TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The contagion of interstate violence: reminders of historical interstate (but not intrastate) violence increase support for future violence against unrelated third-party states
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Li, Mengyao
A1  - Leidner, Bernhard
A1  - Euh, Hyun
A1  - Choi, Hoon-Seok
SP  - 1003
EP  - 1024
VL  - 42
IS  - 8
N2  - Five experiments investigated the war contagion phenomenon in the context of international relations, hypothesizing that reminders of past inter- (but not intra-) state war will increase support for future, unrelated interstate violence. After being reminded of the Korean War as an interstate rather than intrastate conflict, South Koreans showed stronger support for violent responses to new, unrelated interstate tensions (Study 1). Replicating this war contagion effect among Americans, we demonstrated that it was mediated by heightened perceived threat from, and negative images of, a fictitious country unrelated to the past war (Study 2), and moderated by national glorification (Study 3). Study 4, using another international conflict in the U.S. history, provided further conceptual replication. Finally, Study 5 included a baseline in addition to the inter- versus intrastate manipulation, yielding further support for the generalized effect of past interstate war reminders on preferences for aggressive approaches to new interstate tensions.<br><br>© 2016 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216649609
ID  - ref1
ER  -