此消彼长:积极-消极情绪在扩展接触效应中的变化

As One Falls Another Rises:Changes of Positive-Negative Emotions in the Extended Contact Effect

采用两个实验探讨了情绪在扩展接触与社会距离关系中的具体作用方式。实验1发现,一般的扩展接触能够显著增加内群体对外群体的积极情绪水平,降低对外群体的消极情绪水平,积极情绪和消极情绪在扩展接触效应中具有显著的中介作用。实验2进一步发现,扩展接触材料中增加助人内容时,可以显著提升积极情绪中的钦佩水平,降低消极情绪中的厌恶水平,钦佩和厌恶在扩展接触的效应中存在显著的中介作用。

Two experiments were conducted to explore the specific ways of emotions in the relationship between extended contact and social distance.Experiment 1 found that extended contact increasepositive emotions and reduce negative emotions of in-group towards out-group significantly,positive and negative emotions play significant mediating roles in the extended contact effect.Furthermore,Experiment 2 found that when the content of helping others was added into the extended contact materials,the admiration emotion increased while the disgust emotion reduced significantly,admiration and disgust play a significant mediating roles in the extended contact effect.