The role of personal values in opinion formation regarding a high-stakes continually evolving topic: The Hamas–Israel hostage deal negotiations.
Ariel Knafo-Noam·Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom·Ella Daniel·Dana Katsoty·Maya Benish-Weisman·Yaakov Greenwald·Geffen Tzvi·Liat Levontin
How do people form opinions in high-stakes situations, prevalent in times of conflict and crisis? We propose that personal values play a crucial role in shaping opinions and provide empirical evidence and novel insights about the process involved. We expected values to predict opinions regarding negotiations with armed groups to free hostages. Five Israeli samples (<i>N</i> = 7,248; four preregistered, one longitudinal) participated during the Hamas-Israel war, as hostage deal negotiations domin