Why do children cooperate with police? The nexus of the authority relations and cognitive developmental perspectives

IF 2.3 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI:10.1177/13684302221088510

Adam D. Fine, Kelsey E. Tom

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Abstract

Police must rely on the public’s cooperation; however, youths’ views of police are historically low. To understand the dynamics of these intergroup relations, this study integrates two theoretical perspectives: the cognitive developmental perspective, which posits that age-graded cognitive enhancements enable children to begin critically evaluating police; and the group engagement model, which suggests that views of police impact law-related behavior. Utilizing a sample of 424 community youth (37.97% Hispanic/Latinx, 19.81% Native American), this study tested four novel hypotheses: H1: Age is negatively associated with youths’ willingness to cooperate (WTC) with police; H2: Age is negatively associated with normative alignment with police; H3: Normative alignment is positively associated with WTC; and H4: Normative alignment is more strongly associated with older youths’ WTC. All four hypotheses were supported. The article discusses the implications of both the integration of these theoretical perspectives and the findings for understanding the effects of these intergroup dynamics.

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为什么孩子们会配合警察?权威关系与认知发展的关系

警察必须依靠公众的合作;然而，年轻人对警察的看法处于历史低点。为了理解这些群体间关系的动态，本研究整合了两个理论视角:认知发展视角，它假设年龄分级的认知增强使儿童能够开始批判性地评估警察;以及群体参与模型，它表明对警察的看法会影响与法律相关的行为。利用424名社区青年(37.97%的西班牙裔/拉丁裔，19.81%的印第安人)的样本，本研究检验了四个新的假设:H1:年龄与青年与警察合作意愿(WTC)负相关;H2:年龄与与警察的规范性一致性负相关;H3:规范取向与WTC呈正相关;H4:规范取向与大龄青年WTC的相关性更强。所有四种假设都得到了支持。本文讨论了整合这些理论观点的意义以及这些发现对理解这些群体间动力学的影响。

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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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期刊介绍： Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is a scientific social psychology journal dedicated to research on social psychological processes within and between groups. It provides a forum for and is aimed at researchers and students in social psychology and related disciples (e.g., organizational and management sciences, political science, sociology, language and communication, cross cultural psychology, international relations) that have a scientific interest in the social psychology of human groups. The journal has an extensive editorial team that includes many if not most of the leading scholars in social psychology of group processes and intergroup relations from around the world.