气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Trusted authorities can change minds and shift norms during conflict

CCPortal

DOI	10.1073/pnas.2105570118
	Trusted authorities can change minds and shift norms during conflict
	Blair G.; Littman R.; Nugent E.R.; Wolfe R.; Bukar M.; Crisman B.; Etim A.; Hazlett C.; Kim J.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0027-8424
卷号	118 期号:42
英文摘要	The reintegration of former members of violent extremist groups is a pressing policy challenge. Governments and policymakers often have to change minds among reticent populations and shift perceived community norms in order to pave the way for peaceful reintegration. How can they do so on a mass scale? Previous research shows that messages from trusted authorities can be effective in creating attitude change and shifting perceptions of social norms. In this study, we test whethermessages from religious leaders-trusted authorities in many communities worldwide-can change minds and shift norms around an issue related to conflict resolution: The reintegration of former members of violent extremist groups. Our study takes place in Maiduguri, Nigeria, the birthplace of the violent extremist group Boko Haram. Participants were randomly assigned to listen to either a placebo radio message or to a treatment message from a religious leader emphasizing the importance of forgiveness, announcing the leader's forgiveness of repentant fighters, and calling on followers to forgive. Participants were then asked about their attitudes, intended behaviors, and perceptions of social norms surrounding the reintegration of an ex-Boko Haram fighter. The religious leader message significantly increased support for reintegration and willingness to interact with the ex-fighter in social, political, and economic life (8 to 10 percentage points). It also shifted people's beliefs that others in their community were more supportive of reintegration (6 to 10 percentage points). Our findings suggest that trusted authorities such as religious leaders can be effective messengers for promoting peace. © 2021 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Conflict; Leaders; Norms; Reintegration; Violent extremism
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adult; anger; Article; attitude; authority; conflict; fear; female; human; leadership; male; Muslim; Nigeria; perception; social belief; social norm
来源期刊	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/238777
作者单位	Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States; Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, United States; Department of Political Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, United States; Harris School for Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States; Mobukar Research Consultancy Services Ltd., Maiduguri, 600222, Nigeria; Department of Politics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States; Mercy Corps, Maiduguri, 900108, Nigeria; Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Blair G.,Littman R.,Nugent E.R.,et al. Trusted authorities can change minds and shift norms during conflict[J],2021,118(42).
APA	Blair G..,Littman R..,Nugent E.R..,Wolfe R..,Bukar M..,...&Kim J..(2021).Trusted authorities can change minds and shift norms during conflict.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,118(42).
MLA	Blair G.,et al."Trusted authorities can change minds and shift norms during conflict".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118.42(2021).