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Lorimer, S., McCormack, T., Jaroslawska, A. J., Hoerl, Christoph, Beck, S. R., Johnston, M. and Feeney, A. (2022) From Brexit to Biden : what responses to national outcomes tell us about the nature of relief. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13 (7). pp. 1095-1104. doi:10.1177/19485506211066712 ISSN 1948-5506.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211066712
Abstract
Recent claims contrast relief experienced because a period of unpleasant uncertainty has ended and an outcome has materialized (temporal relief)—regardless of whether it is one’s preferred outcome—with relief experienced because a particular outcome has occurred, when the alternative was unpalatable (counterfactual relief). Two studies (N = 993), one run the day after the United Kingdom left the European Union and one the day after Joe Biden’s inauguration, confirmed these claims. “Leavers” and Biden voters experienced high levels of relief, and less regret and disappointment than “Remainers” and Trump voters. “Remainers” and Trump voters showed an effect of precursor, experiencing little relief about the outcome that had occurred but stronger relief that a decision had been implemented. Only Trump voters who believed the election was over showed this precursor effect. Results suggest at least two different triggering conditions for relief and indicate a role for anticipated relief in voting behavior.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Relief (Psychology), Regret, European Union -- Great Britain -- Psychological aspects, Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2020 -- Psychological aspects | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Psychological and Personality Science | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1948-5506 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 13 | ||||||||
| Number: | 7 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1095-1104 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/19485506211066712 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 November 2021 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 November 2021 | ||||||||
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