Descriptive norms, prescriptive norms, and social control: An intercultural comparison of people's reactions to uncivil behaviors
Descriptive norms, prescriptive norms, and social control: An intercultural comparison of people's reactions to uncivil behaviors
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DOI：
10.1002/ejsp.640
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Chaurand, Nadine
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作者：
Brauer, Markus;Chaurand, Nadine
社会控制是一种反应的总称，通过这种反应，旁观者向违反规范的“肇事者”传达他/她的行为是社会不可接受的。为了了解在公共场合导致社会控制反应的行为特征，我们对来自八个不同国家的受访者进行了一项研究。被调查者被要求描述46种不文明的行为，并指出每种行为（a）其规范性（它有多偏离），（B）它的描述规范性（频率），以及（c）他们对“犯罪者”表示不赞成的可能性。规定性规范性是受访者社会控制反应的主要决定因素。此外，来自集体主义文化的受访者报告说，他们会比来自个人主义文化的受访者施加更多的社会控制。研究结果表明，当人们感到自己受到不文明行为的牵连时，他们会施加社会控制。
Social control is the generic term for any reaction through which a bystander communicates to the "perpetrator" of a norm transgression that his/her action is socially unacceptable. In order to understand the characteristics of behaviors that lead to social control reactions in public settings, we conducted a study with respondents from eight different countries. Respondents were presented with a description of 46 uncivil behaviors and indicated for each behavior (a) its prescriptive normativity (how deviant it was), (b) its descriptive normativity (how frequent it was), and (c) how likely it was that they would express their disapproval to the "perpetrator" Results showed that in all eight countries, prescriptive normativity was the primary determinant of respondents' social control reactions. In addition, respondents from collectivistic cultures reported that they would exert more social control than respondents from individualistic cultures. The findings suggest that people will exert social control when they feel personally implicated by the uncivil behavior Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.