A little similarity goes a long way: the effects of peripheral but self-revealing similarities on improving and sustaining interracial relationships.
A little similarity goes a long way: the effects of peripheral but self-revealing similarities on improving and sustaining interracial relationships.
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一点点的相似性大有帮助：外围但自我揭示的相似性对改善和维持跨种族关系的影响。
DOI：
10.1037/a0036556
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Gullett,Lindy
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作者：
West,TessaV;Magee,JoeC;Gordon,SarahH;Gullett,Lindy
整合理论上的密切关系和组间关系，我们构建了一个操纵的相似性，我们证明可以提高跨不同设置的种族间的互动。我们发现，操纵感知的相似性自我揭示的属性是外围的互动，提高了跨种族的二人组和种族多样化的任务组的互动。在一个熟悉的情况下，我们证明了一个人的不同种族的合作伙伴是类似于自己的自我揭示，外围属性导致预期焦虑比相信一个人的合作伙伴是类似的外围，nonself-revealing属性。在另一个二元背景下，我们探索了一系列的好处，周边的看法，自我揭示的相似性可以带来不同种族的互动伙伴，并发现（a）在互动过程中的焦虑减少，（B）更大的兴趣，持续接触的合作伙伴，（c）更强的准确性，在一个合作伙伴的关系意图的看法。相比之下，同种族互动的参与者基本上不受这些感知相似性操纵的影响。我们的最后一个实验表明，在由不同种族的个体组成的小任务组中，那些成员感知周边，自我揭示相似性的人表现上级那些感知相异性的人。使用这种方法来提高跨不同的目标驱动的背景下种族间的互动的影响进行了讨论。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020阿帕，保留所有权利）
Integrating theory on close relationships and intergroup relations, we construct a manipulation of similarity that we demonstrate can improve interracial interactions across different settings. We find that manipulating perceptions of similarity on self-revealing attributes that are peripheral to the interaction improves interactions in cross-race dyads and racially diverse task groups. In a getting-acquainted context, we demonstrate that the belief that one’s different-race partner is similar to oneself on self-revealing, peripheral attributes leads to less anticipatory anxiety than the belief that one’s partner is similar on peripheral, nonself-revealing attributes. In another dyadic context, we explore the range of benefits that perceptions of peripheral, self-revealing similarity can bring to different-race interaction partners and find (a) less anxiety during interaction,(b) greater interest in sustained contact with one’s partner, and (c) stronger accuracy in perceptions of one’s partners’ relationship intentions. By contrast, participants in same-race interactions were largely unaffected by these manipulations of perceived similarity. Our final experiment shows that among small task groups composed of racially diverse individuals, those whose members perceive peripheral, self-revealing similarity perform superior to those who perceive dissimilarity. Implications for using this approach to improve interracial interactions across different goal-driven contexts are discussed.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)