SBP: The Role of Apologies in Promoting Intergroup Relations

SBP：道歉在促进群体间关系中的作用

• 批准号: 2234510
• 负责人: Karina Schumann
• 金额: $ 40.92万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-01 至 2026-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2234510&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBP; Role; Apologies; Promoting; Intergroup

Black Americans are aware of the legacy of racial discrimination in the United States and how inequalities persist with undesirable consequences. Indeed, intergroup interactions can carry racial overtones and incorporate distrust. One context where this distrust might be especially problematic involves interpersonal conflict situations. If left unresolved, these conflicts can jeopardize people's relationships, home and work environments, and physical and psychological health. Although decades of research have demonstrated that an apology is often the key to resolving these conflicts, apologies are only effective if they are perceived by victims as sincere acts of remorse -- a perception that suffers under low levels of trust. Thus, apologies from majority group transgressors to minority group victims might be less effective at promoting reconciliation because they are perceived as untrustworthy and insincere. The current project systematically examines how interpersonal apologies function in intergroup situations. This program of research examines when apologies are more effective at promoting intergroup reconciliation, whether trust in the apologizer and perceived apology sincerity help explain intergroup differences in apology effectiveness, and whether the benefits of cross-group apologies can be increased by contextual features that reduce victims' expectations of racial bias. This work studies whether majority group transgressors can convey apology sincerity, and in turn enhance cross-race conflict resolution, by offering sincere apologies. This research sheds light on whether, when, and why apologies function differently in cross-race dyads, thus contributing to our understanding of barriers to reconciliation in important intergroup contexts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

美国黑人意识到种族歧视在美国的遗产，以及不平等如何持续下去并带来不良后果。事实上，群体间的互动可能带有种族色彩，并包含不信任。这种不信任可能特别成问题的一种情况是人际冲突情况。如果不加以解决，这些冲突可能危及人们的关系、家庭和工作环境以及身心健康。尽管数十年的研究表明，道歉往往是解决这些冲突的关键，但只有当受害者认为道歉是真诚的悔恨行为时，道歉才有效-这种看法在低水平的信任下会受到影响。因此，多数群体的违法者向少数群体的受害者道歉，在促进和解方面可能不太有效，因为他们被认为是不可信和不真诚的。目前的项目系统地研究人际道歉在群际情境中的作用。该研究计划探讨道歉时更有效地促进组间和解，是否在道歉者的信任和感知道歉的诚意有助于解释道歉有效性的组间差异，以及跨组道歉的好处是否可以通过减少受害者对种族偏见的期望的上下文功能来增加。本研究旨在探讨多数族群违规者是否能借由真诚道歉传达道歉诚意，进而提升跨种族冲突的解决。这项研究揭示了是否，何时以及为什么道歉功能不同的跨种族dyads，从而有助于我们理解的障碍，以和解在重要的群体间context.This奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。