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Shades of support: An empirical assessment of D&I policy support in organizations Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Wiebren S. Jansen, Jojanneke van der Toorn, Yonn N. A. Bokern, Naomi Ellemers
In this research, we aim to develop a better understanding of the different ways in which employees can advance or resist the diversity and inclusion (D&I) policies implemented by their organization. To this end, we complement prior work by distinguishing between employees' attitudinal and behavioral opposition versus support for D&I policies. We combine these to distinguish different combinations
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Mothers of transgender youth experience stigma-by-association Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Corinne A. Moss-Racusin, Jojanneke Van der Toorn, Grace Beneke, Kristina R. Olson
The current research investigated whether mothers of transgender youth experience stigma-by-association. Mturk participants (N = 489) were randomly assigned to read a vignette about a family in which the social identity (transgender, gay/lesbian, cisgender/heterosexual control) and gender (girl, boy) of a child was manipulated, while all other information was held constant. Results revealed stigma
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The effects of social (dis)engagement on status conferral: A context dependent account Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Teng Zhang, Jennifer R. Overbeck
The functionalist perspective of status suggests that, to attain status, individuals need to be socially engaging and contribute to a group. In contrast, the signaling perspective of status indicates that people often perceive a lack of social engagement as a status cue and thus confer status on someone who is socially disengaging. Integrating these two important perspectives in the status literature
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Whether a religious group membership is shared and salient influences perceived similarity, political support, and helping intention toward refugees, but not charitable donation Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir, Ilka Helene Gleibs
This research investigates the ways in which (un)shared religious group memberships contribute to individual helping responses through perceived similarity in the context of a refugee emergency. Across three studies (N = 762), we examined religious sub-groups of British people's helping responses to religious subgroups of Syrian refugees, in quasi-experimental and experimental designs. Overall findings
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Physical distancing during the COVID-19 crisis: The roles of threat and moralization Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Lisanne Versteegt, Marius van Dijke, Kees van den Bos
One reason why the COVID-19 pandemic presented a challenge to public health is that individuals struggled to adhere to virus protective behaviors, such as physical distancing. To aid understanding why people engaged in distancing practices, we investigated the role of threat perceptions and the moralization of physical distancing. We collected longitudinal data from 340 US citizens across five measurement
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Organizational identification and leader evaluation in a global workplace: Interaction of self-uncertainty, self-construal, and organizational culture Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Sejal N. Desai, Michael A. Hogg
Past studies in social psychology, and in organizational psychology, have incorporated social identity theory but have not specifically examined the effects of self-construal and self-uncertainty on an individual's organizational identification. Through two social psychology experiments, the present research advances the literature by studying the effects of three predictor variables (self-construal
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Reminders of an agentic ingroup buffer disease uncontrollability Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Susanne Relke, Immo Fritsche, Torsten Masson, Katharine H. Greenaway
Chronic illness has negative impacts beyond those on physical health. In particular, because it is often experienced as uncontrollable, chronic illness might reduce people's general sense of personal control and, subsequently, personal well-being. Drawing on recent theory and research, we proposed and tested in four experiments (Ntotal = 1323) a potential buffer to these negative effects: thinking
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Team identification more than organizational identification predicts counterproductive work behavior and organizational citizenship behavior and mediates influences of communication climate and perceived external prestige Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Erica Pugliese, Marino Bonaiuto, Stefano Livi, Annalisa Theodorou, Daan van Knippenberg
Organizational identification has been linked to both positive behavior and negative behavior at work. Based on theory and research that suggest that for many organizational behaviors, team identification may be a more important influence than organizational identification, we advance a research model proposing that team identification, more than organizational identification, predicts counterproductive
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How perceived discrimination and professional rejection sensitivity impact women's career success Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Denise L. Reyes, Julie Dinh, Kenneth Granillo-Velasquez, Miguel Luna, Mikki Hebl, Eduardo Salas
Professional rejection is a widespread phenomenon—most, if not all, of us have or will experience it in our lifetimes. However, some are more adept at handling it than others. This paper examines individual differences in how people interpret and handle professional rejection, proposing a construct called professional rejection sensitivity. We focused on whether this construct predicts decreased self-promoting
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Avoiding affect in intergroup relations: The roles of dispositional and intergroup empathy in the relationship between alexithymia and prejudice Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Michèle D. Birtel, Gian Antonio Di Bernardo, Hannah Hobson, Ashleigh Collins-Quirk, Loris Vezzali
