Lönnqvist Jan-Erik, Mannerström Rasmus, Leikas Sointu
Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Int J Psychol. 2019 Jun;54(3):287-291. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12496. Epub 2018 Jun 5.
The populist, anti-immigration-oriented Finns Party was considered the winner of the Finnish 2015 parliamentary elections. In a representative sample of young adults (N = 606), a longitudinal pre- post-election design revealed that attitudes towards immigration became more favourable among those disappointed by the outcome and those who did not vote for the Finns Party. Among the latter, both supporting the green-red rival parties and disliking the Finns Party independently predicted increased support for migration. Other attitudes did not change. The results highlight the importance of social processes and identity concerns, particularly self-categorization, as drivers of attitude change. While previous work has focused on conformity dynamics, our results suggest that diverging from an unwanted identity may be associated with attitude change.
以民粹主义、反移民为导向的芬兰人党被视为2015年芬兰议会选举的赢家。在一个具有代表性的年轻人样本（N = 606）中，一项选举前后的纵向设计显示，对选举结果感到失望的人和那些没有投票给芬兰人党的人对移民的态度变得更加积极。在后者中，支持绿党-红党竞争对手政党和不喜欢芬兰人党都独立预测了对移民支持的增加。其他态度没有改变。研究结果凸显了社会过程和身份认同问题的重要性，尤其是自我分类，它们是态度改变的驱动因素。虽然之前的研究主要关注从众动态，但我们的结果表明，背离不受欢迎的身份认同可能与态度改变有关。
