000133117 001__ 133117 000133117 005__ 20260112133218.0 000133117 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1111/pops.12930 000133117 0248_ $$2sideral$$a137891 000133117 037__ $$aART-2024-137891 000133117 041__ $$aeng 000133117 100__ $$aPizarro, José J. 000133117 245__ $$aSociopolitical consequences of COVID-19 in the Americas, Europe, and Asia: A multilevel, multicountry investigation of risk perceptions and support for antidemocratic practices 000133117 260__ $$c2024 000133117 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000133117 5203_ $$aAlthough different social crises may eventually favor undemocratic and authoritarian forms of governance, at some point, such antidemocratic practices require the support of a significant part of the population to be implemented. The present research investigates how and whether the COVID‐19 pandemic might have favoured greater support for antidemocratic governmental practices, on the premise of regaining control and security. Using data from 17 countries (N = 4364) and national‐level indicators (i.e., real number of contagions and deaths, and sociopolitical indicators), we test how the risk of contagion and death from COVID‐19, along with personal orientations (i.e., social dominance orientation [SDO], right‐wing authoritarianism [RWA], and perceived anomie) motivate authoritarian and antidemocratic practices. Results from multilevel models indicate that risk perception and perceptions of political instability predict a wish for stronger leadership, agreement with martial law, and support for a controlling government especially when SDO and RWA are high, while more egalitarian and less conservative people agree less with these authoritarian measures in spite of the levels of risk perception. We discuss the implications for these findings for future research on similar but also dissimilar external events (natural disasters, war, or terror incidents) and the consequences for societies with higher authoritarian tendencies. 000133117 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 000133117 590__ $$a3.5$$b2024 000133117 592__ $$a2.047$$b2024 000133117 591__ $$aPSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL$$b10 / 78 = 0.128$$c2024$$dQ1$$eT1 000133117 591__ $$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE$$b32 / 322 = 0.099$$c2024$$dQ1$$eT1 000133117 593__ $$aClinical Psychology$$c2024$$dQ1 000133117 593__ $$aExperimental and Cognitive Psychology$$c2024$$dQ1 000133117 593__ $$aSociology and Political Science$$c2024$$dQ1 000133117 593__ $$aPolitical Science and International Relations$$c2024$$dQ1 000133117 593__ $$aSocial Psychology$$c2024$$dQ1 000133117 593__ $$aPhilosophy$$c2024$$dQ1 000133117 594__ $$a8.7$$b2024 000133117 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000133117 700__ $$aCakal, Huseyin 000133117 700__ $$aMéndez, Lander 000133117 700__ $$aZumeta, Larraitz N. 000133117 700__ $$aGracia-Leiva, Marcela 000133117 700__ $$aBasabe, Nekane 000133117 700__ $$aNavarro-Carrillo, Ginés 000133117 700__ $$aCazan, Ana-Maria 000133117 700__ $$aKeshavarzi, Saeed 000133117 700__ $$aLópez-López, Wilson 000133117 700__ $$aYahiiaiev, Illia 000133117 700__ $$aAlzugaray-Ponce, Carolina 000133117 700__ $$aVillagrán, Loreto 000133117 700__ $$aMoyano-Díaz, Emilio 000133117 700__ $$aPetrovic, Nebojša 000133117 700__ $$aMathias, Anderson 000133117 700__ $$aTechio, Elza M. 000133117 700__ $$aWlodarczyk, Anna 000133117 700__ $$aAlfaro-Beracoechea, Laura 000133117 700__ $$aIbarra, Manuel L. 000133117 700__ $$aMichael, Andreas 000133117 700__ $$aMhaskar, Sumeet 000133117 700__ $$aMartínez-Zelaya, Gonzalo 000133117 700__ $$aBilbao, Marian 000133117 700__ $$aDelfino, Gisela 000133117 700__ $$aCarvalho, Catarina L. 000133117 700__ $$aPinto, Isabel R. 000133117 700__ $$aMohsin, Falak Zehra 000133117 700__ $$aEspinosa, Agustín 000133117 700__ $$aCueto, Rosa María 000133117 700__ $$aCavalli, Stefano 000133117 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6011-821X$$ada Costa, Silvia$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000133117 700__ $$aAmutio, Alberto 000133117 700__ $$aAlonso-Arbiol, Itziar 000133117 700__ $$aPáez, Darío 000133117 7102_ $$14009$$2740$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Psicología Social 000133117 773__ $$g45, 2 (2024), 407-433$$pPolit. psychol.$$tPOLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY$$x0162-895X 000133117 8564_ $$s4552547$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133117/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000133117 8564_ $$s1689736$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133117/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000133117 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:133117$$particulos$$pdriver 000133117 951__ $$a2026-01-12-12:44:51 000133117 980__ $$aARTICLE