Amjad Naumana, Wood Alex M
Department of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Aggress Behav. 2009 Nov-Dec;35(6):514-9. doi: 10.1002/ab.20325.
Two studies investigated the role of beliefs about the acceptability of aggression ("normative beliefs") against Jews in determining who would join an extremist group. In Study 1, students in a university in Pakistan (N=144) completed self-report attitude measures, and were subsequently approached by a confederate who asked whether they wanted to join an extremist anti-Semitic organization. Normative beliefs about aggression against Jews were very strong predictors of whether participants agreed to join. In Study 2, participants (N=92) were experimentally assigned to either a brief educational intervention, designed to improve inter-group relations, or to a control group. They also filled in self-report attitude measures pre and post intervention. Participants in the intervention group were much less likely to agree to join the extremist group, and this effect of the intervention on joining was mediated by changes in normative beliefs about aggression against Jews. The results have implications for theories of inter-group aggression and interventions to prevent people from being recruited into extremist groups.
两项研究调查了关于针对犹太人的攻击行为的可接受性的信念（“规范性信念”）在决定谁会加入极端组织方面所起的作用。在研究1中，巴基斯坦一所大学的学生（N = 144）完成了自我报告态度测量，随后一名同伙接近他们，询问他们是否想加入一个极端反犹组织。关于针对犹太人的攻击行为的规范性信念是参与者是否同意加入的非常有力的预测指标。在研究2中，参与者（N = 92）被随机分配到一个旨在改善群体间关系的简短教育干预组或一个对照组。他们还在干预前后填写了自我报告态度测量。干预组的参与者同意加入极端组织的可能性要小得多，而且这种干预对加入行为的影响是由关于针对犹太人的攻击行为的规范性信念的变化所介导的。这些结果对群体间攻击理论以及防止人们被招募到极端组织的干预措施具有启示意义。
