あいまいさに対する不寛容, 政治的関心, および政治的態度の三者関係について

抄録

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between intolerance of ambiguity and political interest and political attitudes, Twenty-four items of a political attitudes scale in a “catchphrase” format, 10 items of a scale measuring intolerance of ambiguity and a 12-item political interest scale were prepared and administered to 292 university students living in Shizuoka, Japan. The main results showed that: (1) greater tolerance of ambiguity was observed in subjects with the most innovative political attitudes as compared to both moderate and conservative subjects; (2) among male subjects, conservatives were more tolerant of ambiguity than moderates, but conservatives were most intolerant of ambiguity across all political-attitude groups in females; and, (3) there was a curvilinear trend between political attitudes and political interest in males while a linear relationship was observed in females. These results showed the importance of sex-related factors when considering the nature of the relationships between personality variables, political interest, and political attitudes.