The Contingent Relatioonship Between Needs for Security and Certainty and the Perceived Consequences of Welfare Policy

• In Event: Psychological Needs, Cynicism, and Politics

Brief Overview

In a analysis of data from 23 nations, needs for security and certainty predict beliefs that welfare policies have negative social consequences, but this relationship is found among politically-engaged individuals in non-postcommunist nations.

Author

• Christopher Michael Federico, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities