Kam Chris
Department of Psychology, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO 81101, USA.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Aug 14;15(8):1103. doi: 10.3390/bs15081103.
This study assessed connections between five negative interpersonal feelings with political polarization in America. A total of 203 participants, Democrats and Republicans, were studied to see if their level of feeling hurt, dismissed, misunderstood, offended, and looked down upon was connected with their level of affective polarization, social distance, and integrative complexity. Positive correlations were found amongst all five negative interpersonal feelings and the level of affective polarization and social distance for both party members. Feeling hurt, offended, and looked down upon were negatively correlated with integrative complexity in political issues. Feeling dismissed was a predictor of lower integrative complexity. Implications for future research and real-world application are discussed in the conclusion.
本研究评估了美国五种负面人际感受与政治两极化之间的联系。共有203名参与者，包括民主党人和共和党人，参与了研究，以考察他们所感受到的受伤害、被忽视、被误解、被冒犯和被轻视的程度，是否与他们的情感两极化程度、社会距离和综合复杂性水平相关。研究发现，对于两党成员而言，所有这五种负面人际感受与情感两极化程度和社会距离之间均存在正相关。在政治问题上，受伤害、被冒犯和被轻视的感受与综合复杂性呈负相关。被忽视的感受是综合复杂性较低的一个预测指标。结论部分讨论了对未来研究和实际应用的启示。
