The Communication of "Pure" Group-based Anger Reduces Tendencies Toward Intergroup Conflict Because it Increases Out-group Empathy  

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de Vos, Bart ; van Zomeren, Martijn ; Gordijn, Ernestine H. ; Postmes, Tom

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 39 no. 8 (Aug. 2013), page 1043-1052.
Topik: Anger; Contempt; Communication; Intergroup Conflict; Empathy
Fulltext: PSPB_39_08_1043.pdf (1.19MB)

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The communication of group-based anger in intergroup conflict is often associated with destructive conflict behavior. However, we show that communicating group-based anger toward the out-group can evoke empathy and thus reduce intergroup conflict. This is because it stresses the value of maintaining a positive long-term intergroup relationship, thereby increasing understanding for the situation (in contrast to the communication of the closely related emotion of contempt). Three experiments demonstrate that the communication of group-based anger indeed reduces destructive conflict intentions compared with (a) a control condition (Experiments 1-2), (b) the communication of group-based contempt (Experiment 2), and (c) the communication of a combination of group-based anger and contempt (Experiments 2-3). Moreover, results from all three experiments reveal that empathy mediated the positive effect of communicating "pure" group-based anger. We discuss the implications of these findings for the theory and practice of communicating emotions in intergroup conflicts.

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