Alexithymia, that is, difficulties in recognizing, communicating, and processing one's own emotions, is associated with poorer interpersonal relations. Emotional processes are key drivers and mechanisms of prejudice and its reduction, and alexithymia is thought to influence individuals' empathic responses. This research examined the relationship between alexithymia and prejudice, and the role of empathy
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When stereotypes disadvantage boys: Strength of stereotypes in mathematics and language arts and their relations with grades Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Kathryn E. Chaffee, Isabelle Plante, Catherine Good, Joshua M. Aronson, Simon-Benoît Kinch, Isabelle Gauvin
There is growing concern about boys' lagging performance in school, not only in language arts, where the gap is particularly pronounced, but also in mathematics. Stereotypes associating one gender with language arts or with mathematics are likely to contribute to these gaps. Such stereotypes can translate into explicit beliefs such as the extent to which students are aware of societal stereotypes or
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When Harry met Meghan (got married, had a baby, and “Megxited”): Intergroup anxiety, ingroup norms, and racialized categorization as predictors of receptivity to interracial romances Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Jenny L. Paterson, Gordon Hodson, Rhiannon N. Turner
Despite being frequently met with disapproval, interracial romantic relationships have the potential to transform intergroup relations through marriage and children. However, relatively little is known about the receptivity to these important intergroup relationships. Capitalizing on three historical events involving a world-famous interracial couple, Prince Harry and Meghan, we expand the intergroup
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The effects of descriptive and injunctive social norms on workplace incivility Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Ryan P. Jacobson
This research examines workplace incivility through the lens of the focus theory of normative conduct, demonstrating effects of descriptive and injunctive norms on incivility perpetration. Using an experimental vignette methodology, Study 1 demonstrated that incivility intentions toward an insulting colleague were higher when organizational incivility (vs. civility) was described as both common (descriptive
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Trust in information mediates the relationship between political orientation and perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Bailey Dodd, Sean Rife
The past few decades have experienced a decline in the use of traditional news sources as an increasing number of individuals rely on social media for information. Although this change has made it easier to obtain information, individuals often selectively expose themselves to information that confirms their beliefs. The current study examined if this pattern could explain political perceptions during
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Investigating mechanisms of political polarization: Perceivers spontaneously infer ideological categories from other people's behavior Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Carsten W. Sander, Juliane Degner
When observing others' behavior, people routinely infer personality traits from it. Research on the correspondence bias has shown that they draw these inferences even from behavior that is situationally constrained. Moreover, these inferences often happen spontaneously, that is, when people have no intention of forming an impression. The current research investigated whether the same applies for inferences
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Modeling levels of eco-conscious awareness Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Marianna Drosinou, Jussi Palomäki, Anton Kunnari, Mika Koverola, Markus Jokela, Michael Laakasuo
We evaluate whether the feeling that all life is interconnected is associated with moral awareness of protecting the environment. We present a model in which different levels of awareness—awareness of self, other, and nature—are associated with environmental measures and moral awareness of environmental protection. Using path analysis (N = 634), we first evaluate how each level of awareness predicts
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Party people: Differentiating the associations of partisan identification and partisan narcissism with political skill, integrity, and party dedication Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Bjarki Gronfeldt, Aleksandra Cislak, Madeleine Wyatt, Aleksandra Cichocka
We investigated outcomes associated with different types of partisan identity in a sample of political candidates for parliament and local offices (N = 214). We distinguished partisan narcissism, a belief in the greatness of one's political party that is not appreciated by others, from partisan identification, feeling part of the party and evaluating it positively. We examined their links with self-reported
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Pay inequality in organizations shapes pay-based stereotypes Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Porntida Tanjitpiyanond, Kim Peters, Jolanda Jetten
There is some evidence that organizations with higher pay inequality have more problematic social dynamics. The present research examines whether pay inequality introduces pay-based intergroup dynamics and shapes the stereotypes of the highest- and lowest-paid employees in the workplace. In two studies (a cross-sectional survey N = 413, and an experiment N = 286), we found that greater pay inequality
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Right-wing authoritarianism and anti-Asian prejudice in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Jake Womick, Laura A. King
Drawing upon existing theory, the current research tested whether people high on right-wing authoritarianism were predisposed to endorse prejudice in reaction to anxiety arising from the threat posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In Study 1 (N = 3009), we found that among people high on right-wing authoritarianism, pandemic anxiety predicted a stronger endorsement of prejudice
