Negative-activating emotions show small positive associations with political learning in both cross-sectional and experimental designs¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r2 · q3 · i0 negligible
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q3 i0 Negative-activating emotions are positively associated with political learning in cross-sectional designs (r = 0.05). → Elisabeth Graf 2024 q3 i0 Negative-activating emotions are positively associated with political learning in experimental designs (r = 0.06). → Elisabeth Graf 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Elisabeth Graf 2024¶

Elisabeth Graf, Johanna L. Donath, Elouise Botes, Martin Voracek, Thomas Goetz. (2024). The Associations Between Discrete Emotions and Political Learning: A Cross-Disciplinary Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09893-y

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Multilevel random-effects meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies (k = 22, N = 83 effect sizes) on negative-activating emotions and political learning, reporting "a small and positive" overall correlation (r = 0.05) with great variation of effect sizes.

"The overall correlation between negative-activating emotions and learning was small and positive (r = 0.05, 95% CI [0.01, 0.09])"

Elisabeth Graf 2024 (2)¶

q3 · i0 · quant-synthesis · r?

Multilevel random-effects meta-analysis of experimental studies (k = 19, N = 107 effect sizes) on negative-activating emotions and political learning, mirroring the cross-sectional result with a small positive correlation (r = 0.06).

"we found a small, positive overall correlation between negative-activating emotions and learning in experimental designs (r = 0.06, 95% CI [0.01, 0.11])"

Discussion¶

Anger shows a small positive association with political learning in both cross-sectional and experimental designs — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Anxiety shows no significant overall association with political learning in either cross-sectional or experimental designs — related
Funnel-plot asymmetry indicates small-study effects for some emotion–learning models — related
Positive-activating emotions show a small positive association with political learning in cross-sectional designs, but not in experimental designs — related

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`title`	`Negative-activating emotions show small positive associations with political learning in both cross-sectional and experimental designs`
`description`	`Negative-activating emotions show small positive associations with political learning in both cross-sectional and experimental designs`
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`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2024`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-21`
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`sources`	2 — `elisabeth-graf-2024`, `elisabeth-graf-2024-2`

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