TY - JOUR
T1 - Hope in the Middle East
T2 - Malleability Beliefs, Hope, and the Willingness to Compromise for Peace
AU - Cohen-Chen, Smadar
AU - Halperin, Eran
AU - Crisp, Richard J.
AU - Gross, James J.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - The importance of hope has long been asserted in the field of conflict resolution. However, little is actually known about either how to induce hope or what effects hope has on conciliatory attitudes. In the current research, we tested whether (1) hope is based upon beliefs regarding conflict malleability and (2) hope predicts support for concessions for peace. Study 1, a correlational study conducted among Israeli Jews, revealed that malleability beliefs regarding conflicts in general are associated with hope regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as with support for concessions. In Study 2, we established causality using an experimental manipulation of beliefs regarding conflicts being malleable (vs. fixed). Findings have both theoretical and practical implications regarding inducing hope in intractable conflicts, thus promoting the attitudes so critical for peacemaking.
AB - The importance of hope has long been asserted in the field of conflict resolution. However, little is actually known about either how to induce hope or what effects hope has on conciliatory attitudes. In the current research, we tested whether (1) hope is based upon beliefs regarding conflict malleability and (2) hope predicts support for concessions for peace. Study 1, a correlational study conducted among Israeli Jews, revealed that malleability beliefs regarding conflicts in general are associated with hope regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as with support for concessions. In Study 2, we established causality using an experimental manipulation of beliefs regarding conflicts being malleable (vs. fixed). Findings have both theoretical and practical implications regarding inducing hope in intractable conflicts, thus promoting the attitudes so critical for peacemaking.
KW - emotions in conflict
KW - hope
KW - implicit theories
KW - intergroup conflict
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890761896&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1948550613484499
DO - 10.1177/1948550613484499
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AN - SCOPUS:84890761896
SN - 1948-5506
VL - 5
SP - 67
EP - 75
JO - Social Psychological and Personality Science
JF - Social Psychological and Personality Science
IS - 1
ER -