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Tertiary transfer effect (TTE) of contact with sexual minorities in a sample of Colombian heterosexual and gay participants Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 María Camila Navarro, Ana María Chamorro Coneo, Nathalia Quiroz Molinares, Moisés Mebarak, Carlos De los Reyes Aragón, Jaime Barrientos-Delgado
Contact with sexually diverse people predicts attitude transformation towards the whole group membership (i.e., the primary transfer effect) and may potentially generalize to other group memberships (i.e., The secondary transfer effect). However, the effect of contact may extend beyond this known attitudinal transformation, comprising also cognitive growth and likely impact other types of psychological
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Multicultural personality and intergroup forgiveness between United States political parties Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Michael J. Perez, Jared B. Kenworthy, Phia S. Salter
The purpose of this research was to investigate whether multicultural personality orientation as measured by the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire short form (MPQ) predicted intergroup forgiveness, decisions to forgive, revenge intentions, and avoidance intentions in the context of U.S. political conflict. We conducted three replicated studies across three different political, contextual samples
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Racial microaggressions: Identifying factors affecting perceived severity and exploring strategies to reduce harm Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Michael Jenkins, Amitoze Deol, Alexandra Irvine, Meagan Tamburro, Jessica Qiu, Sukhvinder S. Obhi
Microaggressions are speech or actions constituting indirect, subtle, or unintentional acts of discrimination, and awareness of their harmful effects has grown in recent years. Increased awareness could improve inter-group interactions, but also poses challenges. Fear of misspeaking, or fear of being subject to microaggressions can stifle interactions. We investigated how people from different racial
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Organizational nostalgia as a novel pathway toward greater employee well-being Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Shota Kawasaki, Xi Zou, Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides
Employee well-being is a critical consideration for organizations. It may be particularly so in the post COVID-19 era, where many still suffer from the pandemic's after-effects. We propose a novel pathway to maintain and improve employee well-being: organizational nostalgia, one's sentimental longing or wistful affection for past organizational events. We advocate that organizational nostalgia is associated
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Do masks affect social interaction? Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-07-07
The article listed below, intended for publication in the Special Issue “Nothing so (Ultimately) Theoretical as Good Practice: Building Social Psychological Theory by Demonstrating Novel Social Phenomena” was inadvertently published in a regular issue, volume 52, issue 12. This was due to a production error and is not attributable to the authors or guest editors. This article should be cited as shown
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Controllability is key: Goal pursuit during COVID-19 and insights for theories of self-regulation Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-07-07
The article listed below, intended for publication in the Special Issue “Nothing so (Ultimately) Theoretical as Good Practice: Building Social Psychological Theory by Demonstrating Novel Social Phenomena” was inadvertently published in a regular issue, volume 52, issue 12. This was due to a production error and is not attributable to the authors or guest editors. This article should be cited as shown
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Seeing COVID-19 is believing: Direct and indirect experiences with COVID-19 predict health behaviors through conspiracy beliefs and risk perception Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-07-08 Nicholas D. Evans, Adam K. Fetterman
When people are confronted with research that contradicts their own personal experiences, they tend to deny the science. Using a secondary multinational data set collected during the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (N = 46,490), we tested this “seeing is believing” effect as it relates to the link between direct and indirect personal experience with COVID-19 and public
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Playing the long game: Carrying out principled tests of psychological phenomena before developing formal theories Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Sara Emily Burke, Corinne A. Moss-Racusin
Some participants in the conversation about changing scientific norms have recommended that researchers articulate detailed, formalized theories from the outset. Also, leading psychology journals have historically prioritized research that conveys at least the appearance of a satisfying theoretical conclusion. We argue that simply demonstrating social phenomena is a vital component of the theory-generation
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Collective future orientation, group-based emotions, and support for policy Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Lily Chernyak-Hai, Smadar Cohen-Chen
While past studies have demonstrated the role of group-based emotions in intergroup attitudes within the context of intractable conflicts, it is unknown how individual temporal perspectives, namely collective future orientations and political ideology, moderate the relationship between conflict-related emotions and support for policies. In two exploratory studies, we adopted a functional approach to
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The moderating role of different forms of empathy on the association between performing animal euthanasia and career sustainability Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Monique F. Crane, Madison Kho, Emma F. Thomas, Jean Decety, Pascal Molenberghs, Catherine E. Amiot, Morgana Lizzio-Wilson, Susilo Wibisono, Felicity Allan, Winnifred Louis
Veterinarian work may take an emotional toll on practitioners and their mental health, potentially driving premature exit from the profession. Performing animal euthanasia is frequently identified as a potential risk factor for sustainable mental health. Yet, research has demonstrated mixed results between euthanasia performance and detrimental mental health outcomes, suggesting the potential for factors
