According to the new study, living close to family homes affects us psychologically… in surprising ways.
What is the connection between live close to family homes and support the death penalty? In a first answer, we would say “none”. But maybe…
One shows that the fact of living close to family affects us on a psychological… in aspects surprising.
This analysis, which brought together several studies on the subject, was focused on three countries: USA, Philippines and Ghana.
Joshua Ackerman, co-author of the study, begins by explaining that living close to family, or simply feeling that they are close “the importance people attach to supporting others changes”.
The importance we give to guarantee that these people do not suffer.
And this is where the death penalty comes in: these people become more connected to their families and are more against anti-social behavior, they want punish more who commits crimes.
In this sense, it is more likely to support the death penalty: they want to feel that their family members are more protected. They want to protect their own from psychopaths, in short.
“They naturally feel more connected to the people around them, since many of them are family members. But that also means there are more people around you that you need to protect. This is why we see people who live close to family members supporting greater punishment for dangerous behavior“continues Joshua Ackerman, cited no.
People who live close to family are more involved in more extremist group behavior. And that includes being available to fight for the country in a guerra.
They also have their own concepts, more interdependent, they identify themselves as more connected and trust close groups (community and neighbors), but are more suspicious of more distant groups.
The study authors also highlight that these people more easily classify the incest between siblings as morally wrong.
The other author of the study, Oliver Sng, highlights that this analysis highlights the psychological effects of an under-examined dimension of our social ecology: relationship.
