Makashvili Ana, Vardanashvili Irina, Javakhishvili Nino
The School of Arts and Sciences, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Eur J Psychol. 2018 Jun 19;14(2):464-484. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v14i2.1483. eCollection 2018 Jun.
The complex phenomenon of prejudice has been the focus of interest among social psychologists since the mid-20th century. The Intergroup Threat Theory (ITT) is one of the most efficient theoretical frameworks to identify the triggers of prejudice. In this study, using experimental design, we examined the effects of symbolic and realistic threats on prejudice that was measured by means of a modified social distance scale. The study participants were 611 undergraduate students from the country of Georgia. In addition to providing further support for ITT, the study showed that the level of religiosity moderated the effects between both types of threats and prejudice, although it had different indications for realistic and symbolic threats, while gender interacted only with symbolic threat. Implications of the findings are discussed.
自20世纪中叶以来，复杂的偏见现象一直是社会心理学家关注的焦点。群体间威胁理论（ITT）是识别偏见触发因素最有效的理论框架之一。在本研究中，我们采用实验设计，通过改良的社会距离量表来衡量，考察了象征性威胁和现实性威胁对偏见的影响。研究参与者是来自格鲁吉亚的611名本科生。该研究除了为群体间威胁理论提供进一步支持外，还表明宗教虔诚程度调节了两种威胁与偏见之间的影响，尽管对现实性威胁和象征性威胁有不同的表现，而性别仅与象征性威胁存在交互作用。我们对研究结果的意义进行了讨论。
