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Apology and Its Acceptance: Perceived Reconciliatory Attitudes Reduce Outgroup Dehumanization

Based on real-life intergroup animosities originating from a historical conflict, the current study examined how the perceived stance of the outgroup about the conflict affects the dehumanization of the outgroup. In Study 1 (N = 120), Korean undergraduates attributed more human nature to the Japanes...

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Autores principales: Jin, Wen Jie, Park, Sang Hee, Park, Joonha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9083360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35548505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.809513
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description Based on real-life intergroup animosities originating from a historical conflict, the current study examined how the perceived stance of the outgroup about the conflict affects the dehumanization of the outgroup. In Study 1 (N = 120), Korean undergraduates attributed more human nature to the Japanese after reading an article that the Japanese government did (vs. refused to) issue an official apology for a historical wrong. In turn, the more human nature assigned to the Japanese predicted higher expectations about positive mutual relations in the future. Similarly, in Study 2 (N = 209), Japanese undergraduates attributed more human uniqueness to Koreans after reading an article that an official apology for a historical wrong from Japan was accepted (vs. rejected) by Koreans. The higher the perceived human uniqueness of Koreans was, the higher were the willingness to help and the expectations of a positive relationship in the future. The findings demonstrate how mutual dehumanization can be reduced as a result of the other side’s reconciliatory stances and can further contribute to improving intergroup relations.
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spelling pubmed-90833602022-05-10 Apology and Its Acceptance: Perceived Reconciliatory Attitudes Reduce Outgroup Dehumanization Jin, Wen Jie Park, Sang Hee Park, Joonha Front Psychol Psychology Based on real-life intergroup animosities originating from a historical conflict, the current study examined how the perceived stance of the outgroup about the conflict affects the dehumanization of the outgroup. In Study 1 (N = 120), Korean undergraduates attributed more human nature to the Japanese after reading an article that the Japanese government did (vs. refused to) issue an official apology for a historical wrong. In turn, the more human nature assigned to the Japanese predicted higher expectations about positive mutual relations in the future. Similarly, in Study 2 (N = 209), Japanese undergraduates attributed more human uniqueness to Koreans after reading an article that an official apology for a historical wrong from Japan was accepted (vs. rejected) by Koreans. The higher the perceived human uniqueness of Koreans was, the higher were the willingness to help and the expectations of a positive relationship in the future. The findings demonstrate how mutual dehumanization can be reduced as a result of the other side’s reconciliatory stances and can further contribute to improving intergroup relations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9083360/ /pubmed/35548505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.809513 Text en Copyright © 2022 Jin, Park and Park. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Apology and Its Acceptance: Perceived Reconciliatory Attitudes Reduce Outgroup Dehumanization
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title_fullStr Apology and Its Acceptance: Perceived Reconciliatory Attitudes Reduce Outgroup Dehumanization
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title_short Apology and Its Acceptance: Perceived Reconciliatory Attitudes Reduce Outgroup Dehumanization
title_sort apology and its acceptance: perceived reconciliatory attitudes reduce outgroup dehumanization
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9083360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35548505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.809513
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