The dual effect of COVID-19 on intergroup conflict in the Korean Peninsula
Journal of Conflict Resolution
; 66(10):1908-1930, 2022.
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in English
| APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-2274264
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally shifted the way human beings interact, both as individuals and groups, in the face of such a widespread outbreak. This paper seeks to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on intergroup emotions and attitudes within an intractable intergroup conflict, specifically, through the lens of the Korean conflict. Using a two-wave, cross-sectional design, this study was able to track the profound psychological changes in intergroup emotions and attitudes both prior to the pandemic and during its onslaught. Results of these two wave representative samples show that South Korean citizens demonstrated higher levels of fear of their neighbors in North Korea after the outbreak of COVID-19 than before. In turn, this led to increased societal support of hostile government policies towards North Koreans. Conversely, the same participants exhibited higher levels of empathy towards North Koreans during the pandemic, which led to a higher willingness to collaborate with their outgroup. This dual effect on intergroup emotions within intractable conflicts brings forth new avenues from which societies may be able to restrain the destructive influence of the COVID-19 threat on intergroup relations-as well as harvesting its constructive potential for reconciling warring intergroup relations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
COVID-19; conflict; Korea; international cooperation; conflict resolution; Intergroup; Group Based Emotions, *Conflict, *Intergroup Dynamics, *International Relations, *covid-19, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, Emotions, Government Policy Making, Pandemics, Political Processes & Political Issues [2960], Human Adulthood (18 yrs & older), Republic of Korea
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Experimental Studies
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English
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Journal of Conflict Resolution
Year:
2022
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