University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2011 Apr;37(4):481-91. doi: 10.1177/0146167211398364. Epub 2011 Feb 4.
Holding similar negative-versus positive-attitudes toward a third party has been shown to predict increased closeness to a stranger. Here, the authors examined whether this effect is mediated by the heightened feelings of familiarity engendered by shared negative attitudes. In Study 1, participants who shared with a (bogus) stranger a negative attitude of a professor subsequently reported knowing more about the stranger than those who shared a positive attitude, but only when they did not feel strongly about the attitude. In Study 2, a familiarity manipulation produced high levels of closeness among participants who believed they had a lot of information about a stranger. Among those who believed they knew little about the stranger, closeness was facilitated by sharing a weakly held, negative attitude of a professor. Discussion considers the relevance of these findings to the interpersonal attraction literature.
对第三方持有相似的负面与正面态度已被证明可以预测与陌生人的亲密程度增加。在这里，作者研究了这种影响是否通过共同的负面态度产生的更高熟悉感来介导。在研究 1 中，与（虚假）陌生人分享教授的负面态度的参与者随后报告说比那些分享正面态度的人更了解陌生人，但前提是他们对该态度没有强烈的感受。在研究 2 中，熟悉度操作在那些认为自己对陌生人有很多信息的参与者中产生了很高的亲密感。在那些认为自己对陌生人知之甚少的参与者中，通过分享对教授的持有较弱的负面态度来促进亲密感。讨论考虑了这些发现对人际吸引文献的相关性。
