Replication Data for: How Empathy and Partisanship Affected Attitude Changes Following the Assassination of Shinzo Abe: Evidence from Panel Surveys (doi:10.7910/DVN/ECNNUW)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: How Empathy and Partisanship Affected Attitude Changes Following the Assassination of Shinzo Abe: Evidence from Panel Surveys

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/ECNNUW

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2025-10-23

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1

Bibliographic Citation:

LYU, ZEYU, 2025, "Replication Data for: How Empathy and Partisanship Affected Attitude Changes Following the Assassination of Shinzo Abe: Evidence from Panel Surveys", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ECNNUW, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:tR7nJxw4zGS3W/AXjoWcXQ== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: How Empathy and Partisanship Affected Attitude Changes Following the Assassination of Shinzo Abe: Evidence from Panel Surveys

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/ECNNUW

Authoring Entity:

LYU, ZEYU (Tohoku University)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

LYU, ZEYU

Depositor:

LYU, ZEYU

Date of Deposit:

2025-10-21

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ECNNUW

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, political violence, Shinzo Abe, partisanship

Abstract:

Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving prime minister in Japan’s postwar history, was assassinated on July 8, 2022, triggering widespread social reactions and shifts in public opinion. This study investigates the effects of the assassination on attitudes toward Abe using panel data from before and after the assassination. Our results suggest that, overall, attitudes toward Abe significantly improved after the assassination and that the extent of attitude change varied between groups. Specifically, we find that individuals with a strong empathy were more likely to improve their attitude toward Abe, indicating a pattern of emotion-driven attitude change. Our analysis also suggests that partisanship may have shaped individuals’ attitude changes. Specifically, individuals with opposing party preferences were more resistant to attitude change, whereas partisan proximity facilitated positive reassessments. Moreover, the influence of partisanship on attitude change depended on its intensity. Individuals without sustained and strong party preferences were more susceptible to attitude change following the assassination. Overall, this study provides empirical evidence for attitude changes due to political violence and has implications for our understanding of the mechanisms of such attitude changes.

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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

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File: data.tab

  • Number of cases: 6616

  • No. of variables per record: 11

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

abe_rating

f12547862 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 4.5819226118500564; StDev 2.90352817787681; Min. 0.0; Max. 10.0; Valid 6616.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/xMevkjn6cM5bxSZ4+dkdg==

abe_attitude_change

f12547862 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 2.003551207306989; Min. -8.0; Mean 1.2351874244256356; Max. 10.0; Valid 6616.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:oogRdSmT2bgA1NgmUhj8TQ==

age

f12547862 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 48.15659008464328; Min. 20.0; Valid 6616.0; StDev 12.776453284438915; Max. 69.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aVDAlA0AXExZRizr0a6zkQ==

female

f12547862 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 6616.0; StDev 0.49474568507370104; Mean 0.42744860943168056

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Qr+LomWxIp0DD3tOFDRt5w==

edu

f12547862 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 6616.0; StDev 1.40229404049167; Min. 1.0; Max. 6.0; Mean 3.9183796856106405

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:VwXqfCnHPMVwfEYyRZgNeQ==

b_sympathetic

f12547862 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.2691628386727671; Mean 4.4467956469165655; Max. 7.0; Min. 1.0; Valid 6616.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:qRtviFvxkSVUs2V/PZe8mQ==

pid_before

f12547862 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:2X1gIMuUX6te7zTPOeSRxQ==

pid_change_before

f12547862 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 3.0; StDev 0.6571831622349174; Mean 1.6330108827085856; Valid 6616.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:wNML81YX9kHsaKZ0bWzmBQ==

time

f12547862 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:mfLcVWHyotErA46qGU22KQ==

id

f12547862 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:EfQWQiX7OJQAvcYpzkJYCw==

post

f12547862 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.5; Max. 1.0; Valid 6616.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.5000377914667408

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:xdhP3/EHu4IYdN7sN/Xxqw==

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code.html

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text/x-r-notebook

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README.md

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text/markdown