How political disagreements undermine intrafamily communication: the case of the anti-extradition bill movement in Hong Kong

Kobayashi, Tetsuro; Tse, Chun Hong

doi:10.1080/17544750.2021.1987283

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“…Therefore, partisan individuals are more likely to react negatively to their politically opposing family members, eventually exaggerating their conflicts (Moore-Berg et al, 2020;Warner et al, 2021). This enriches our understanding of how political disagreement affects families, moving beyond findings that family members reduce contact (e.g., shortened family gatherings; Chen & Rohla, 2018;Frimer & Skitka, 2020) and avoid political discussions (Davies, 2021;Kobayashi & Tse, 2022). Such political incongruence could have persistent and profound effects on family well-being.…”

Section: Impact Of Parent-child Political Incongruence On Familial Ou...mentioning

confidence: 87%

“…3 Due to the compact living environment in Hong Kong (Hikichi et al, 2020), intrafamily discussion of political issues is relatively common, especially since the 2019 social unrest (Kobayashi & Tse, 2022). Therefore, we excluded respondents from the study if they failed to indicate the perceived political orientation of their family members (n = 116).…”

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confidence: 99%

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All we need is love? Irreconcilable political incongruence in families after the 2019 social unrest in Hong Kong

Yu,

Lam,

Chan

2023

Political Psychology

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Political disagreement with family members can have a deleterious impact on familial relationships, but the long‐term consequences are understudied. This study examined the relational outcomes of familial political incongruence two years after the 2019 social unrest in Hong Kong and the extent to which frequency and types of family contact explain their association. This two‐wave questionnaire study augmented with a 14‐day daily record of family contact recruited (1) young adults and (2) parents with children aged 18–30 (N = 559). Nearly half of the respondents reported significant political incongruence with their parents/children. We observed consistent findings in both adult children and parents. Greater parent–child political differences were associated with reduced likelihood of having positive family communication and family functioning. Increased political differences with family members were associated with greater odds of family dysfunctionality. Moreover, expression of love and care mediated the effect of political differences with family members on changes in family functioning. This study demonstrates familial political incongruence exerts an influence on families two years after the unrest. Parent–child political differences are associated with a decline in the quality of family communication and family environment. We discuss how parent–child political incongruence drives a family to worsened well‐being through dysfunctional family dynamics.

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confidence: 87%

Section: F I G U R Ementioning

confidence: 99%

All we need is love? Irreconcilable political incongruence in families after the 2019 social unrest in Hong Kong

Yu,

Lam,

Chan

2023

Political Psychology

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“…Contrary-minded others are labeled as being hypocritical, selfish, and mean (Iyengar et al, 2012) and harming the nation (Hobolt et al, 2021;Schwalbe et al, 2020). Affective polarization also poses challenges to interpersonal relationships, affecting the willingness to have out-party neighbors (Broockman et al, 2023), and communication within families (Chen & Rohla, 2018;Kobayashi & Tse, 2022). Perceived hostility from individuals with differing opinions leads to avoidance of political discussions (Schieferdecker, 2021).…”

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Effects of intellectual humility in the context of affective polarization: Approaching and avoiding others in controversial political discussions.

Knöchelmann,

Cohrs

2024

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…Contrary-minded others are labeled as being hypocritical, selfish, and mean (Iyengar et al, 2012), and harming the nation (Hobolt et al, 2021;Schwalbe et al, 2020). Affective polarization also poses challenges to interpersonal relationships, affecting the willingness to have out-party neighbors (Broockman et al, 2023), and communication within families (Chen & Rohla, 2018;Kobayashi & Tse, 2022). Perceived hostility from individuals with differing opinions leads to avoidance of political discussions (Schieferdecker, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of Intellectual Humility in the Context of Affective Polarization: Approaching and Avoiding Others in Controversial Political Discussions

Knöchelmann,

Cohrs

2024

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Affective polarization, the extent to which political actors treat each other as disliked outgroups, is challenging political exchange and deliberation, e.g. via mistrust of the ‘political enemy’ and unwillingness to discuss political topics with them. The present experiments address this problem and study what makes people approach, and not avoid, potential discussion partners in the context of polarized political topics in Germany. We hypothesized that intellectual humility, the recognition of one’s intellectual limitations, would predict both less affective polarization and higher approach and lower avoidance tendencies toward contrary minded-others. Across four pre-registered online survey experiments (N = 1668), we manipulated how intellectually humble a target person was perceived and measured participants’ self-reported (topic-specific) intellectual humility. Results revealed that participants’ intellectual humility was consistently negatively correlated with affective polarization. Additionally, intellectual humility of both the target person and the participants was beneficial, and sometimes even necessary, to make participants approach, and not avoid, the target person. Intellectual humility was more important than moral conviction, opinion, and opinion strength. Furthermore, the effects on approach and avoidance were mediated by more positive expectations regarding the debate, and the effects on future willingness for contact by higher target liking. Our findings suggest that intellectual humility is an important characteristic to enable political exchange as it leads to seeing political outgroups more positively and to a higher willingness to engage in intergroup contact. Implications for intergroup contact of political groups as well as ideas for future research are discussed.

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How political disagreements undermine intrafamily communication: the case of the anti-extradition bill movement in Hong Kong

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

All we need is love? Irreconcilable political incongruence in families after the 2019 social unrest in Hong Kong

All we need is love? Irreconcilable political incongruence in families after the 2019 social unrest in Hong Kong

Effects of intellectual humility in the context of affective polarization: Approaching and avoiding others in controversial political discussions.

Effects of Intellectual Humility in the Context of Affective Polarization: Approaching and Avoiding Others in Controversial Political Discussions

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