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Which immigrants are welcome: The role of worldview conflict and immigrants' social status Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Patrick Mollaret, Julie Collange, Béatrice Sternberg, Adrien Gasnault, Constantina Badea
Worldview conflict has been shown to determine prejudice toward members of groups holding opposite views. In two experimental studies, we aimed at generalizing the consequences of worldview conflict to the reception of immigrants by a host population. We hypothesized that members of a host population have a more favorable attitude toward immigrants when they share the same worldviews. In Study 1 (N = 181)
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Can group-based strategies increase community resilience? Longitudinal predictors of sustained participation in Covid-19 mutual aid and community support groups Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Rotem Perach, Maria Fernandes-Jesus, Daniel Miranda, Guanlan Mao, Evangelos Ntontis, Chris Cocking, Michael McTague, Joanna Semlyen, John Drury
Mutual aid groups have been a critical part of the coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) response and continue to address the needs of people in their communities. To understand how mutual aid and similar community support groups can be sustained over time, we test the idea that using group-based strategies initiates psychological trajectories that shape future participation. We conducted a preregistered
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Maintaining a tolerant national identity: Divergent implications for the acceptance of minority groups Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Maykel Verkuyten, Jessica Gale, Levi Adelman, Kumar Yogeeswaran
The current research examines the proposition that minority groups can be either accepted or rejected, both in the name of national tolerance. In three studies using national samples in the Netherlands (N = 1572), we focused on three different understandings of what is required to maintain an alleged national identity of tolerance. Data indicated that stronger agreement with the need to live up to
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What works and why in interventions to strengthen social cohesion: A systematic review Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 S. Nima Orazani, Katherine J. Reynolds, Harry Osborne
COVID-19 has highlighted worldwide the importance of a strong social and political fabric. Those countries that fared best were ones where there was community connection, belonging, a volunteering ethos, and a belief in the legitimacy of official institutions, all deemed critical aspects of social cohesion. It has become clear that understanding and strengthening social cohesion in times of stability
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‘Are they refugees or economic migrants?’ The effect of asylum seekers' motivation to migrate on intentions to help them Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Emine Bilgen, Hanna Zagefka, R. Thora Bjornsdottir, Yasemin Abayhan
Immigration has played a significant role in human history as people move to new places for economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political refuge. However, asylum seekers are often viewed negatively and falsely portrayed in media, leading to fear and distrust among locals. In the current research, participants read a fictitious news article about an asylum seeker's (Syrian, Ukrainian, or
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Social identification dimensions, sources of discrimination, and sexuality support as correlates of well-being among sexual minorities Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Victoria K. Hambour, Amanda L. Duffy, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
Sexual minorities experience poorer well-being compared to their heterosexual peers, with discrimination explaining some of this disparity. However, according to the rejection identification model (RIM; Branscombe et al., 1999), this impact of discrimination can be mitigated by minority social identification. The aim of the current study was to test the associations of discrimination and social identification
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Perceived sexualization of the work environment's influence on well-being, attitudes, and behaviors: The roles of organizational dehumanization and enjoyment of sexualization Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Stephanie Demoulin, Noémie Brison, Florence Stinglhamber
The present research investigates whether employees' perceptions of being dehumanized by their organization act as an underlying mechanism in the relationship between sexualized work environments (SWE) and their detrimental consequences. The research also examines the moderating role of enjoyment of sexualization (ES) in the relationship between SWE and organizational dehumanization (OD). First, a
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The effect of a 7-day intensive Buddhist meditation on existential isolation, interpersonal isolation, and compassion among South Koreans Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-05-20 Young Chin Park, Elizabeth C. Pinel
This study investigates the effects of an intensive Buddhist (Zen) meditation practice on reductions in existential isolation and increases in prosocial behavior. This study also examines whether the hypothesized reduction in existential isolation resulting from the intensive meditation practice predicts other-focused compassion. Study 1 utilized a quasi-experimental design to investigate the effects
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When do I feel good when I am nice? A diary study about the relationship between prosocial behavior and well-being Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Jana S. Kesenheimer, Andreas Kastenmüller, Lea-Sophie Kinkel, Beril Fidan, Tobias Greitemeyer
Previous research has shown that prosocial behavior not only benefits the person being helped, but also promotes the well-being of the person helping. Still, several specific characteristics of the helping situation have not yet been considered in one single study. Thus, we examined under which circumstances the helper's well-being is more or less positively influenced. We carried out a 7-day diary
