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1. Introduction Social cohesion, defined as “the degree of connectedness among groups in society” (Manca, 2014, p. 20), is commonly regarded as a quintessential building block of a stable and harmonious society.
Kim Dierckx1, 2*, Alain Van Hiel2, Barbara Valcke2 and Kees van den Bos3 1Ghent University, Belgium 2Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium 3School of Law, Faculty of Law, Economics, and Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.
Abstract The last several decades have witnessed a structural change in politics toward cultural and identity conflicts, accompanied by the rise of populist radical right (PRR) parties. However, we know surprisingly little about the psychological or cognitive‐motivational factors underlying PRR support. We claim that uncertainty avoidance (UA)—an epistemic avoidance motivation—represents a central motive because UA resonates with the PRR platform and precedes common predictors of PRR voting.
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