What are the psychological mechanisms underlying affective polarization? How do negative emotions contribute to polarization?

Recent years have seen an increasing interest in the notion and measurement of polarization as an indicator of potential conflict. Early empirical studies on ... Feb 14, 2024 ... The last quarter of 2023 also showed us something unsurprising: The 118th Congress was even more polarized than before. This decline may ... Jul 20, 2024 ... Although the topic of opinion polarization receives much attention from the media, public opinion researchers and political scientists, the ... Feb 1, 1998 ... A new video camera that uses polarized light is demonstrating the ability to visualize the true margins of skin cancer which are not clinically visible to ... Figure 1 displays the political polarization index over time (solid line). The circles indicate months associated with presidential elections (either when the ... A polarization index (PI) is the ratio of the megaohms (megohms) measured after 10 minutes divided by the megohms measured after 1 minute. This measurement is ... Polarization index (PI) is defined as the difference between v-pol and h-pol ... In a water stressed canopy stomata may not open and a similar polarization index ... • The relative distribution approach includes a median relative polarization index (MRP), ... This method can compute the degree of association between a small ... Mar 24, 2022 ... The polarization index gives an indication of the buildup of dirt or moisture, the deterioration of insulation and the suitability for operation ... In this respect is common place in recent work to include as a regressor in empirical growth estimations an index of ethnic diversity. There are several ...