PREDICTING POLICY: EXAMINING PERCEPTIONS OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, COLOR-EVASIVE RACIAL ATTITUDES, AND BELIEFS ABOUT CAPITALISM

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dc.contributor.advisorKivlighan, Dennisen_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Rajnien_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-27T05:33:41Z
dc.date.available2022-09-27T05:33:41Z
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines how beliefs about capitalism, color-evasive racial attitudes, and perceptions about wealth distribution predict redistributive economic policy preferences. I hypothesized that beliefs about capitalism, perceptions of wealth distribution, and color-evasiveness predict policy preferences when controlling for Satisfaction With Life (SWLS) and that critical consciousness action (CA) will moderate this relationship. Approximately 510 individuals completed the Costs of United States Corporate Capitalism (CCC) scale, Colorblind Racial Attitudes Scale (COBRAS), the Critical Action subscale of the Critical Consciousness Scale, ratings of wealth distribution, and questions about their policy preferences through an online survey distributed through MTurk. Results indicated that the CCC and COBRAS subscales predicted policy preferences, over and above demographic variables. Findings from this project may inform how individuals make decisions about policy preferences and on a broader scale, inform solutions for decreasing inequity in the U.S. Implications for research and clinical practice are discussed.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/jzai-ecpl
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/29302
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCounseling psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcapitalismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinequalityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpolicyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledracismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledredistributionen_US
dc.titlePREDICTING POLICY: EXAMINING PERCEPTIONS OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, COLOR-EVASIVE RACIAL ATTITUDES, AND BELIEFS ABOUT CAPITALISMen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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