疫情封锁期间的偏见的解剖学:来自全国小组研究的证据
JohnMark Kempthorne1, Kumar Yogeeswaran2, Chris G Sibley3
1School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
PloS one
|May 28, 2024
概括
随着COVID-19大流行,新西兰对包括亚洲人和移民在内的少数群体的社会热情下降. 这种偏见超越了与病毒直接相关的群体,影响了人们对民族身份的看法.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,仇恨犯罪增加了,但其对普遍偏见的影响以及它对各种少数群体的传播尚不清楚.
- 了解大流行期间偏见的转变对于公共卫生和社会凝聚力至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查早期COVID-19大流行对新西兰不同少数群体的社会热情的影响.
- 确定偏见是否超出了与病毒直接相关的群体.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自新西兰态度和价值观研究 (N = 30,327, 2018-2020) 的纵向面板数据.
- 在疫情爆发前和疫情初期,在广泛的少数群体中量化了社会热情评级.
- 分析了对特定种族,宗教和社会群体的热情变化.
主要成果:
- 对中国人,亚洲人,移民,穆斯林,难民,印度人和患有精神疾病的人群的社会热情有显著的下降.
- 对中国人的热情下降最多 (0.11 SD).
- 对于新西兰欧洲人,毛利人,太平洋岛民,超重者或老年人来说,没有发现温暖的显著变化.
结论:
- 新西兰的COVID-19大流行导致对多个少数群体的社会热情减少.
- 与流行病相关的偏见可能会扩展到被视为民族身份非原型的群体,而不仅仅是与病毒有关的群体.
- 调查结果强调了大流行引起的偏见对社会的影响更广泛.
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