Research data from the manuscript "Respect and political disagreement: Can intergroup respect reduce the biased evaluation of outgroup arguments?"

Sozialpsychologie

Autorinnen / Erstellerinnen

Eschert, Silke
Simon, Bernd

Abstract

Past research indicates that in political debates the same arguments are judged very differently depending on the perceiver's own position on the issue, because positions on controversial issues are often tied to collective identities. In this series of studies we tested the assumption that equality-based respect from an opposing opinion-based group can reduce such biases. Results confirmed that identification as an opponent or proponent of a contested issue was negatively related to evaluations of outgroup arguments (Study 1) and that this negative link was no longer significant when intergroup respect was experimentally induced (Study 2). Results support the notion that disagreements over political issues are intergroup conflicts, in which different socio-political groups struggle for recognition, and that approaches that protect collective identities and improve intergroup relations should be employed to de-escalate them.

Persistent Identifier

https://doi.org/10.5160/psychdata.etse16re12

Jahr der Publikation

2019

Förderung

German Research Foundation (DFG), Grant SI 428/20-1; Volkswagen Foundation, Grant 87 389

Zitierung

Eschert, S. & Simon, B. (2019). Research data from the manuscript "Respect and political disagreement: Can intergroup respect reduce the biased evaluation of outgroup arguments?" (Version 1.0.0) [Daten und Dokumentation]. Trier: Forschungsdatenzentrum am ZPID. https://doi.org/10.5160/psychdata.etse16re12

Studienbeschreibung

Forschungsfragen/Hypothesen:

A negative link between ingroup identification and the evaluation of outgroup arguments was expected (Hypothesis 1). Further, we proposed that this negative bias should be weakened or even removed when respect was received from the outgroup (Hypothesis 2).

Forschungsdesign:

Pretest:Questionnaire Data – Fully Standardized Survey Instrument; Study 1: Questionnaire Data – Fully Standardized Survey Instrument; Study 2: Experiment Data – Experimental Factor, Quasi-experimental Factor, Group Comparison, Laboratory Experiment; single measurement

Messinstrumente/Apparate:

A detailed description of the pretest, study 1 and study 2 can be found in Eschert, S. & Simon, B. (2019).

Datenerhebungsmethode:

Pretest & Study 1:
Data collection in the absence of an experimenter

Online Survey

Study 2:
Data collection in the presence of an experimenter

Individual Administration
Computer-Supported

Population:

Students from a German university

Erhebungszeitraum:

Pretest: 2015-12-08 until 2015-12-10
Study 1: 2015-12-17 until 2015-12-23
Study 2: 2016-01-15 until 2016-02-01

Stichprobe:

Convenience sample

Gender Distribution:

Pretest:
61 % female subjects (N=56)
38 % male subjects (N=35)
1 % no answer (N=1)

Study 1:
62 % female subjects (N=64)
37 % male subjects (N=38)
1 % no answer (N=1)

Study 2:
51 % female subjects (N=75)
48 % male subjects (N=70)
1 % no answer (N=1)

Age Distribution: Pretest: 18-31 years; Study 1: 18-45 years; Study 2: 19-32 years

Spatial Coverage (Country/Region/City): Germany/-/Kiel

Probandenrekrutierung:

Pretest & Study 1:
Student participants were recruited through social network groups of their university.
Study 2:
Student participants were recruited on campus and invited to the lab by student assistants

Stichprobengröße:

Pretest: 92 individuals; Study 1: 103 individuals; Study 2: 137 individuals

Rücklauf/Ausfall:

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