The general fault in our fault lines
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The general fault in our fault lines. / Ruggeri, Kai; Većkalov, Bojana; Bojanić, Lana; Andersen, Thomas Lind; Ashcroft-Jones, Sarah; Ayacaxli, Nélida; Arroyo, Paula Barea; Berge, Mari Louise; Bjørndal, Ludvig Daae; Bursalıoğlu, Aslı; Bühler, Vanessa; Čadek, Martin; Çetinçelik, Melis; Clay, Georgia; Cortijos-Bernabeu, Anna; Damnjanović, Kaja; Dugue, Tatianna M.; Esberg, Maya; Serna, Celia Esteban; Felder, Ezra N.; Friedemann, Maja; Villanueva, Darianna I. Frontera; Gale, Patricia; Garcia-Garzon, Eduardo; Geiger, Sandra Jeanette; George, Leya; Girardello, Allegra; Gracheva, Aleksandra; Gracheva, Anastasia; Guillory, Carolina Diaz; Hecht, Marlene; Herte, Katharina; Hubená, Barbora; Ingalls, William; Jakob, Lea; Janssens, Margo; Jarke, Hannes; Kácha, Ondřej; Kalinova, Kalina Nikolova; Karakasheva, Ralitsa; Khorrami, Peggah; Lep, Zan; Lins, Samuel; Lofthus, Ingvild Sandø; Mamede, Salomé; Mareva, Silvana; Mascarenhas, Mafalda F.; McGill, Lucy; Morales-Izquierdo, Sara; Moltrecht, Bettina; Mueller, Tasja Sophie; Musetti, Marzia; Nelsson, Joakim; Otto, Thiago; Paul, Alessandro; Pavlović, Irena; Petrović, Marija; Popović, Dora; Prinz, Gerhard M.; Razum, Josip; Sakelariev, Ivaylo; Samuels, Vivian; Sanguino, Inés; Say, Nicolas; Schuck, Jakob; Soysal, Irem; Todsen, Anna Louise; Tünte, Markus R.; Vdovic, Milica; Vintr, Jáchym; Vovko, Maja; Vranka, Marek Albert; Wagner, Lisa; Wilkins, Lauren; Willems, Manou; Wisdom, Elizabeth; Yosifova, Aleksandra; Zeng, Sandy; Ahmed, Mahmoud A.; Dwarkanath, Twinkle; Cikara, Mina; Lees, Jeffrey Martin; Folke, Tomas.
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T1 - The general fault in our fault lines
AU - Ruggeri, Kai
AU - Većkalov, Bojana
AU - Bojanić, Lana
AU - Andersen, Thomas Lind
AU - Ashcroft-Jones, Sarah
AU - Ayacaxli, Nélida
AU - Arroyo, Paula Barea
AU - Berge, Mari Louise
AU - Bjørndal, Ludvig Daae
AU - Bursalıoğlu, Aslı
AU - Bühler, Vanessa
AU - Čadek, Martin
AU - Çetinçelik, Melis
AU - Clay, Georgia
AU - Cortijos-Bernabeu, Anna
AU - Damnjanović, Kaja
AU - Dugue, Tatianna M.
AU - Esberg, Maya
AU - Serna, Celia Esteban
AU - Felder, Ezra N.
AU - Friedemann, Maja
AU - Villanueva, Darianna I. Frontera
AU - Gale, Patricia
AU - Garcia-Garzon, Eduardo
AU - Geiger, Sandra Jeanette
AU - George, Leya
AU - Girardello, Allegra
AU - Gracheva, Aleksandra
AU - Gracheva, Anastasia
AU - Guillory, Carolina Diaz
AU - Hecht, Marlene
AU - Herte, Katharina
AU - Hubená, Barbora
AU - Ingalls, William
AU - Jakob, Lea
AU - Janssens, Margo
AU - Jarke, Hannes
AU - Kácha, Ondřej
AU - Kalinova, Kalina Nikolova
AU - Karakasheva, Ralitsa
AU - Khorrami, Peggah
AU - Lep, Zan
AU - Lins, Samuel
AU - Lofthus, Ingvild Sandø
AU - Mamede, Salomé
AU - Mareva, Silvana
AU - Mascarenhas, Mafalda F.
