Need for closure and coercion in inter-group conflicts: experimental evidence for the mitigating effect of accessible conflict schemas
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Golec de Zavala, A., Federico, C., Cisłak, A. and Sigger, J. 2008. Need for closure and coercion in inter-group conflicts: experimental evidence for the mitigating effect of accessible conflict schemas. European Journal of Social Psychology. 38 (1), pp. 84-105. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.438
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Title | Need for closure and coercion in inter-group conflicts: experimental evidence for the mitigating effect of accessible conflict schemas |
Authors | Golec de Zavala, A., Federico, C., Cisłak, A. and Sigger, J. |
Abstract | Three experimental studies demonstrate that momentarily-accessible conflict-schemas moderate the relationship between need for closure and conflict-strategy preferences, with the relationship between a high need for closure and increased competitiveness reduced to non-significance when a cooperative conflict schema is made salient but strengthened when a hostile one is activated. Study 1 manipulated the accessibility of competitive versus cooperative conflict schemas using different descriptions of a contemporary political conflict, while Studies 2 and 3 manipulated conflict-schema accessibility using primes embedded in an ostensibly-unrelated lexical decision task. Together, the present studies provide a strong pattern of experimental support for the moderating effect of conflict-schema accessibility suggested by earlier correlational studies. The implications for conflict reduction are discussed. |
Research Group | Applied Health Psychology group |
Publisher | Wiley |
Journal | European Journal of Social Psychology |
ISSN | 0046-2772 |
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2008 | |
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Deposited | 01 Mar 2010 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.438 |
Language | English |
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