Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
conflict resolution, controlled communication, reciprocal empathy, humanization
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Political Science
Abstract
Conflict resolution is a popular topic among political scientists, as seen in the study of controlled communication, concession-making, self-perceived victimhood, and threat perception. Previous work has shown that humanization between in-conflict groups is primarily successful when the expression of empathy is unrelated to the conflict itself and catalyzes “reciprocal empathy,” creating a more humanized perspective of the group as a whole (Gubler et al. 2015). While social psychologists and political scientists have shown how humanization can create empathy (Gubler et al. 2015), none had studied how humanization affects the shared choice set of policies for conflict resolution nor had anyone studied humanization between citizens of a country and refugees. With almost 120,000 refugees in the United Kingdom and increasingly diverse public opinion, the country was a great place to conduct this new research.
Recommended Citation
Petersen, Haley and Karpowitz, Chris
(2019)
"Bridge-Building: Effects of Humanization in Conflict Resolution,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2019:
Iss.
2019, Article 33.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2019/iss2019/33