Comparison Theory and Gendered Public Approval of Political Leaders' Responses to Terrorism

• In Event: Political Psychology of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

Brief Overview

Based on an unexpected-event-during-survey natural experiment and an original multinational conjoint experiment in the UK, Germany, and New Zealand, we examine the public’s gendered attitudes toward their political leader’s responses to terrorism.

Authors

• Martha C. Johnson, Northeastern University

• Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College