Pollmanns Claas, Asbrock Frank
Department of Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jul 13;14:1098105. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1098105. eCollection 2023.
In a series of three studies (total = 956), we examined how political graffiti, which serves as a representation of prevailing social norms, influences the evaluation of social cohesion and neighborhood inhabitants depending on the individuals political orientation. In line with our hypothesis, results of Study 1 ( = 199) indicated that individuals tended to express more positive evaluations of the social cohesion within a neighborhood when the political graffiti aligns with their own political orientation. Conversely, when confronted with counter-attitudinal political graffiti, participants reported lower evaluations of social cohesion. In Study 2, a sensitive scale to assess social cohesion was developed. Study 3 ( = 550) investigated the dose-response relationship of right-wing political graffiti and replicated the results from Study 1. Consistent with our hypotheses, even a minimal presence of right-wing graffiti exerted a significant impact on participants' evaluations of the neighborhood and interacted with the participants political orientation. Taken together, our studies shed light on the crucial role of the individuals' own political orientation for the evaluation of neighborhoods and their inhabitants. Furthermore, we offer insights into how these perceptions may influence intergroup attitudes toward foreigners living in Germany. The implications of our findings are highly relevant to ongoing discussions surrounding social norms within neighborhoods. By highlighting the significance of political graffiti as a representation of social norms, our research contributes to a deeper understanding of the dynamics at play in evaluating neighborhoods and their social fabric.
在三项研究（总计956人）中，我们考察了作为主流社会规范一种体现的政治涂鸦，是如何根据个体的政治倾向来影响社会凝聚力评价以及邻里居民评价的。与我们的假设一致，研究1（199人）的结果表明，当政治涂鸦与个体自身政治倾向一致时，个体往往会对邻里间的社会凝聚力给出更积极的评价。相反，当面对与自身态度相悖的政治涂鸦时，参与者对社会凝聚力的评价较低。在研究2中，我们编制了一个用于评估社会凝聚力的敏感量表。研究3（550人）考察了右翼政治涂鸦的剂量反应关系，并重复了研究1的结果。与我们的假设一致，即使是极少量的右翼涂鸦也会对参与者对社区的评价产生显著影响，并与参与者的政治倾向产生交互作用。综合来看，我们的研究揭示了个体自身政治倾向在对社区及其居民评价中的关键作用。此外，我们还深入探讨了这些认知可能如何影响对居住在德国的外国人的群体间态度。我们研究结果的意义与当前关于社区内社会规范的讨论高度相关。通过强调政治涂鸦作为社会规范体现的重要性，我们的研究有助于更深入地理解在评价社区及其社会结构中所起作用的动态过程。
