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A human rights-based approach to climate injustices at the local, national, and international levels: Program and policy recommendations Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Sheri R. Levy, Meroona Gopang, Luisa Ramírez, Allan B. I. Bernardo, Martin D. Ruck, Anni Sternisko
The climate crisis threatens and violates human rights to development, education, food, health, housing, life, meaningful and informed participation, self-determination, and water. Climate injustices refer to how some communities are shouldering the disproportionate brunt of the negative effects of climate change while being the least responsible. With a human rights-based approach focused on protection
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The connections—and misconnections—between the public and politicians over climate policy: A social psychological perspective Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-12-17 David K. Sherman, Leaf Van Boven
We review findings from social psychology and related fields to examine the bidirectional relationship between the public—what are their views about climate change and the need for policies to address the climate crisis—and the politicians who are making (or not making) climate policy and beholden to electoral constraints. We illustrate social psychological pressures that influence policy support and
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Omission as a modern form of bias against Native Peoples: Implications for policies and practices Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Stephanie A. Fryberg, J. Doris Dai, Arianne E. Eason
The omission of Native Peoples’ existence, experiences, and perspectives is systematic and widespread across numerous societal domains, referred to as Native omission. In mainstream media, for example, less than 0.5% of representations are of contemporary Native Peoples. We theorize that Native omission is a tool furthering settler colonial goals to oppress and eventually erase Native Peoples. To make
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Psychological science and its societal mission during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The Motivation Barometer as an evidence-informed policy instrument in Belgium Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Maarten Vansteenkiste, Joachim Waterschoot, Sofie Morbée, Pascaline Van Oost, Mathias Schmitz, Olivier Klein, Olivier Luminet, Vincent Yzerbyt, Omer Van den Bergh
Upon the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it was clear that the pandemic would not only entail physical but also psychological challenges and threats to individuals’ sustained motivation, behavioral adherence, and mental health. To encourage the Belgian authorities to take these psychological aspects into account, the Motivation Barometer, a large-scale and dynamic survey, was launched in March 2020
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The role of suspect development practices in eyewitness identification accuracy and racial disparities in wrongful conviction Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Margaret Bull Kovera
This article reviews the three previously studied categories of variables that are related to eyewitness identification accuracy: estimator (characteristics of the witnessing conditions), system (characteristics of the identification procedure that are under the control of the criminal legal system), and reflector (variables that reflect the likely accuracy of a witness). Although eyewitness scholars
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Overcoming unintended consequences of social impact accountability: How to avoid counterproductive responses of individuals and groups in organizations Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Naomi Ellemers, Dick de Gilder
This contribution aims to explain when and why policies that increase social accountability are likely to have unintended and counterproductive effects on the social performance of organizations. The Behavioral Regulation Model applies insights from social identity theory to recent research on moral psychology. This elucidates that deep concerns about social approval for one's morality and good intentions
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Understanding the challenges and opportunities of talking to children about race and racism in child-facing institutions Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Leigh S. Wilton, Jessica Sullivan, Analia F. Albuja, Sylvia P. Perry
Researchers from a range of disciplines emphasize that effectively socializing children about race and racism is vital to promoting positive outcomes, such as disrupting the development of racist attitudes and beliefs. While parents and guardians influence children's racial attitudes and beliefs, children also learn about race and racism from many other important adults in their lives, such as teachers
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Gender essentialism and benevolent sexism in anti-trans rhetoric Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 S. Atwood, Thekla Morgenroth, Kristina R. Olson
The past half-decade has seen an exponential rise in proposed and debated anti-trans legislation in the United States. These bills are often positioned at the center of divisive political debates between Republicans (who typically support these laws) and Democrats (who typically do not). In the process of discussing these debates, there has been widespread dissemination of anti-trans rhetoric that
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Correction to “Structural racism and health in the age of COVID-19: A selective review with policy implications” Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-03-07
