Us, them and we: How national and human identifications influence adolescents' ethnic prejudice

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12755

Beatrice Bobba, Jochem Thijs, Elisabetta Crocetti

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Abstract

Although there have been numerous studies on the relations between group identification and ethnic prejudice, it is less clear whether their associations reflect stable individual tendencies or rather situational or temporal fluctuations. This longitudinal multilevel study aimed to fill this gap by examining the between- and within-person associations of identification with the national and superordinate human groups and levels of prejudice against multiple ethnic minorities. A total of 883 Italian majority adolescents (M_age = 15.66, SD = 1.15 at T1, 49.7% females) completed questionnaires at four time points over the course of 1 year. Results showed that national identification was related to more prejudice at the between-person level but to decreases in prejudice at the within-person level. Additionally, human identification contributed to lower levels of and steeper decreases in prejudice at both the between- and within-person levels. Common and unique associations also emerged across different ethnic minority targets, but only for between-person effects. Overall, this study highlights the importance of distinguishing stable individual levels and momentary fluctuations of both ingroup identifications and ethnic prejudice in order to orient future interventions aimed at improving the quality of intergroup relationships.

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我们、他们和我们：民族认同和人类认同如何影响青少年的种族偏见

尽管已有许多关于群体认同与种族偏见之间关系的研究，但对于它们之间的关联是反映稳定的个人倾向还是情景或时间波动，却不太清楚。这项纵向多层次研究旨在通过考察人与人之间以及人与人之间对民族群体和上位人类群体的认同与对多个少数民族的偏见程度之间的关联来填补这一空白。共有 883 名意大利多数民族青少年（Mage = 15.66，T1 时 SD = 1.15，49.7% 为女性）在一年内的四个时间点完成了问卷调查。结果显示，在人与人之间，国家认同与更多偏见有关，但在人与人之间，国家认同与偏见减少有关。此外，在人与人之间和人与人之间的层面上，对人的认同会导致偏见程度降低和偏见程度急剧下降。在不同的少数民族目标中也出现了共同的和独特的关联，但仅限于人与人之间的影响。总之，这项研究强调了区分稳定的个人水平和瞬间波动的内群体认同和种族偏见的重要性，从而为未来旨在改善群体间关系质量的干预措施指明方向。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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