The general fault in our fault lines

Kai Ruggeri (), Bojana Većkalov, Lana Bojanić, Thomas L. Andersen, Sarah Ashcroft-Jones, Nélida Ayacaxli, Paula Barea-Arroyo, Mari Louise Berge, Ludvig D. Bjørndal, Aslı Bursalıoğlu, Vanessa Bühler, Martin Čadek, Melis Çetinçelik, Georgia Clay, Anna Cortijos-Bernabeu, Kaja Damnjanović, Tatianna M. Dugue, Maya Esberg, Celia Esteban-Serna, Ezra N. Felder, Maja Friedemann, Darianna I. Frontera-Villanueva, Patricia Gale, Eduardo Garcia-Garzon, Sandra J. Geiger, Leya George, Allegra Girardello, Aleksandra Gracheva, Anastasia Gracheva, Marquis Guillory, Marlene Hecht, Katharina Herte, Barbora Hubená, William Ingalls, Lea Jakob, Margo Janssens, Hannes Jarke, Ondřej Kácha, Kalina Nikolova Kalinova, Ralitsa Karakasheva, Peggah R. Khorrami, Žan Lep, Samuel Lins, Ingvild S. Lofthus, Salomé Mamede, Silvana Mareva, Mafalda F. Mascarenhas, Lucy McGill, Sara Morales-Izquierdo, Bettina Moltrecht, Tasja S. Mueller, Marzia Musetti, Joakim Nelsson, Thiago Otto, Alessandro F. Paul, Irena Pavlović, Marija B. Petrović, Dora Popović, Gerhard M. Prinz, Josip Razum, Ivaylo Sakelariev, Vivian Samuels, Inés Sanguino, Nicolas Say, Jakob Schuck, Irem Soysal, Anna Louise Todsen, Markus R. Tünte, Milica Vdovic, Jáchym Vintr, Maja Vovko, Marek A. Vranka, Lisa Wagner, Lauren Wilkins, Manou Willems, Elizabeth Wisdom, Aleksandra Yosifova, Sandy Zeng, Mahmoud A. Ahmed, Twinkle Dwarkanath, Mina Cikara, Jeffrey Lees and Tomas Folke
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Kai Ruggeri: Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Bojana Većkalov: University of Amsterdam
Lana Bojanić: University of Manchester
Thomas L. Andersen: PPR Svendborg, Svendborg Kommune
Sarah Ashcroft-Jones: University of Oxford
Nélida Ayacaxli: Columbia University
Paula Barea-Arroyo: University of Seville
Mari Louise Berge: Eötvös Loránd University
Ludvig D. Bjørndal: University of Oslo
Aslı Bursalıoğlu: Loyola University Chicago
Vanessa Bühler: University of Vienna
Martin Čadek: Leeds Beckett University
Melis Çetinçelik: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Georgia Clay: Technische Universität Dresden
Anna Cortijos-Bernabeu: University of Lausanne
Kaja Damnjanović: University of Belgrade
Tatianna M. Dugue: Columbia University
Maya Esberg: Columbia University
Celia Esteban-Serna: University College London
Ezra N. Felder: Columbia University
Maja Friedemann: University of Oxford
Darianna I. Frontera-Villanueva: University of Puerto Rico
Patricia Gale: University of Zagreb
Eduardo Garcia-Garzon: Universidad Camilo José Cela, Villanueva de la Cañada
Sandra J. Geiger: University of Amsterdam
Leya George: University College London
Allegra Girardello: Columbia University
Aleksandra Gracheva: Columbia University
Anastasia Gracheva: Columbia University
Marquis Guillory: Columbia University
Marlene Hecht: Humboldt University of Berlin
Katharina Herte: Utrecht University
Barbora Hubená: National Institute of Mental Health
William Ingalls: Columbia University
Lea Jakob: National Institute of Mental Health
Margo Janssens: Tilburg University
Hannes Jarke: University of Cambridge
Ondřej Kácha: University of Cambridge
Kalina Nikolova Kalinova: National Institute of Mental Health
Ralitsa Karakasheva: National Institute of Mental Health
Peggah R. Khorrami: Columbia University
Žan Lep: University of Ljubljana
Samuel Lins: University of Porto
Ingvild S. Lofthus: University of Oslo
Salomé Mamede: University of Porto
Silvana Mareva: University of Cambridge
Mafalda F. Mascarenhas: Universidade de Lisboa
Lucy McGill: University of Groningen
Sara Morales-Izquierdo: University of Warwick
Bettina Moltrecht: Anna Freud National Centre and University College London
Tasja S. Mueller: University of Groningen
Marzia Musetti: University of Padova
Joakim Nelsson: Uppsala University
Thiago Otto: Columbia University
Alessandro F. Paul: Leiden University
Irena Pavlović: University of Belgrade
Marija B. Petrović: University of Belgrade
Dora Popović: University of Zagreb
Gerhard M. Prinz: Bezirkskrankenhaus Straubing
Josip Razum: Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences
Ivaylo Sakelariev: National Institute of Mental Health
Vivian Samuels: Columbia University
Inés Sanguino: University of Oxford
Nicolas Say: University of Economics
Jakob Schuck: University of Tübingen
Irem Soysal: Columbia University
Anna Louise Todsen: University of St Andrews
Markus R. Tünte: University of Vienna
Milica Vdovic: Singidunum University
Jáchym Vintr: Charles University
Maja Vovko: University of Ljubljana
Marek A. Vranka: Charles University
Lisa Wagner: University of Zurich
Lauren Wilkins: Columbia University
Manou Willems: National Institute of Mental Health
Elizabeth Wisdom: Columbia University
Aleksandra Yosifova: New Bulgarian University
Sandy Zeng: Columbia University
Mahmoud A. Ahmed: St. Olaf College
Twinkle Dwarkanath: Columbia University
Mina Cikara: Harvard University
Jeffrey Lees: Harvard University
Tomas Folke: Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Nature Human Behaviour, 2021, vol. 5, issue 10, 1369-1380

Abstract: Abstract Pervading global narratives suggest that political polarization is increasing, yet the accuracy of such group meta-perceptions has been drawn into question. A recent US study suggests that these beliefs are inaccurate and drive polarized beliefs about out-groups. However, it also found that informing people of inaccuracies reduces those negative beliefs. In this work, we explore whether these results generalize to other countries. To achieve this, we replicate two of the original experiments with 10,207 participants across 26 countries. We focus on local group divisions, which we refer to as fault lines. We find broad generalizability for both inaccurate meta-perceptions and reduced negative motive attribution through a simple disclosure intervention. We conclude that inaccurate and negative group meta-perceptions are exhibited in myriad contexts and that informing individuals of their misperceptions can yield positive benefits for intergroup relations. Such generalizability highlights a robust phenomenon with implications for political discourse worldwide.

Date: 2021
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