工作场所骚扰受害者的原型
1University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Personality & social psychology bulletin
|March 16, 2024
概括
人们根据社会原型来看待工作场所骚扰的受害者,与非受害者不同地想象他们. 这种偏见会影响对骚扰严重程度和惩罚的判断,即使只关注行为.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 组织行为 组织行为
- 法律心理学 法律心理学
背景情况:
- 工作场所骚扰是一个重要的问题,具有法律和社会影响.
- 了解公众对骚扰受害者的看法对于有效的干预和政策至关重要.
- 社会原型,或典型的群体成员的心理表现,可以影响判断和决策.
研究的目的:
- 调查工作场所骚扰受害者的社会原型.
- 检查这些原型如何影响对骚扰事件和受害者的看法.
- 评估原型对骚扰严重程度和适当惩罚的判断的影响.
主要方法:
- 进行了13项预先注册的研究,包括来自法国,英国和美国的3,892名成年参与者.
- 采用多方法方法来探索骚扰受害者的社会原型.
- 操纵受害者的原型性和骚扰的模糊性,以评估对判断的影响.
主要成果:
- 参与者对工作场所骚扰受害者有着不同的社会原型,在身体,社会,心理和经济特征上有所不同 (例如,不那么有吸引力,更内向,薪水较低).
- 对原型受害者的模两可的骚扰更有可能被归类为骚扰,并被认为会引起更大的心理痛苦.
- 无论是普通人还是专业人士,都表现出对符合原型的受害者骚扰者的惩罚意愿,这种效应仅仅通过关注行为而无法减轻.
结论:
- 社会原型在很大程度上塑造了对工作场所骚扰的看法,影响了对受害者和事件的判断.
- "原型效应"可能导致对骚扰受害者有偏见的评价和差异性待遇.
- 解决原型偏见对于确保对工作场所骚扰作出公平和公平的反应至关重要.
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