“I Do Not Like You, So You Probably Do Not Like Me”: The Relationship Between Ambivalent Sexism and Intergroup Anxiety

Abstract

Abstract: Some recent studies show that prejudice and meta-stereotype can predict intergroup anxiety, while the influence of meta-stereotype is more important than that of prejudice, but one question that remained after these studies was what is the specific mechanisms of prejudice affecting intergroup anxiety. Therefore, according to the model of intergroup anxiety, a moderated mediation model was constructed to examine the relationship among ambivalent sexism, negative meta-stereotype, group identity and intergroup anxiety. The results indicate that: 1) ambivalent sexism positively predicts intergroup anxiety, but there is no significant correlation between benevolent sexism and intergroup anxiety; 2) negative meta-stereotype partially mediated the relationship between ambivalent sexism and intergroup anxiety; 3) the mediating role of negative meta-stereotype is moderated by the group identity.

Key words: ambivalent sexism, negative meta-srereotype, group identity, intergroup anxiety

摘要： 近期国内外研究发现，偏见水平和元刻板印象均可预测群际焦虑，且元刻板印象的作用更加重要。但这些研究并未解释偏见影响群际焦虑的具体机制，以及当个体不认同自身群体身份时这种作用是否显著。为此，本研究在群际焦虑模型的基础上，构建了一个有调节的中介模型，考察矛盾性别偏见与群际焦虑的关系，以及消极元刻板印象的中介作用和群体认同的调节作用。研究结果表明：（1）矛盾性别偏见正向预测群际焦虑，但善意性别偏见与群际焦虑相关不显著；（2）消极元刻板印象在矛盾性别偏见和群际焦虑间起部分中介作用；（3）消极元刻板印象的中介作用受到群体认同水平的调节。

关键词: 矛盾性别偏见, 消极元刻板印象, 群体认同, 群际焦虑

CLC Number:

B849

SU Man, JIANG Jingchuan. “I Do Not Like You, So You Probably Do Not Like Me”: The Relationship Between Ambivalent Sexism and Intergroup Anxiety[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2019, 17(2): 274-281.

苏曼, 蒋京川. “我不喜欢你”所以“你也可能不喜欢我”：矛盾性别偏见与群际焦虑的关系[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2019, 17(2): 274-281.

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