… But of primary interest in this study was whether the interaction between willingness to
self-censor and the climate of opinion explained additional between-participant variation in …

… opinion expression. Noting that people vary in their willingness to display their opinions in a
hostile opinion climate (… , engage in a form of self-censorship by refraining from engaging in …

… climate of opinion revealed that a hostile opinion climate prompted greater use of expression
avoidance strategies than a friendly climate, … climate of opinion can prompt various opinion …

… to self-censor, the climate of opinion did not affect opinion expression, b = —0.050, ns However,
opinion … In this study, we found that the climate of opinion did not affect the participants' …

… According to spiral of silence theory, fear of isolation is the guiding mechanism leading
people to self-censor in a hostile opinion climate, but it is construed in this context as a social …

… affect opinion expression for those low in willingness to self-censor. The climate of the
opinion did affect opinion expression for those in the moderate and high willingness to self-censor …

… theoretical relationship between perceived public opinion and self-censorship holds true on
social … in which many people self-censor, causing the opinion climate to appear increasingly …

… opinions on divided social issues, this study seeks to understand if the majority is self-censoring …
scale: Individual differences in the effect of the climate of opinion on opinion expression. …

… models: the Willingness to Self-censor scale was used to study opinion suppression during
conversations of controversial topics6 and discussions in polarized political climate^.^ In …

… In a nutshell, the theory hypothesizes that “opinion climate perceptions are related to the
willingness to speak out.” That is, the fear of being socially isolated owing to holding minority …