University of Minnesota, Morris, Division of Social Sciences, 600 E. 4th St., Morris, MN 56267-2134, USA.
J Soc Psychol. 2013 May-Jun;153(3):375-94. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2012.744292.
This research examined how third party statements impact the evaluation of male and female politicians caught in a scandal (i.e., extramarital affair). Governor's sex was crossed with three types of support statements: third party supportive (TPS), third party non-supportive (TPNS), and governor self-supportive (GSS). In Experiment 1, a female politician was evaluated more positively than a male politician. The TPS and the GSS conditions were both evaluated more positively than the TPNS condition. Experiment 2's design was similar to Experiment l's, except it involved multiple affairs. In Experiment 2, participants used the third party's statements as an information source and thus reduced their use of gender stereotypes in the TPS and TPNS conditions compared to the GSS condition. We also found that male respondents gave more negative evaluations of the female governor than female respondents. Implications for the gender stereotype and social influence literatures are discussed.
本研究考察了第三方声明如何影响陷入丑闻（即婚外情）的男性和女性政治家的评价。将州长的性别与三种支持声明类型进行交叉：第三方支持（TPS）、第三方不支持（TPNS）和州长自我支持（GSS）。在实验 1 中，女性政治家的评价比男性政治家更积极。TPS 和 GSS 条件的评价都比 TPNS 条件更积极。实验 2 的设计与实验 1 相似，只是涉及多个事务。在实验 2 中，参与者将第三方的声明用作信息来源，因此与 GSS 条件相比，在 TPS 和 TPNS 条件下减少了对性别刻板印象的使用。我们还发现，男性受访者对女州长的评价比女性受访者更负面。讨论了对性别刻板印象和社会影响文献的影响。
