Creación de disonancia cognoscitiva a partir de una Premisa Histórico Sociocultural de la pareja Creación de disonancia cognoscitiva a partir de una Premisa Histórico Sociocultural de la pareja

Abstract

The historical-sociocultural premises (PHSC's) are norms and beliefs that regulate the behavior of a particular culture and are transmitted from generation to generation. In the couple, a premise in Mexico is that "The commitment gives formality to the couple relationship." However, individuals do not passively receive PHSCs, modify or contradict them with their actions, which can create cognitive dissonance. So, dissonance occurs when two incongruous cognitions coexist in an individual. This can occur due to the arrival of new information or to transgress a cultural norm. The objective of the study is to verify if the opinion against attitudinal about PHSC`s about the commitment in couple relationships causes cognitive dissonance in individuals, measured as anxiety. An experiment was designed where the PHSC was manipulated on the couple relationship that the individuals received and the status of the source from: 2 (PHSC: Concordant / Contra attitudinal) x 2 (Source of high and low status). State anxiety was measured as a dependent variable and the level of commitment of the participants in their partner relationship was measured as a covariate. 41 individuals participated. The results showed in the low-status source group, participants with a concordant PHSC were more concerned, while those who received a counter-attitudinal PHSC were calmer. In the first group, dissonance was created due to two incongruous cognitions (educational level and thinking like a low-status source), which affected their self-concept. While the condition of high status article did not generate differences.