, we used a multilevel modeling approach to explore the link between values and support for the use of armed drones in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Turkey. In line with our predictions, high priority of self-transcendence values negatively predicted, and high priority of conservation values positively predicted, support for armed drones. Furthermore, given our theoretical framework, we specified that values should be conceptualized as prioritized or devalued within a particular context, and when values were specified as country-level, as well as individual predictors, this led to an increase in model fit. These findings are discussed in light of a developing line of research on meta-representations and their consequences for political opinion, and directions for future research are advanced.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	values; multilevel; precision weapons; armed drones; social representations
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) U Military Science > U Military Science (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM) Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Inequalities
Last Modified:	12 May 2022 10:19
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36068

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