How intellectual humility relates to political and religious polarization

被引:0
作者
Bowes, Shauna M. [1 ,2 ]
Tasimi, Arber [2 ]
机构
[1] Vanderbilt Univ, Psychol & Human Dev, Nashville, TN USA
[2] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Psychol & Human Dev, 230 Appleton Pl, Nashville, TN 37203 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Intellectual humility; polarization; political psychology; religion; individual differences; PREJUDICED PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; NEED; CONSEQUENCES; FORGIVENESS; INTOLERANCE; VALIDATION; EXTREMISM; STRENGTH; FEATURES;
D O I
10.1080/17439760.2024.2394447
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Intellectual humility (IH) is related to less political and religious polarization, so IH may help shed light on polarization broadly. That said, IH-polarization relations may differ depending on the belief domain or identity in question, which in turn raises important implications for applied work aimed at reducing polarization. Here we simultaneously examined political and religious affective polarization in relation to IH. Across belief domains (politics and religion) and identities (Republicans, Democrats, atheists, Christians), IH was consistently related to less affective polarization. These relations tended to remain significant even when controlling for belief strength. There was limited evidence, however, that IH statistically protected against variables that predict more polarization (e.g. moralization of beliefs). Altogether, these findings highlight pressing directions for future research that can uncover the constellation of variables that might mitigate polarization in those most likely to be polarized.
引用
收藏
页数:13
相关论文
共 76 条
[1]   It's Only You and Me and We Just Disagree: The Ideological Foundations of Affective Polarization [J].
Abramowitz, Alan, I .
FORUM-A JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICS, 2021, 19 (03) :349-364
[2]  
Allport G. W., 1954, The nature of prejudice
[3]  
Altemeyer B., 2003, INT J PSYCHOL RELIG, V13, P17, DOI [10.1207/s15327582ijpr1301_03, 10.1207/S15327582IJPR1301_03, DOI 10.1207/S15327582IJPR130103]
[4]  
[Anonymous], 2022, About six-in-ten Americans say abortion should Be legal in all or most cases
[5]  
[Anonymous], 2020, The Global God Divide
[6]  
[Anonymous], 2022, The polarization in today's Congress has roots that go back decades
[7]  
Bowes S. M., 2021, Personality Social Psychology Bulletin
[8]   Is intellectual humility related to more accuracy and less overconfidence? [J].
Bowes, Shauna M. ;
Ringwood, Anna ;
Tasimi, Arber .
JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, 19 (03) :538-553
[9]   Intellectual humility and between-party animus: Implications for affective polarization in two community samples [J].
Bowes, Shauna M. ;
Blanchard, Madeline C. ;
Costello, Thomas H. ;
Abramowitz, Alan, I ;
Lilienfeld, Scott O. .
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY, 2020, 88
[10]   Fearing the unknown: A short version of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale [J].
Carleton, R. Nicholas ;
Norton, Peter J. ;
Asmundson, Gordon J. G. .
JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS, 2007, 21 (01) :105-117