Rosler Nimrod, Wiener-Blotner Ori, Heskiau Micheles Orel, Sharvit Keren
Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3103301, Israel.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Dec 2;14(12):1152. doi: 10.3390/bs14121152.
Transforming the course of protracted and bloody conflicts requires changing the behaviors and minds of society members who take part in these conflicts. While studies examining the psychology of such societies point to the barriers that conflict-supporting narratives create for changing minds and behavior, a novel psychological intervention offers a new direction to facilitate openness for attitude change based on the Information Process Model (IPM). Previous studies indicated the effectiveness of this intervention in creating an unfreezing of conflict attitudes and increasing support for peace negotiation in different conflict areas. However, since the psychological process underlying its effectiveness remains underexplored, the aim of the current research is to examine the experiences of participants exposed to IPM-based messages and the role of cognitive and emotional ambivalence in facilitating the unfreezing of conflict-supporting narrative and contemplating alternative beliefs. The first study (n = 234) examines how IPM (vs. control) videos increase engagement with and ambivalence towards conflict-supporting narratives using quantitative and qualitative analysis of written Decisional Balance responses. The second study (n = 24) delves into the expressions of cognitive and emotional ambivalence following exposure to different segments of an IPM video using semi-structured interviews, and further assesses their potential influence on facilitating contemplation with newly provided information.
改变长期血腥冲突的进程需要改变参与这些冲突的社会成员的行为和观念。虽然研究此类社会心理的研究指出了支持冲突的叙事为改变观念和行为所造成的障碍，但一种新颖的心理干预措施基于信息处理模型（IPM）为促进态度改变的开放性提供了新方向。先前的研究表明，这种干预措施在消除冲突态度的僵化以及增强不同冲突地区对和平谈判的支持方面是有效的。然而，由于其有效性背后的心理过程仍未得到充分探索，当前研究的目的是考察接触基于IPM的信息的参与者的经历，以及认知和情感矛盾心理在促进支持冲突的叙事的解冻和思考替代信念方面的作用。第一项研究（n = 234）使用对书面决策平衡反应的定量和定性分析，考察IPM（与对照组相比）视频如何增加对支持冲突的叙事的参与度和矛盾心理。第二项研究（n = 24）使用半结构化访谈深入探究接触IPM视频不同片段后认知和情感矛盾心理的表达，并进一步评估它们对促进用新提供的信息进行思考的潜在影响。
