University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.
Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2019 Dec;45(12):1702-1716. doi: 10.1177/0146167219841638. Epub 2019 Apr 12.
Conflict narratives are cornerstones of group identity, but often facilitate violence by framing the group's actions in ways that foster defensive forms of group identification (i.e., glorification). Three experiments tested whether alternative narratives inclusive of the ingroup's the adversarial group's suffering can reduce glorification. Israeli Jews (Study 1) and Americans (Study 2) reported less glorification after reading inclusive narratives rather than narratives that dismiss the outgroup's suffering. Study 3 found that through reducing glorification, inclusive narratives indirectly weakened support for retributive justice and militaristic policies and strengthened support for reconciliation. These effects were specific to people high in both (preexisting) glorification and attachment-people identified by prior research as the strongest supporters of violent approaches to conflict. These findings suggest that alternative narratives can reduce glorification by challenging the myopic focus of traditional conflict narratives on ingroup victimization, helping societies move beyond intractable conflict toward lasting peace.
冲突叙事是群体认同的基石，但通过将群体的行为框定为促进防御性群体认同的方式（即美化），往往会助长暴力。三项实验测试了包容性叙事是否可以减少美化，这些叙事包含了内群体和敌对群体的苦难。以色列犹太人（研究 1）和美国人（研究 2）在阅读包容性叙事而不是忽视外群体苦难的叙事后，报告的美化程度较低。研究 3 发现，通过减少美化，包容性叙事间接地削弱了对报复性正义和军国主义政策的支持，同时加强了对和解的支持。这些影响仅出现在那些高度美化和依恋的人身上（预先存在的）——这是先前研究中确定的最强烈支持以暴力方式解决冲突的人。这些发现表明，替代性叙事可以通过挑战传统冲突叙事对内群体受害的短视关注来减少美化，帮助社会摆脱棘手的冲突，走向持久的和平。
