Belmi Peter, Barragan Rodolfo Cortes, Neale Margaret A, Cohen Geoffrey L
Stanford University, CA, USA
Stanford University, CA, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2015 Apr;41(4):467-84. doi: 10.1177/0146167215569493. Epub 2015 Feb 23.
We hypothesized that threats to people's social (i.e., group) identity can trigger deviant attitudes and behaviors. A correlational study and five experiments showed that experiencing or recalling situations associated with the devaluation of a social identity caused participants to endorse or engage in deviant actions, including stealing, cheating, and lying. The effect was driven by the tendency to construe social identity threats not as isolated incidents but as symbolic of the continuing devaluation and disrespectful treatment of one's group. Supplementing sociological approaches to deviance and delinquency, the results suggest the relevance and utility of a social-psychological account.
我们假设，对人们社会（即群体）身份的威胁会引发越轨态度和行为。一项相关性研究和五项实验表明，经历或回忆与社会身份贬值相关的情境会导致参与者认可或参与越轨行为，包括偷窃、欺骗和说谎。这种效应是由一种倾向驱动的，即把社会身份威胁不是看作孤立事件，而是看作自己群体持续贬值和受到不尊重对待的象征。这些结果补充了社会学对越轨和犯罪行为的研究方法，表明了社会心理学解释的相关性和实用性。
