Tel Aviv University, Israel.
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2020 Jan;59(1):171-188. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12336. Epub 2019 Jun 17.
How are perceptions of past collective trauma related to moral lessons derived, and how are those in turn associated with conflict-related policy preferences of those presently involved in intractable conflict? We hypothesized that inclusive conceptions of past trauma will be positively associated with moral obligations and negatively with moral entitlement, and that moral obligations will be positively associated with humanitarian policies and negatively with militaristic policies, while moral entitlement will be positively associated with militaristic policies and negatively with humanitarian policies. In a cross-sectional study with a representative sample of Jewish Israelis (N = 504), moral obligations mediated the association between higher inclusivity of past collective trauma and humanitarian policy support, while moral entitlement mediated between lower inclusivity and increased militant policy support. Inclusive perceptions of past trauma and its moral lessons may play a critical role in advancing conflict resolution in intractable conflicts settings unrelated to the initial trauma.
人们对过去集体创伤的看法如何与从中得出的道德教训相关，而这些道德教训反过来又如何与目前陷入棘手冲突的人的冲突相关政策偏好相关？我们假设，对过去创伤的包容性观念将与道德义务呈正相关，与道德权利呈负相关，而道德义务将与人道主义政策呈正相关，与军国主义政策呈负相关，而道德权利将与军国主义政策呈正相关，与人道主义政策呈负相关。在一项对具有代表性的以色列裔犹太人样本（N=504）的横断面研究中，道德义务在过去集体创伤的更高包容性与支持人道主义政策之间的关联中起中介作用，而道德权利则在包容性较低与增加军事政策支持之间起中介作用。对过去创伤及其道德教训的包容性看法可能在推进与初始创伤无关的棘手冲突环境中的冲突解决方面发挥关键作用。
