厌恶的社会条件解释了不同国家和美国各州"黑暗"人格的差异
Ingo Zettler1,2, Lau Lilleholt1,2, Martina Bader2
1Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 1353, Denmark.
概括
像腐败和贫困这样的社会条件塑造了个人对厌恶人格特征的差异. 这项研究发现,不利的社会条件 (ASC) 与许多国家和美国各州的较高水平的黑暗人格特征相关.
科学领域:
- 心理学科学 心理学科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
背景情况:
- 人的个性表现出显著的变化,包括"黑暗"的特征,如利己主义和精神病态.
- 社会生态学理论认为,环境因素会影响人格的发展.
- 不利的社会条件 (ASC) 包括腐败,不平等,贫困和暴力.
研究的目的:
- 调查不利的社会条件 (ASC) 和个人厌恶人格特征水平之间的关系.
- 测试ASC解释人格黑暗因素 (DFP) 变化的假设.
主要方法:
- 分析来自183个国家的大型国际样本 (N = 1,791,542) 的数据.
- 来自50个州的大型美国样本 (N = 144,576) 的数据分析.
- 使用腐败,不平等,贫困和暴力指标评估ASC.
- 使用人格的黑暗因素 (DFP) 测量厌恶的个性.
主要成果:
- 在ASC和个人的厌恶性格特征水平之间发现了显著的正相关性.
- 在国家和州级分析中,ASC解释了DFP差异的很大一部分.
- 这些发现在不同的地理和文化背景中是一致的.
结论:
- 不利的社会条件在塑造人口中厌恶性人格特征的流行方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 环境因素,特别是负面的社会条件,是导致黑暗个性的个人差异的重要因素.
- 了解社会背景和个性之间的相互作用对于心理学和社会学研究都至关重要.
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