Brondolo, E., Kaur, A., & Flores, M. (2023) Structural racism and health in the age of COVID-19: A selective review with policy implications. Social Issues and Policy Review, 17, 34−61. https://doi.org/10.1111/sipr.12095 A new funding source for Dr. Brondolo has been added. Details of funding information are as follows: Grant Number: CPIMP221341-01-00 Name of Grant Program: Community-Driven Approaches
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Structural racism and health in the age of COVID-19: A selective review with policy implications Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-01-28 Elizabeth Brondolo, Amandeep Kaur, Melissa Flores
Structural racism encompasses the effects of racial bias across all systems of society. A growing body of data indicates that structural racism contributes to racial inequities in health across the lifespan. Investigators have documented associations of different dimensions of structural racism, including cultural and institutional discrimination, to health. To clarify and integrate the scope of these
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A dual-process framework for diversity training to reduce discrimination in organizational settings Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-01-28 Laura J. Gill, Michael A. Olson
Disputes about the value of Diversity Training (DT) stem partly from disputes about what DT should entail and what its expected outcomes should be. We answer previous reviews’ calls for approaches to DT that are grounded in empirically supported theoretical frameworks. Specifically, and based on longstanding theory and research on attitude–behavior relations, we offer a dual-process framework that
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System justification motivation as a source of backlash against equality-promoting policies—and what to do about it Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Usman Liaquat, John T. Jost, Emily Balcetis
One of the most pressing tasks facing policymakers in the 21st century is reducing stark group-based inequalities that have developed within many societies because of centuries of structural discrimination. However, efforts to redress group disparities through equality-promoting policies are frequently met with policy backlash and countermobilization. We describe several social psychological contributors
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Policy recommendations to promote health and well-being in sexual and gender minority populations in the United States Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Amelia E. Talley, Melisa Williams Ibora, Tran H. Le, Margaret Vugrin
This narrative review examines literature informing policy and laws relevant to the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) adult populations. Empirical factors related to structural stigma, specifically policy and law, were examined. Empirical studies examining structural stigma and health-related outcomes in LGBTQ+ populations have proliferated since the publication
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Do social media undermine social cohesion? A critical review Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-12-31 Sandra González-Bailón, Yphtach Lelkes
We evaluate the empirical evidence interrogating the question of whether social media erodes social cohesion. We look at how networks, information exchange, and norms operate on these platforms. We also evaluate the conditions under which social media can be conducive to forming social capital and encouraging prosocial behavior. We discuss the psychological mechanisms that operate at the individual
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Better policy interventions through intersectionality Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Elizabeth R. Cole, Lauren E. Duncan
Deployment of intersectionality frameworks in policy design and implementation is a way to ensure that the means and goals of interventions are congruent with target populations’ understanding of their circumstances, their desired outcomes, and their empowerment. In this paper, we examine the ways concepts from psychology have been used to inform interventions and policies, and we use an intersectional
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Taking a “multiple forms” approach to diversity: An introduction, policy implications, and legal recommendations Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Kimberly Rios, Adam B. Cohen
In both academic and policy contexts, two of the most widely researched and discussed diversity ideologies are multiculturalism (i.e., acknowledgment and celebration of group differences) and colorblindness (which can involve focusing on group similarities and characteristics of individuals instead of differences). However, both diversity ideologies have potential drawbacks, and their implications
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Threats to Belonging and Health: Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic using Decades of Research Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Lisa M. Jaremka, Heidi S. Kane, Ann V. Bell
The COVID-19 pandemic, an external stressor with multiple stressful sequelae, has fundamentally changed people's lives over multiple years. In this article, we first review research demonstrating that the pandemic has negatively impacted people's sense of belonging and health over time. Next, we draw upon decades of theoretical and empirical work demonstrating that threats to belonging and mental health
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Culture and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multiple Mechanisms and Policy Implications Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Shinobu Kitayama, Nicholas P. Camp, Cristina E. Salvador
