Gender-empathic Constructions, Empathy, and Support for Compromise in Intractable Conflict

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1727-1752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yossi David ◽  
Nimrod Rosler ◽  
Ifat Maoz
Keyword(s):  
Representative Sample ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Public Opinion Survey ◽  
Intractable Conflict ◽  
Political Compromise ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Traits ◽  
Levels Of Support ◽  
Significant Mediator

The goal of the present study was to investigate how empathy and gender-empathic constructions affect the levels of support for political compromise in an intractable conflict. Gender-empathic constructions relate to perceptions that individuals hold about self or others as having feminine-empathic gender traits. We hypothesized that empathy will be positively associated with support for compromise, but that perceiving one’s own group as feminine empathic will be negatively associated with such attitudes, with empathy being a significant mediator. Data were collected through a public opinion survey conducted with a representative sample of Israeli-Jewish adults ( N = 511). The findings supported our hypotheses, thus indicating that perceiving one’s own group as having feminine-empathic traits and empathy toward opponents made significant contributions to explaining Jewish-Israeli willingness to compromise with Palestinians. The implications of our findings for understanding the role of gender-empathic constructions and of empathy in conflict resolution are discussed.

Predicting Jewish-Israeli Recognition of Palestinian Pain and Suffering

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 372-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rotem Nagar ◽  
Ifat Maoz
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Moral Concern ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Public Opinion Survey ◽  
Protracted Conflict ◽  
Pain And Suffering

Recognition is vital for conflict resolution. This study was designed to learn more about the factors underlying the willingness to recognize the pain and suffering of the opponent in the asymmetrical protracted conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Data were collected through a public opinion survey conducted with a representative sample of Israeli-Jewish adults ( N = 511). Perceptions of threat/distrust toward Palestinians and dehumanization of Palestinians each made a significant contribution to explaining Jewish-Israeli (un)willingness to recognize Palestinian pain and suffering ( R2 = .36). Hawkishness made an added significant contribution to the overall explanatory power of the model ( R2 = .38). Higher scores on the threat/distrust scale and the dehumanization scale, as well as higher hawkishness predicted decreased willingness to recognize Palestinian pain and suffering. The implications of our findings for understanding the role of recognition and of moral concern in conflict resolution are discussed.

RESEARCHERS, RELIGION AND CHILDLESSNESS

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabella Buber-Ennser ◽  
Vegard Skirbekk
Keyword(s):  
Representative Sample ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Research Scientists ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Role Of Religion

SummaryThis study analysed childlessness and religion among female research scientists in the Austrian context. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of religion in intended childlessness and realized childlessness. The analysis was based on a representative sample of Austrian women aged 25–45 (N=2623), with a specific sample of female research scientists aged 25–45 (N=186), carried out in the framework of the Generations and Gender Survey conducted in 2008/09. The results indicate that religious affiliation and self-assessed religiosity are strongly related to fertility. Multivariate analyses reveal that education has no explanatory power in terms of explaining intended childlessness, once religious affiliation and self-assessed religiosity are taken into consideration.

scholarly journals Psychological Correlates of Public Support for Reconciliation: The Israeli-Jordanian Case

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifat Maoz ◽  
Jacob Shamir ◽  
Gadi Wolfsfeld ◽  
Shira Dvir
Keyword(s):  
Public Support ◽  
The Other ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Political Reconciliation ◽  
Public Opinion Survey ◽  
Threat Perceptions ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Psychological Correlates ◽  
Conflict Reconciliation

This study examines psychological correlates of Jewish-Israeli support for post-conflict political reconciliation with Jordan. An analysis of data from a public opinion survey conducted with a representative sample of Israeli-Jews (n=1000) indicated that appraisal of outgroup collective threat, as well as hatred and (lack of) sympathy towards Jordanians, predicted Jewish-Israeli decreased support for peaceful reconciliation with Jordan. Our findings point to the crucial role of threat perceptions in hindering post-conflict reconciliation and to the importance of sympathy towards the other side in increasing support for such reconciliation.

scholarly journals Social Exclusion, Surveillance Use, and Facebook Addiction: The Moderating Role of Narcissistic Grandiosity

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myungsuh Lim
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Facebook Addiction ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Significant Mediator ◽  
Narcissistic Grandiosity

One hundred and eighty-eight participants completed the online questionnaire with items on demographics (age and gender), social exclusion, surveillance use, Facebook addiction, and narcissistic grandiosity. The findings showed that social exclusion was positively associated with Facebook addiction (B = 0.237, p < 0.001) and surveillance use was significantly positively associated with Facebook addiction (B = 0.211, p < 0.01). The surveillance use of Facebook was found to be a significant mediator between the risk of social exclusion on Facebook and Facebook addiction (B = 0.054, CI [0.20, 0.113]). Narcissistic grandiosity significantly moderated the associations between social exclusion and Facebook addiction (B = 0.079, p = 0.012). These findings suggest that the risk of social exclusion could serve as facilitator of Facebook addiction depending on narcissistic grandiosity.

The role of masculine norms and gender role conflict on prospective well-being among men.

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aylin Kaya ◽  
Derek K. Iwamoto ◽  
Jennifer Brady ◽  
Lauren Clinton ◽  
Margaux Grivel
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Role Conflict ◽  
Gender Role Conflict ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Masculine Norms ◽  
And Gender
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