自我控制资源损耗对警察攻击行为的影响及其缓解方式

The Effect of Ego-depletion on Police Aggression and its Mitigation

本研究探讨了自我控制资源的损耗对警察攻击行为的影响及该影响能否被不同的行为意识启动类型所干预。研究采用单因素被试间实验设计,实验1以自我控制资源损耗为自变量,实验2以自我损耗状态下警察的行为意识启动类型为自变量,包括守法行为意识启动和违法行为意识启动,两个实验因变量均为攻击行为水平,以被试提供的辣椒份数代表。结果发现:(1)损耗组比无损耗组表现出更多攻击行为;(2)相较无启动组,守法行为意识启动组被试表现出更少的攻击行为,违法行为意识启动组的攻击行为无明显增加。结论:(1)处在自控损耗状态下的警察更可能对嫌疑人表现出攻击行为;(2)当警察处于自控损耗状态时,违法行为意识的启动并不会带来更多的攻击表现;而守法行为意识的启动则可能会减少其攻击行为。

The present study explores the influence of the depletion of self-control resources on police aggression and whether the influence can be affected by different types of behavior consciousness priming.The research adopted the single-factor between-subjects design.The independent variable of experiment 1 was self-control resources.The independent variable of experiment 2 was the behavior consciousness priming of police in the state of ego depletion,including law-abiding behavior consciousness priming and law-breaking behavior consciousness priming.The dependent variable of both experiments ware the level of aggression,represented by the number of provided chili pepper.Results:(1)There were more aggression in the depletion group than in the non-depletion group;(2)Compared with the no-priming group,the law-abiding behavior consciousness priming group showed less aggression,and the law-breaking behavior consciousness priming group showed no significant increase in aggression.Conclusions:(1)The police in the state of self-depletion are more likely to behave aggressively toward suspects;(2)In the state of ego-depletion,the priming of law-breaking behavior consciousness will not lead to more aggression;the priming of law-abiding behavior consciousness may reduce aggression.