Junça-Silva Ana, Vilela Cristiana
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), Lisboa, Portugal; Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT), Tomar, Portugal.
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT), Tomar, Portugal.
Psychol Rep. 2025 Apr;128(2):899-919. doi: 10.1177/00332941231161278. Epub 2023 Feb 28.
Drawing on the behavioral concordance model and the trait activation theory, this study examined how and when daily micro-events influence COVID-19 xenophobic attitudes. First, we examined the mediating role of satisfaction, and then, tested the moderating role of neuroticism in the mediated relationship. Overall, 340 working adults volunteered to participate in this study. The findings revealed that (1) satisfaction mediated the negative relationship between daily micro-events and xenophobic attitudes and (2) neuroticism moderated this relationship such that xenophobic attitudes increased for neurotic individuals, even when their satisfaction increased. Our findings contribute to understanding the relationship between daily micro-events and COVID-19 xenophobia and provide empirical evidence for the combined effects of personality factors and affective factors on xenophobic attitudes. Furthermore, we evidence the existence of the black unicorn effect, that is, neurotic individuals tend to transpose their neurotic cognitions and emotions to xenophobic attitudes despite the uplifting and satisfying nature of positive events.
本研究借鉴行为一致性模型和特质激活理论，探讨了日常微观事件如何以及何时影响对新冠病毒的仇外态度。首先，我们考察了满意度的中介作用，然后检验了神经质在这一中介关系中的调节作用。总体而言，340名在职成年人自愿参与了本研究。研究结果表明：（1）满意度在日常微观事件与仇外态度的负向关系中起中介作用；（2）神经质调节了这种关系，即对于神经质个体而言，即使他们的满意度有所提高，仇外态度仍会增加。我们的研究结果有助于理解日常微观事件与新冠病毒仇外心理之间的关系，并为个性因素和情感因素对仇外态度的综合影响提供了实证依据。此外，我们证明了“黑独角兽效应”的存在，即尽管积极事件具有令人振奋和满足的性质，但神经质个体倾向于将其神经质认知和情绪转化为仇外态度。