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has taken a massive toll on human life worldwide. The case of the United States—the world's largest economy—is particularly noteworthy, since the country suffered a disproportionately larger number of deaths than all other countries during the first year of the pandemic. A careful analysis may shed new light on the multifaceted processes contributing
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Deprovincialization: Its Importance for Plural Societies Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-01-14 Maykel Verkuyten, Alberto Voci, Thomas F. Pettigrew
Deprovincialization is a set of attitudes characterized by two sides: a nuanced and fresh perspective on the in-group culture and an open and accepting attitude toward other groups. After reviewing early research and indirect tests of the construct, we focused our attention on research investigating these two sides of deprovincialization. Studies conducted in various countries demonstrate that deprovincialization
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Understanding Sentiment Toward “Black Lives Matter” Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Colin Wayne Leach, Cátia P. Teixeira
A publicized series of police (and other) violence against unarmed Black people over the last decade has fueled unprecedented mass protest as well as political and policy debate in the United States, and beyond. Given this ethical dispute over whether democratic society upholds its cardinal values of freedom and equality for all, sentiment toward Black Lives Matter is suggestive of what people believe
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From Precollege to Career: Barriers Facing Historically Marginalized Students and Evidence-Based Solutions Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-01-14 Kelsey C. Thiem, Nilanjana Dasgupta
Although the United States population is growing increasingly diverse, the diversity within higher education is not keeping pace. Contributing to the underrepresentation of students from historically marginalized groups are a variety of interconnected systemic barriers that prevent students from entering college, from thriving while there, and from persisting through to graduation. Here, we use the
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Understanding and Addressing Gender-Based Inequities in STEM: Research Synthesis and Recommendations for U.S. K-12 Education Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Sophie L. Kuchynka, Asia Eaton, Luis M. Rivera
We draw from ecological systems and social psychological theories to elucidate macrosystem- and microsystem-level variables that promote and maintain gender inequities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Because gender-STEM stereotypes undermine girls’ (and women's), but boosts boys’ (and men's), STEM interest and success, we review how they operate in STEM learning environments to
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The Psychology of White Nationalism: Ambivalence Towards a Changing America Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Christine Reyna, Andrea Bellovary, Kara Harris
The rise in White nationalist ideology in America is one of the pressing issues of our times. In this article, we make the case that White nationalists both extol the talents and virtues of White Americans and idolize and romanticize a former White-dominated America, while simultaneously condemning and demonizing the current state of America for Whites. This fundamentally ambivalent ideology contributes
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Toward a Psychological Science of Abolition Democracy: Insights for Improving Theory and Research on Race and Public Safety Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2021-12-26 Cynthia J. Najdowski, Phillip Atiba Goff
We call for psychologists to expand their thinking on fair and just public safety by engaging with the “Abolition Democracy” framework that W. E. B. Du Bois articulated as the need to dissolve slavery while simultaneously taking affirmative steps to rid its toxic consequences from the body politic. Because the legacies of slavery continue to produce disparities in public safety in the United States
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Corrigendum: Political Psychology in the Digital (mis)Information age: A Model of News Belief and Sharing Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2021-06-24
In the article by Jay J. Van Bavel1 et al. the word “Exposure” within each row of the middle column in Table 1 of the original article was misplaced and the error makes the table difficult to interpret. An updated version of Table 1 below shows the correct placement of “Exposure.” Table 1. Potential interventions, and the risk pathways and risk factors that they target
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Identity Leadership in a Crisis: A 5R Framework for Learning from Responses to COVID‐19 Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 S. Alexander Haslam, Niklas K. Steffens, Stephen D. Reicher, Sarah V. Bentley
The COVID‐19 pandemic is the greatest global crisis of our lifetimes, and leadership has been critical to societies’ capacity to deal with it. Here effective leadership has brought people together, provided a clear perspective on what is happening and what response is needed, and mobilized the population to act in the most effective ways to bring the pandemic under control. Informed by a model of identity
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Political Psychology in the Digital (mis)Information age: A Model of News Belief and Sharing Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 Jay J. Van Bavel, Elizabeth A. Harris, Philip Pärnamets, Steve Rathje, Kimberly C. Doell, Joshua A. Tucker
