Emotional Public Opinion and Its Indirect Influence on Americans’ Policy Support During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine

• Published in: SAGE open Vol. 15; no. 2
• Main Author: Lu, Hang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2025; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Emotional Response; Emotions; Factorial experiments; Influence; Psychological Patterns; Ukraine; consensus messaging; emotion; Ukraine; policy support; Russia
• ISSN: 2158-2440; 2158-2440
• DOI: 10.1177/21582440251340343

This study investigates how poll-based emotion consensus messaging influences American support for various policies during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with an aim to unpack the cognitive-emotional mechanisms behind this influence. Employing a between-subjects factorial experiment with a na...