Sparkman David J, Kleive Kalei, Ngu Emerson
Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, United States.
Front Psychol. 2022 Mar 23;13:810805. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.810805. eCollection 2022.
Taking a social identity approach to health behaviors, this research examines whether experimentally "activating" the human identity is an effective public-health strategy to curb the spread of COVID-19. Three goals of the research include examining: (1) whether the human identity can be situationally activated using an experimental manipulation, (2) whether activating the human identity causally increases behavioral intentions to protect the self and others from COVID-19, and (3) whether activating the human identity causally increases behaviors that help protect vulnerable communities from COVID-19. Across two preregistered experiments (total = 675), results suggest (1) the manipulation of identification with humanity had a significant but small effect on participants' psychological bond with all humanity (Cohen's s = 0.21 - 0.27), but not their concern for all humanity. However, the manipulation had (2) no causal effect on health-related behavioral intentions or (3) helping behaviors that reduce the spread of COVID-19. Limitations, future directions, and direct benefits of the research are discussed.
本研究采用社会身份方法来研究健康行为，探讨通过实验“激活”人类身份是否是遏制新冠病毒传播的有效公共卫生策略。该研究的三个目标包括：（1）能否通过实验操作在情境中激活人类身份；（2）激活人类身份是否会因果性地增加保护自己和他人免受新冠病毒感染的行为意图；（3）激活人类身份是否会因果性地增加有助于保护弱势群体社区免受新冠病毒感染的行为。在两项预先注册的实验（共675人）中，结果表明：（1）对与人类认同感的操纵对参与者与全人类的心理联系有显著但较小的影响（科恩效应量s = 0.21 - 0.27），但对他们对全人类的关注没有影响。然而，该操纵（2）对与健康相关的行为意图或（3）减少新冠病毒传播的帮助行为没有因果影响。文中还讨论了该研究的局限性、未来方向和直接益处。