The spread of misinformation, including “fake news,” propaganda, and conspiracy theories, represents a serious threat to society, as it has the potential to alter beliefs, behavior, and policy. Research is beginning to disentangle how and why misinformation is spread and identify processes that contribute to this social problem. We propose an integrative model to understand the social, political, and
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Breaking the Cycle of Violent Crime and Punishment: The Promise of Neuronormalization Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-12-18 Thomas F. Denson
Violent crime elicits demand for punishment from the public, which can influence policy toward offenders. Paradoxically, harsh punishments such as incarceration often increase offending rather than deter it, which produces a cycle of violent crime and punishment. Violent offenders frequently possess risk factors that influence brain structure and function. These risk factors are genetic predisposition
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Debt and Overindebtedness: Psychological Evidence and its Policy Implications Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 Stephen E. G. Lea
This paper reviews psychological studies of real‐life use of credit, debt, and overindebtedness, with the aim of making policy recommendations that could reduce the damage done by debt to both individuals and society. The overall level of debt in society is heavily influenced by the level of economic inequality and social insecurity, and no psychological factor can prevent debt if excessive socioeconomic
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Teaching as Social Influence: Empowering Teachers to Become Agents of Social Change Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-11-18 Fabrizio Butera, Anatolia Batruch, Frédérique Autin, Gabriel Mugny, Alain Quiamzade, Caroline Pulfrey
Teachers carry out a number of roles in the educational system. Their primary role is to help all students develop knowledge and skills, but, most of the time, they take on the role of gatekeepers: They evaluate students and exercise selection on the basis of performance. We analyze the roles of teachers through the lens of the literature on social influence and put forward the proposal that teaching
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Ethical Learning: The Workplace as a Moral Laboratory for Character Development Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-11-16 Isaac H. Smith, Maryam Kouchaki
In contrast to the view that businesses corrupt and bring out the worst in people, we propose that people's experiences at work can also lead to profound ethical learning and growth, and that organizations can be designed to help workers strive to become their best moral selves. To this end, we selectively review literature from the fields of organizational behavior, moral psychology, and behavioral
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Tackling Educational Inequalities with Social Psychology: Identities, Contexts, and Interventions Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-10-08 Matthew J. Easterbrook, Ian R. Hadden
Some groups of students—typically those who have suffered because of historical inequality in society—disproportionately experience psychological barriers to educational success. These psychological barriers—feelings of threat to their social identity and the sense that their identity is incompatible with educational success—make substantial contributions to inequalities in educational outcomes between
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Mass Gatherings, Health, and Well‐Being: From Risk Mitigation to Health Promotion Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-10-05 Nick Hopkins, Stephen Reicher
Mass gatherings are routinely viewed as posing risks to physical health. However, social psychological research shows mass gathering participation can also bring benefits to psychological well‐being. We describe how both sets of outcomes can be understood as arising from the distinctive forms of behavior that may be found when people—even strangers—come to define themselves and each other in terms
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Helping and Happiness: A Review and Guide for Public Policy Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-08-06 Lara B. Aknin, Ashley V. Whillans
Perhaps one of the most reaffirming findings to emerge over the past several decades is that humans not only engage in generous behavior, they also appear to experience pleasure from doing so. Yet not all acts of helping lead to greater happiness. Here, we review the growing body of evidence showing that people engage in a wide array of prosocial behaviors (e.g., charitable giving, volunteering, blood/organ
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An Evidence‐Based Rationale for Adopting Weight‐Inclusive Health Policy Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Jeffrey M. Hunger, Joslyn P. Smith, A. Janet Tomiyama
Current weight-focused policies aren’t working. For nearly four decades, “obesity” has been public (health) enemy #1. Governments from around the world have used policies targeting weight in the hopes of improving public health. If weight-focused policy worked, however, we should have seen it by now. In this article, we integrate research from many different areas of science to provide an alternative
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Appealing to Moral Exemplars: Shared Perception of Morality as an Essential Ingredient of Intergroup Reconciliation Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Sabina Čehajić‐Clancy, Michal Bilewicz
A history of intergroup conflict threatens the basic sense of in-group and out-group morality. This poses a severe obstacle to reconciliation both on socioemotional (by constraining forgiveness and ...
