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The cultural contagion of conflict.
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PMID:  22271785     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Anecdotal evidence abounds that conflicts between two individuals can spread across networks to involve a multitude of others. We advance a cultural transmission model of intergroup conflict where conflict contagion is seen as a consequence of universal human traits (ingroup preference, outgroup hostility; i.e. parochial altruism) which give their strongest expression in particular cultural contexts. Qualitative interviews conducted in the Middle East, USA and Canada suggest that parochial altruism processes vary across cultural groups and are most likely to occur in collectivistic cultural contexts that have high ingroup loyalty. Implications for future neuroscience and computational research needed to understand the emergence of intergroup conflict are discussed.
Authors:
Michele Gelfand; Garriy Shteynberg; Tiane Lee; Janetta Lun; Sarah Lyons; Chris Bell; Joan Y Chiao; C Bayan Bruss; May Al Dabbagh; Zeynep Aycan; Abdel-Hamid Abdel-Latif; Munqith Dagher; Hilal Khashan; Nazar Soomro
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences     Volume:  367     ISSN:  1471-2970     ISO Abbreviation:  Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci.     Publication Date:  2012 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-24     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503623     Medline TA:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  692-703     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, , College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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