群体间的接触能帮助孩子们对社会不平等的看法
Laura Elenbaas1, Kelly Lynn Mulvey2, Christia Spears Brown3
1Department of Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Child development
|February 3, 2026
概括
与移民有更多接触的孩子表现出更公平的待遇和歧视意识. 增加了间接接触和对移民经验的知识,改善了公平性和社会偏好.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 群体间接触理论认为,不同社会群体之间的积极互动可以减少偏见.
- 了解儿童如何发展对社会不平等的态度,特别是关于移民群体的态度,对于促进包容性社会至关重要.
- 以前的研究主要集中在成年人群间的接触上,对其对儿童公平感知的影响的关注较少.
研究的目的:
- 检查跨群体接触 (直接和间接) 与美国儿童对移民待遇中的公平性之间的关系.
- 调查解释这种关系的调解因素,例如关于移民经验和社会偏好的知识.
- 探索儿童对移民面临的社会障碍的看法如何影响他们的资源分配.
主要方法:
- 调查了379名812岁的美国儿童.
- 评估了与移民的直接和间接跨群体接触的程度.
- 利用假设情景来衡量资源分配和歧视评估中的公平性.
主要成果:
- 更多的直接和间接的群体间接触与对移民更公平的待遇有关.
- 更年长的孩子和那些有更多间接接触的孩子在识别和评估歧视方面更熟练.
- 关于移民经验的更多知识和对移民的更强烈的社会偏好调解了接触的积极影响.
- 移民对社会障碍的看法与向他们分配更多资源有关.
结论:
- 跨群体接触显著影响儿童对涉及移民的社会不平等的理解和评估.
- 直接和间接的接触经验都有助于促进公平,减少歧视.
- 旨在增加知识和积极的社会偏好的教育干预措施可以增强儿童群体间接触的好处.
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