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DOI	10.1177/09637214241242452
	Intraindividual Conflicts Reduce the Polarization of Attitudes
	Sassenberg, Kai; Winter, Kevin
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0963-7214
EISSN	1467-8721
英文摘要	Societies are increasingly divided about political issues such as migration or counteracting climate change. This attitudinal polarization is the basis for intergroup conflict and prevents societal progress in addressing pressing challenges. Research on attitude change should provide an answer regarding how people might be persuaded to move away from the extremes to take a moderate stance. However, persuasive communication often most strongly affects those who hold a moderate attitude or are undecided. More importantly, barely any research has explicitly aimed at mitigating extreme attitudes and behavioral tendencies. Addressing this gap, this article summarizes research demonstrating that (different types of) intraindividual conflicts might be a means to mitigate polarized attitudes. Goal conflicts, cognitive conflicts, counterfactual thinking, and paradoxical thinking facilitate cognitive flexibility. This, in turn, seems to initiate the consideration of alternative stances and mitigate the polarization of attitudes. We discuss the limitations of the existing research and the potential of this approach for interventions.
英文关键词	polarization; cognitive flexibility; cognitive conflict; goal conflict; counterfactual thinking
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001207991000001
来源期刊	CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/291866
作者单位	Universitat Trier; University Hohenheim
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sassenberg, Kai,Winter, Kevin. Intraindividual Conflicts Reduce the Polarization of Attitudes[J],2024.
APA	Sassenberg, Kai,&Winter, Kevin.(2024).Intraindividual Conflicts Reduce the Polarization of Attitudes.CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE.
MLA	Sassenberg, Kai,et al."Intraindividual Conflicts Reduce the Polarization of Attitudes".CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE (2024).