The role of early intergroup experiences for identification with all humanity in adulthood

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Katarzyna Hamer¹  Sam McFarland² 

[1] Institute of Psychology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland;Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, United States;

关键词: identification with all humanity;    global human identification;    childhood;    adolescence;    early intergroup experiences;    intergroup contact;    parental styles;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1042602

 received in 2022-09-12, accepted in 2023-02-27,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Identification with all humanity (IWAH), defined as a bond with and concern for people all over the world, predicts concern for global problems, commitment to human rights, and prosocial activities. However, it is still unknown how such a broad social identification develops and if early experiences play any role. Two studies explored the role of diverse childhood and adolescence intergroup experiences in predicting IWAH in adulthood. We focused on experiences such as being raised in diversity and having intergroup friends, helping or being helped by various others, and having experiences leading to re- or de-categorization, and introduced a new Childhood/Adolescent Intergroup Experiences (CAIE) scale. Study 1 (N = 313 U.S. students, Mage = 21) and Study 2 (N = 1,000, a representative Polish sample, Mage = 47) found that this kind of intergroup experiences during childhood and adolescence predicted IWAH beyond the effects of its other known predictors, such as empathy, openness to experience, universalism, right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation or ethnocentrism. These results, obtained on various samples and in countries with different ethno-cultural contexts, point to potential ways of enlarging IWAH during childhood and adolescence.

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