AU - McGill, Lucy
AU - Morales-Izquierdo, Sara
AU - Moltrecht, Bettina
AU - Mueller, Tasja Sophie
AU - Musetti, Marzia
AU - Nelsson, Joakim
AU - Otto, Thiago
AU - Paul, Alessandro
AU - Pavlović, Irena
AU - Petrović, Marija
AU - Popović, Dora
AU - Prinz, Gerhard M.
AU - Razum, Josip
AU - Sakelariev, Ivaylo
AU - Samuels, Vivian
AU - Sanguino, Inés
AU - Say, Nicolas
AU - Schuck, Jakob
AU - Soysal, Irem
AU - Todsen, Anna Louise
AU - Tünte, Markus R.
AU - Vdovic, Milica
AU - Vintr, Jáchym
AU - Vovko, Maja
AU - Vranka, Marek Albert
AU - Wagner, Lisa
AU - Wilkins, Lauren
AU - Willems, Manou
AU - Wisdom, Elizabeth
AU - Yosifova, Aleksandra
AU - Zeng, Sandy
AU - Ahmed, Mahmoud A.
AU - Dwarkanath, Twinkle
AU - Cikara, Mina
AU - Lees, Jeffrey Martin
AU - Folke, Tomas
N1 - (Ekstern)
PY - 2020/9/8
Y1 - 2020/9/8
N2 - A pervading global narrative suggests that political polarisation is increasing in the US and around the world. Beliefs in increased polarisation impact individual and group behaviours regardless of whether they are accurate or not. One driver of polarisation are beliefs about how members of the out-group perceive us, known as group meta-perceptions. A 2020 study by Lees and Cikara in US samples suggests that not only are out-group meta-perceptions highly inaccurate, but informing people of this inaccuracy reduces negative beliefs about the out-group. Given the importance of these findings for understanding and mitigating polarisation, it is essential to test to what extent they generalise to other countries. We assess that generalisability by replicating two of the original experimentsin 10,207 participants from 26 countries in the first experiment and 10 in the second. We do this by studying local group divisions, which we refer to as fault lines. In line with our hypotheses, results show that the pattern found in the US broadly generalises, with greater heterogeneity explained by specific policies rather than between-country differences. The replication of a simple disclosure intervention in the second experiment yielded a modest reduction in negative motive attributions to the out-group, similar to the original study. These findings indicate first that inaccurate and negative group meta-perceptions are exhibited in a large number of countries, not only the US, and that informing individuals of their misperceptions can yield positive benefits for intergroup relations. The generalisability of these findings highlights a robust phenomenon with major implications for political discourse worldwide
AB - A pervading global narrative suggests that political polarisation is increasing in the US and around the world. Beliefs in increased polarisation impact individual and group behaviours regardless of whether they are accurate or not. One driver of polarisation are beliefs about how members of the out-group perceive us, known as group meta-perceptions. A 2020 study by Lees and Cikara in US samples suggests that not only are out-group meta-perceptions highly inaccurate, but informing people of this inaccuracy reduces negative beliefs about the out-group. Given the importance of these findings for understanding and mitigating polarisation, it is essential to test to what extent they generalise to other countries. We assess that generalisability by replicating two of the original experimentsin 10,207 participants from 26 countries in the first experiment and 10 in the second. We do this by studying local group divisions, which we refer to as fault lines. In line with our hypotheses, results show that the pattern found in the US broadly generalises, with greater heterogeneity explained by specific policies rather than between-country differences. The replication of a simple disclosure intervention in the second experiment yielded a modest reduction in negative motive attributions to the out-group, similar to the original study. These findings indicate first that inaccurate and negative group meta-perceptions are exhibited in a large number of countries, not only the US, and that informing individuals of their misperceptions can yield positive benefits for intergroup relations. The generalisability of these findings highlights a robust phenomenon with major implications for political discourse worldwide
U2 - 10.31219/osf.io/xvksa
DO - 10.31219/osf.io/xvksa
M3 - Preprint
SP - 1
EP - 25
BT - The general fault in our fault lines
PB - OSF-PREPRINTS
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