Sammanfattning
A cross-national study, 49 samples in 38 nations, N=4,344, investigates whether national peace and conflict reflect ambivalent
warmth-competence stereotypes: High-conflict societies (Pakistan)
may need clearcut, unambivalent group images-distinguishing
friends from foes. Highly peaceful countries (Denmark) also may
need less ambivalence because most groups occupy the shared
national identity, with only a few outcasts. Finally, nations with
intermediate conflict (U.S.) may need ambivalence to justify more
complex intergroup-system stability. Using the Global Peace Index
to measure conflict, a curvilinear (quadratic) relationship between
ambivalence and conflict highlights how both extremely peaceful and extremely conflictual countries display lower stereotype
ambivalence, whereas countries intermediate on peace-conflict
present higher ambivalence. These data also replicated a linear
inequality-ambivalence relationship.
warmth-competence stereotypes: High-conflict societies (Pakistan)
may need clearcut, unambivalent group images-distinguishing
friends from foes. Highly peaceful countries (Denmark) also may
need less ambivalence because most groups occupy the shared
national identity, with only a few outcasts. Finally, nations with
intermediate conflict (U.S.) may need ambivalence to justify more
complex intergroup-system stability. Using the Global Peace Index
to measure conflict, a curvilinear (quadratic) relationship between
ambivalence and conflict highlights how both extremely peaceful and extremely conflictual countries display lower stereotype
ambivalence, whereas countries intermediate on peace-conflict
present higher ambivalence. These data also replicated a linear
inequality-ambivalence relationship.
| Originalspråk | engelska |
|---|---|
| Sidor (från-till) | 669–674 |
| Tidskrift | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Volym | 114 |
| Nummer | 4 |
| Tidigt onlinedatum | 2017 jan. 9 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Published - 2017 |
Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)
- Psykologi