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Theoretical, Ethical, and Policy Considerations for Conducting Social–Psychological Interventions to Close Educational Achievement Gaps Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Kevin R. Binning, Alexander S. Browman
Social–psychological interventions in education have shown remarkable promise as brief, inexpensive, and powerful methods for improving educational equity and inclusion by helping underperforming students realize their potential. These findings have led to intensive study and replication attempts to understand and close achievement gaps at scale. In the present review, we identify several significant
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Rethinking the Bystander Effect in Violence Reduction Training Programs Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2019-12-25 Mark Levine, Richard Philpot, Anastasiia G. Kovalenko
Many violence prevention programs include a focus on the role of bystanders and third parties in violence prevention training. Central to this work has been the classic social psychological research on the “bystander effect”. However, recent research on bystander behavior shows that the bystander effect does not hold in violent or dangerous emergencies. Meta‐analyses of the literature show that the
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How to Achieve Tax Compliance by the Wealthy: A Review of the Literature and Agenda for Policy Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2019-12-22 Katharina Gangl, Benno Torgler
Tax compliance by the wealthy is relevant not only because their contributions are essential to maintain public budgets and social equality, but because their (non)compliance behaviour and the perceived (un)fairness of their contributions can fuel social unrest. In this paper, after giving a brief history of taxing the wealthy, we review the existing theoretical, empirical and policy literature on
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Why Does Workplace Gender Diversity Matter? Justice, Organizational Benefits, and Policy Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Cordelia Fine, Victor Sojo, Holly Lawford‐Smith
Why does workplace gender diversity matter? Here, we provide a review of the literature on both justice‐based and organizational benefits of workplace gender diversity that, importantly, is informed by evidence regarding sex differences and their relationship with vocational behavior and outcomes. This review indicates that the sexes are neither distinctly different, nor so similar as to be fungible
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Public Communication as a Tool to Implement Environmental Policies Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2019-11-06 Gerdien Vries
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times. We humans must change our behavior in the short run to mitigate the effects of climate change in the long run. Policymakers develop environmental policies to motivate this behavioral change. However, people may nonetheless fail to change to more sustainable practices, defeating the effectiveness of environmental policies. Public communications
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How to Foster Male Engagement in Traditionally Female Communal Roles and Occupations: Insights from Research on Gender Norms and Precarious Manhood Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2019-10-13 Loes Meeussen,Colette Van Laar,Sanne Van Grootel
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Mixed Signals: The Unintended Effects of Diversity Initiatives Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2019-10-04 Tessa L. Dover, Cheryl R. Kaiser, Brenda Major
Organizational diversity initiatives—programs and policies intended to increase the fairness of organizations and promote the inclusion, hiring, retention, and promotion of underrepresented groups—are ubiquitous. Despite the widespread implementation of diversity initiatives, several empirical investigations point to challenges associated with these initiatives. We suggest that one of the challenges
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Understanding (and Reducing) Inaction on Climate Change Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2019-09-05 Matthew J. Hornsey, Kelly S. Fielding
For over 50 years, scientists have sounded alarms that the burning of fossil fuels is causing changes to the Earth's climate, and that failure to take action on climate change will have devastating consequences. Despite this urgency, CO2 emissions (and global temperatures) continue to climb. Progress on mitigating climate change is slowed by the stubborn persistence of climate skepticism, as well as
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Elegant Science Narratives and Unintended Influences: An Agenda for the Science of Science Communication Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-11-20 Hart Blanton, Elif G. Ikizer
Scientists must share their work with the public in order to promote science-based public discourse and policies. These acts of science communication are often evaluated in terms of their ability to inform (i.e., introduce accurate and accessible information) and engage (i.e., capture interest and maintain attention). We focus on a third basis by which science communication might be judged, influence
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Editorial Statement: Social Issues and Policy Review Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-11-12 Jolanda Jetten,Naomi Ellemers
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Childhood Experiences and Intergroup Biases among Children Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-10-14 Allison L. Skinner, Andrew N. Meltzoff
Children show signs of intergroup biases from early in development, and evidence suggests that these biases increase through middle childhood. Here we critically review and synthesize the literature on the different types of childhood experiences that have been associated with increases or decreases in childhood intergroup bias. Based on the review, one type of childhood experience stands out as being
