TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Strong hearts, open minds: cardiovascular challenge predicts non-defensive responses to ingroup-perpetrated violence
JO  - Biological psychology
A1  - McLamore, Quinnehtukqut
A1  - Leidner, Bernhard
A1  - Park, Jiyoung
A1  - Hirschberger, Gilad
A1  - Li, Mengyao
A1  - Reinhard, David
A1  - Beals, Kendall
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Reminders of ingroup-perpetrated violence represent a psychological stressor that some people respond to defensively (e.g., justifying the violence), while others react non-defensively (e.g., accepting collective responsibility). To explain these divergent responses, we applied the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat to the context of intergroup conflict. Participants (N = 130) read about either an ingroup (American) or outgroup (Australian) soldier torturing an Iranian captive. We recorded cardiovascular responses while participants video-recorded introductions to an Iranian confederate who they believed they would meet. In the ingroup (but not the outgroup) condition, cardiovascular responses of challenge (relative to threat) were associated with less psychological defensiveness of ingroup-perpetrated violence and greater support for diplomacy towards its victims. Self-reported challenge/threat appraisals demonstrated no such relationships. These findings suggest that motivational states of challenge and threat can differentiate defensive and non-defensive responses, and that these motivational states may be better captured with physiological rather than self-report measures.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0301-0511
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108054
ID  - ref1
ER  -