Personality, Social Distance and Conflicts

The subjective importance of conflicts and social distance to representatives of otherness as well as the association of both internal and external realities with the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) is shown in our recent study. An excerpt from our conclusion states, “Social distance is related to prejudice and racism and together with conflicts is influenced by self-direction. Additionally, we revealed the importance of maternal control on perception and mitigation of subjectively experienced conflicts. Overall, our study shows the importance of measuring personality psychopathology as a variable related to social distance and experienced conflicts with minorities (e.g., Romani), people living on the margins of society (e.g., homeless people) and people who differ from the majority in general.” We hope that our study will help shed light upon potential sources of and solutions for overcoming internal prejudices as well as external conflicts. 

For more details see: Preiss, M., Heissler, R., Doubková, N., Sanders, E., & Jonáš, J. (2023). Personality, social distance and conflicts: Personality functioning, empathy and socioeconomic factors predicting social distancing and conflicts with minorities. Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics, 9(2), 108–130

https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v9i2.1053