Valsedelns Empatiska Påverkan - En experimentell enkätstudie om selektiv empati i politiska in- och utgrupper
(2024) PSYK11 20232Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- This study sought to answer whether people have a higher tendency to feel empathy towards people who are part of their own political ingroup, rather than those who are in the outgroup, meaning, if empathy is selective in relation to political in- and outgroups. Empathy is defined here as (1) cognitive empathy, (2) affective empathy, and (3) empathic concern. The sample consisted of people who sympathize with a major left wing political party (Swedish Social Democratic Party) (n=71) and people who sympathize with a major right wing party (Moderate Party) (n=58) as well as a control group (n=59) consisting of participants without a significant affiliation to either Party. The average age among all of the participants were 30.1 years old and... (More)
- This study sought to answer whether people have a higher tendency to feel empathy towards people who are part of their own political ingroup, rather than those who are in the outgroup, meaning, if empathy is selective in relation to political in- and outgroups. Empathy is defined here as (1) cognitive empathy, (2) affective empathy, and (3) empathic concern. The sample consisted of people who sympathize with a major left wing political party (Swedish Social Democratic Party) (n=71) and people who sympathize with a major right wing party (Moderate Party) (n=58) as well as a control group (n=59) consisting of participants without a significant affiliation to either Party. The average age among all of the participants were 30.1 years old and the range was 18-77. The study used a survey experimental method, where the participants were presented with a debate article discussing a politician who is a victim of an unwarranted media frenzy and respond to empathy related questions. The article randomly assigned the individual membership of either the Social Democratic or the Moderate party, but was otherwise identical. Findings revealed a significant difference in empathy depending on whether the person to whom empathy is eventually directed towards belongs to the participants’ political ingroup or outgroup. In this study, these findings are mainly attributed to social identity theory, which states that people have a so-called ‘ingroup bias’ - a favoring of people belonging to their own ingroup. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Denna studie sökte svar på huruvida människor tenderar att känna mer empati för personer som tillhör deras politiska ingrupp än de som befinner sig i utgruppen, och därmed om empati är selektivt i förhållande till politiska in- och utgrupper. Empati definieras här som (1) kognitiv empati, (2) affektiv empati, och (3) empatisk oro. Urvalet bestod av personer som identifierar sig som socialdemokrater (n=71) och moderater (n=58) samt en kontrollgrupp bestående av personer utan stark koppling till vare sig Moderaterna eller Socialdemokraterna (n=59). Medelåldern för alla deltagare var 30.1 år och spridningen var 18-77. Studien använde sig av surveyexperiment som metod, i vilket deltagarna fick ta del av en debattartikel som diskuterar en... (More)
- Denna studie sökte svar på huruvida människor tenderar att känna mer empati för personer som tillhör deras politiska ingrupp än de som befinner sig i utgruppen, och därmed om empati är selektivt i förhållande till politiska in- och utgrupper. Empati definieras här som (1) kognitiv empati, (2) affektiv empati, och (3) empatisk oro. Urvalet bestod av personer som identifierar sig som socialdemokrater (n=71) och moderater (n=58) samt en kontrollgrupp bestående av personer utan stark koppling till vare sig Moderaterna eller Socialdemokraterna (n=59). Medelåldern för alla deltagare var 30.1 år och spridningen var 18-77. Studien använde sig av surveyexperiment som metod, i vilket deltagarna fick ta del av en debattartikel som diskuterar en politiker som blivit utsatt för ett obefogat mediedrev. Artikeln varierade slumpmässigt med att beskriva en moderat och en socialdemokrat, men var i övrigt identisk. Deltagarna fick sedan svara på empatirelaterade frågor. Studien visade att det finns en signifikant skillnad i empati beroende på om personen som beskrivs tillhör deltagarens egna politiska in- eller utgrupp. I denna studie tillskrivs detta främst social identitetsteori, som menar att människor har en så kallad ingruppsbias - en favorisering av dem som tillhör den egna ingruppen. (Less)
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- author
- Mohlin, Frida LU and Lassen, Sara LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20232
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- empati, selektiv empati, social identitet, ingrupps- och utgrupps-bias, empathy, selective empathy, social identity, ingroup-outgroup bias
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9146065
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- 2024-01-25 13:20:54
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abstract = {{This study sought to answer whether people have a higher tendency to feel empathy towards people who are part of their own political ingroup, rather than those who are in the outgroup, meaning, if empathy is selective in relation to political in- and outgroups. Empathy is defined here as (1) cognitive empathy, (2) affective empathy, and (3) empathic concern. The sample consisted of people who sympathize with a major left wing political party (Swedish Social Democratic Party) (n=71) and people who sympathize with a major right wing party (Moderate Party) (n=58) as well as a control group (n=59) consisting of participants without a significant affiliation to either Party. The average age among all of the participants were 30.1 years old and the range was 18-77. The study used a survey experimental method, where the participants were presented with a debate article discussing a politician who is a victim of an unwarranted media frenzy and respond to empathy related questions. The article randomly assigned the individual membership of either the Social Democratic or the Moderate party, but was otherwise identical. Findings revealed a significant difference in empathy depending on whether the person to whom empathy is eventually directed towards belongs to the participants’ political ingroup or outgroup. In this study, these findings are mainly attributed to social identity theory, which states that people have a so-called ‘ingroup bias’ - a favoring of people belonging to their own ingroup.}},
author = {{Mohlin, Frida and Lassen, Sara}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Valsedelns Empatiska Påverkan - En experimentell enkätstudie om selektiv empati i politiska in- och utgrupper}},
year = {{2024}},
}