This study investigates skepticism and trust as possible mediating mechanisms for the association of political affiliation with pro-environmental behavior in adolescents. Such mediators are central...Show moreThis study investigates skepticism and trust as possible mediating mechanisms for the association of political affiliation with pro-environmental behavior in adolescents. Such mediators are central to social cognitive theories of political ideology in the formation of beliefs and behaviors. By using correlational data (n = 351) from an online survey and by conducting a mediation analysis, I seek to provide evidence in favor of three indirect effects and provide an indication of robustness through multiverse analysis. Results included a significant indirect effect through skepticism, a nonsignificant indirect effect through trust, and a significant indirect serial effect through skepticism and trust. Of all indirect effects, only the indirect serial effect remained significant across all multiverse datasets, suggesting robustness. Results largely support the hypothesized model. This gives further merit to the idea of social cognitive mechanisms such as skepticism and trust mediating the relation between political affiliation and pro-environmental behavior and allows for the design of interventions based on indirect effects. Exploratory analyses show that the model could be specified further to account for possible nonlinearity, and that construct operationalization and sampling could be improved upon in future research.Show less
In the US, it seems that the Right is associated with bad or incorrect language use. The Left, on the other hand, seems to be associated with prescribing language. According to Chapman (2012), in...Show moreIn the US, it seems that the Right is associated with bad or incorrect language use. The Left, on the other hand, seems to be associated with prescribing language. According to Chapman (2012), in the UK, Conservatives are often associated with prescriptivism because they are “bound up with issues of tradition and control” (p. 128). After creating a corpus of American and British English Facebook comments, I analysed the comments written by people who are anti-Trump, pro-Trump, anti-Brexit and pro-Brexit and found that overall the pro-Brexit and Trump group are more inclined to make linguistic mistakes and use non-standard English, whereas the anti-Trump and Brexit group is more likely to write prescriptive comments.Show less