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Finding Common Ground: Synthesizing Divergent Theoretical Views to Promote Women's STEM Pursuits Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-10-07 Amanda B. Diekman,Emily K. Clark,Aimee L. Belanger
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The Importance of Social Groups for Retirement Adjustment: Evidence, Application, and Policy Implications of the Social Identity Model of Identity Change Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-10-07 Catherine Haslam, Niklas K. Steffens, Nyla R. Branscombe, S. Alexander Haslam, Tegan Cruwys, Ben C. P. Lam, Nancy A. Pachana, Jie Yang
Previous work in the social identity tradition suggests that adjustment to significant life changes, both positive (e.g., becoming a new parent) and negative (e.g., experiencing a stroke), can be supported by access to social group networks. This is the basis for the social identity model of identity change (SIMIC), which argues that, in the context of life transitions, well-being and adjustment are
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Paradoxical Thinking Interventions: A Paradigm for Societal Change Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-10-03 Boaz Hameiri, Daniel Bar-Tal, Eran Halperin
Social problems such as intergroup conflicts, prejudice, and discrimination have a significant effect on the world’s population. Often, to facilitate constructive solutions to these problems, fundamental attitude change is needed. However, changing the beliefs and attitudes to which people strongly adhere has proven to be difficult, as these individuals resist change. In this article, we offer a new
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Observing Discrimination: Implications for Group-Based Respect and Organizational Morality Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-09-21 Alexandria Jaurique,Desiree A. Ryan,Heather J. Smith,Matthew Paolucci-Callahan
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Changing Ethically Troublesome Behavior: The Causes, Consequences, and Solutions to Motivated Resistance Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-09-19 Brock Bastian
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Intergroup Toleration and Its Implications for Culturally Diverse Societies Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-09-14 Maykel Verkuyten, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Levi Adelman
Abstract In recent decades, tolerance has been proposed as a necessary response to the global rise in cultural and religious diversity. Tolerance is widely embraced in community, national, and international policies, in relation to many types of differences between people and groups. However, in both public and academic discourse, the notion of tolerance appears to have various meanings, which limits
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Weight Bias and Stigma: Public Health Implications and Structural Solutions Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 Rebecca L. Pearl
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Change, Challenge, and Prospects for a Diversity Paradigm in Social Psychology Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 James M. Jones,John F. Dovidio
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Reframing Internalized Racial Oppression and Charting a way Forward Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 Kira Hudson Banks,Jadah Stephens
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Health Disparities due to Diminished Return among Black Americans: Public Policy Solutions Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 Shervin Assari
There are persistent and pervasive disparities in the health of Black people compared to non-Hispanic Whites in the United States. There are many reasons for this gap; this article explores the role of “Blacks’ diminished gain” as a mechanism behind racial health disparities. Diminished gain is a phenomenon wherein the health effects of certain socioeconomic resources and psychological assets are systematically
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The Problem with Morality: Impeding Progress and Increasing Divides Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 Chloe Kovacheff, Stephanie Schwartz, Yoel Inbar, Matthew Feinberg
Morality is commonly held up as the pinnacle of goodness but can also be a source of significant problems, interfering with societal functioning and progress. We review the literature regarding how morality diverges from nonmoral attitudes, biases our cognitive processing, and the ways in which it can lead to negative interpersonal and intergroup consequences. To illustrate the negative implications
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From Backlash to Inclusion for All: Instituting Diversity Efforts to Maximize Benefits Across Group Lines Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 Tiffany N. Brannon, Evelyn R. Carter, Lisel Alice Murdock-Perriera, Gerald D. Higginbotham
Recent real-world events in which diversity policies and practices have been met with severe backlash can prompt a zero-sum perception of inclusion efforts. This article offers theory-based insights for instituting diversity initiatives that can afford inclusion for all—allowing institutions to reap the benefits of diversity efforts while reducing the costs of backlash. Using an inclusion for all framework
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Interventions to Reduce Blatant and Subtle Sexual Orientation- and Gender Identity Prejudice (SOGIP): Current Knowledge and Future Directions Soc. Issues Policy Rev. (IF 9.857) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 Florien M. Cramwinckel, Daan T. Scheepers, Jojanneke van der Toorn
Given its prevalence and impact, it is important that prejudice against sexual- and gender identity minorities is reduced and that negative behaviors against these minorities are prevented. We introduce and provide a definition of the term Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Prejudice (SOGIP), and discuss its determinants and configurations as well as ways to measure it. Furthermore, we review the