病原体厌恶与医疗保健专业人员之间的人际偏见有关
Anastasia Makhanova1, W Allen Lambert1, Ryan Blanchard1
1Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, 216 Memorial Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
Evolution, medicine, and public health
|November 29, 2023
概括
病原体的厌恶影响了群体间的偏见,甚至在医疗保健专业人员中. 这表明,避免病原体可能会影响患者的治疗,突出显示在临床环境中需要提高认识.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 健康心理学 心理健康心理学
背景情况:
- 避免病原体是影响跨群体偏见的关键人类动机.
- 之前关于避免病原体和跨组偏差的研究使用了方便样本.
- 在像医疗保健专业人员这样的高危人群中,病原体避开的操作仍然没有得到充分的研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查医疗保健专业人员是否表现出病原体厌恶和群体间偏见之间的联系与一般人群相同.
- 探索病原体厌恶,对外部群体的看法,以及医疗保健专业人员和对照者的群体约束道德价值观的认可之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在线调查方法与雪球采样.
- 参与者包括317人,其中210人是医疗保健专业人员.
- 利用三域厌恶度量并评估对虚构移民群体和道德价值观的看法.
主要成果:
- 医疗保健专业人员报告的病原体厌恶率低于对照组,但没有性或道德厌恶.
- 较高的病原体厌恶与对外群的负面看法 (不那么可喜,更不干净) 相关联,无论职业.
- 对病原体的厌恶与所有参与者更强烈地支持有约束力的集体道德价值观有关,而医疗保健专业人员的整体支持率更高.
结论:
- 医疗保健专业人员,尽管较低的病原体厌恶,显示了病原体厌恶和跨组偏见之间的类似关系作为对照.
- 避免病原体的动机可能会导致医疗机构内的偏见治疗.
- 这些发现强调了病原体避免可能影响患者护理的潜力,并强调了在临床背景下进一步研究的必要性.
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