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- Medeiros, Mike, et al.
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Are Personality Traits Related to Politicians’ Positions on Immigration?
- 2023
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In: Representation. - 0034-4893 .- 1749-4001.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The political debates spurred on by rapidly growing immigrant populations in many countries have resulted in an extensive, and growing, scholarship that seeks to explain citizens’ attitudes toward immigration. Yet, there is surprisingly an absence of research regarding the factors that correlate with political elites’ positions on immigration. This study therefore seeks to address an important scholarly gap by exploring the factors that help to explain politicians’ positions on immigration. Specifically, this study is inspired by the growing research into personality that underlines psychological traits as being important determinants for a wide variety of citizens’ sociopolitical attitudes, including attitudes towards immigration. Using data from the 2010 Swedish Candidate Survey, our findings highlight that candidates’ personality traits are related to their immigration attitudes. Specifically, extraversion and openness are shown to have positive relationships with attitudes towards immigrants. Furthermore, while the political context of the candidates can moderate some of the relationships between personality and attitudes toward immigration, our results show that personality traits are associated with immigration attitudes independent of political considerations.
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- Medeiros, Mike, et al.
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The Case for Non-Binary Gender Questions in Surveys
- 2020
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In: PS - Political Science and Politics. - 1049-0965 .- 1537-5935. ; 53:1, s. 128-135
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- © American Political Science Association 2019. LGBTQ activists and academics advocate the use of non-binary gender categories to include individuals who identify as neither rigidly male nor rigidly female to reflect the increasing number of people who do not place themselves in these two conventional classes. Although some general-population surveys have begun using non-binary gender questions, research has not examined the consequences of using (or not) a question with non-binary gender categories in surveys and censuses. Our study addresses this gap using a survey experiment in which respondents in the United States, Canada, and Sweden randomly received a binary or a non-binary gender question. We find no evidence of negative reactions to the non-binary question. Moreover, when there is a statistical difference, the reactions are positive. We thus conclude that general-population surveys could use a non-binary question without facing significant adverse reactions from respondents.
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- Tiegs, Scott D., et al.
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Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones
- 2019
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In: Science Advances. - Washington : American Association of Advancement in Science. - 2375-2548. ; 5:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- River ecosystems receive and process vast quantities of terrestrial organic carbon, the fate of which depends strongly on microbial activity. Variation in and controls of processing rates, however, are poorly characterized at the global scale. In response, we used a peer-sourced research network and a highly standardized carbon processing assay to conduct a global-scale field experiment in greater than 1000 river and riparian sites. We found that Earth's biomes have distinct carbon processing signatures. Slow processing is evident across latitudes, whereas rapid rates are restricted to lower latitudes. Both the mean rate and variability decline with latitude, suggesting temperature constraints toward the poles and greater roles for other environmental drivers (e.g., nutrient loading) toward the equator. These results and data set the stage for unprecedented "next-generation biomonitoring" by establishing baselines to help quantify environmental impacts to the functioning of ecosystems at a global scale.
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