Interpersonal Costs of Attributions to Discrimination

归因于歧视的人际成本

基本信息

批准号：
6807646
负责人：
CHERYL R KAISER
金额：
$ 7.48万
依托单位：
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2004-06-01 至 2006-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6807646
关键词：
African American attitude attribution behavior test behavioral /social science research tag belief clinical research culture fear frustration human subject impression interpersonal relations locus of control prejudice psychosocial separation social behavior social psychology

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research investigates the interpersonal costs of attributing negative events to discrimination, and examines factors that moderate and mediate this effect. This proposal argues that because discrimination attributions challenge American cultural ideals (e.g., Protestant Work Ethic, individualism), these judgments should be quite threatening, and in turn should motivate individuals to behave negatively towards the source of the threat. Furthermore, attributions to discrimination should be particularly challenging to individuals who strongly endorse American cultural ideals and those who are in situations where these ideals are made salient, and that these individuals will be especially likely to experience threat and distress and punish individuals who make attributions to prejudice. Ten experiments examine how chronically accessible (Experiments 1, 5-7) and experimentally induced (Experiments 2-4, 8-10) American cultural ideals influence responses to African Americans who attribute negative events to discrimination or other internal and external causes. These experiments examine a number of interpersonal reactions to discrimination claimants, including reports of derogation and interpersonal closeness, and several negative behavioral actions towards the target and African Americans more generally. Additionally, these experiments examine both explicit self-reports of threat (Experiments 1-10) and less direct behavioral markers of threat Experiments 5-10). Because interpersonal outcomes are central to well-being and mental health (Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Bowlby, 1969), it is important to develop work examining the interpersonal nature of attributions to prejudice. Additionally, insights gained from this interpersonal analysis of discrimination attributions may help to explain why targets of prejudice often are reluctant to acknowledge the prejudice they face. Thus, the proposed experiments offer novel theoretical and applied developments in research examining the consequences of attributions to prejudice.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究调查了将负面事件归因于歧视的人际关系成本，并研究了适度和调解这种效果的因素。该提议认为，由于歧视归因挑战了美国的文化理想（例如，新教职业道德，个人主义），这些判断应该非常威胁，而反过来又应激励个人对威胁的来源负面影响。此外，对歧视的归因对于那些强烈认可美国文化理想的个人以及在这些理想变得突出的情况下，这些人将特别有可能遇到威胁和痛苦，并惩罚那些归因于归因于这些理想的人，这些人尤其有可能偏见。十个实验检查了长期访问（实验1，5-7）和实验诱导的（实验2-4，8-10）如何影响对将负面事件归因于歧视或其他内部和外部原因的非裔美国人的反应。这些实验检查了对歧视索赔人的许多人际反应，包括贬损和人际关系的报告，以及对目标和非裔美国人的几种负面行为行为。此外，这些实验既检查威胁的显式自我报告（实验1-10）和威胁实验的直接行为标记5-10）。由于人际关系成果对幸福感和心理健康至关重要（Baumeister＆Leary，1995; Bowlby，1969），因此必须开发研究以检查偏见的人际交往性质。此外，从这种对歧视归因的人际分析中获得的见解可能有助于解释为什么偏见目标通常不愿意承认他们面临的偏见。因此，拟议的实验在研究研究偏见的后果的研究中提供了新的理论和应用发展。