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Lowering the barriers to change: Can processing-related self-affirmations overcome resistance? Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Thomas Emonds, Thijs Verwijmeren, Barbara C. N. Müller
People often close themselves off to novel ideas without giving them adequate consideration. By doing so, they possibly miss out on important advantages these ideas may bring. One strategy that appears to effectively reduce such resistance involves self-affirming techniques, which aim to bolster one's self-concept by focusing on values of the self which are unrelated to the persuasion topic. The current
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Systemic sexism recognition and antisexism encourage gender equality activism: An adaptation of bystander intervention theory Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Kristina G. Chamberlin, E. Ashby Plant
Although great strides have been made toward gender equality in the United States, continued progress is needed. The current paper adapts bystander intervention theory to delineate which individuals are more likely to engage in gender equality activism. We postulated that individuals who identify that systemic sexism causes gender inequalities (i.e., systemic sexism recognition) and who feel personally
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How feeling misidentified can drive negative attitudes yet increase performance: The role of appraisals Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Alyson Meister, Emma Zhao, Carol Gill, Karen (Etty) Jehn, Amanda Sinclair
Internal identity asymmetry is the uncomfortable experience of having one's identity mistaken—feeling being misidentified—by others at work. Through two longitudinal field studies of working individuals, we investigate the consequences of internal identity asymmetry on individuals' attitudes and work performance. Importantly, we incorporate the stress and coping literature to examine how the individual's
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Psychological outcomes of local heritage engagement: Participation in community archeological excavations increases well-being, self-efficacy, and perceived community support Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Ambra Brizi, Anna Rabinovich, Carenza Lewis
There is evidence that engagement with tangible heritage is linked to improvements in well-being. However, experimental tests of this association, as well as theoretical accounts explaining this relationship, are lacking. The present study aims to compensate for this gap by developing a theoretical framework based on the social identity approach that explains the effect of community-based heritage
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When dehumanization does (and does not) matter: Exploring the relationship between social justice motivations, avoidant behaviors, and intentions to help individuals experiencing homelessness Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Brittany M. Tausen, Jamie H. Lee, Anna S. Dischinger, Isabelle A. Dennis
Highly stigmatized groups, such as those experiencing homelessness, commonly encounter both animalistic and mechanistic dehumanization. Yet, how and when each form is related to the treatment of such groups is not well understood. We explored the relative importance of animalistic and mechanistic dehumanization in predicting behaviors to avoid and willingness to help individuals experiencing homelessness
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Exemplar typicality in interventions to reduce public stigma against people with mental illness Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-04-22 Rachel D. Maunder, Fiona A. White
A large number of studies support the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing public stigma, which has numerous deleterious effects on the lives of people with mental illness. Missing from research literature, however, is an examination of intervention characteristics which may enhance their effectiveness. Drawing from the broader literature concerned with changing perceptions of social outgroups
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The interaction game: A reciprocity-based minimal paradigm for the induction of social distance Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Marco Biella, Tobias R. Rebholz, Miriam Holthausen, Mandy Hütter
The investigation of how social distance affects psychological phenomena has relied mostly on comparisons between strangers and acquaintances. Such an operationalization suffers from a confound between social distance and acquaintance. We propose an experimental paradigm that manipulates social distance while avoiding the aforementioned confound. By relying on reciprocity and known social tie formation
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Counter explanation and consider the opposite: Do corrective strategies reduce biased assimilation and attitude polarization in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic? Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-03-11 Tobias Greitemeyer
People have conflicting opinions on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), from disagreements about the vaccine's effectiveness to competing claims about the need for restrictions. The present two studies (Ns = 262 and 250) examined whether COVID-19 beliefs had a confirmatory impact on how belief-relevant scientific research is evaluated and whether the use of corrective strategies (counter explanation
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Reclaim the streets: The link between positive and negative direct intergroup contact and movement support against immigration via threat perceptions Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Claas Pollmanns, Frank Asbrock
In recent years, anti-immigration movements have emerged and aim to gain the attention and support of the public. In two studies (Study 1, N = 775, student sample; Study 2, N = 500, non student sample) we investigated the role of positive and negative intergroup contact to predict support for anti-immigration movements from native Germans in a context of a recent intergroup conflict. Using path analysis
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Erratum Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-02-23
The article listed below, intended for publication in Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Volume 53, Issue 3, a special issue entitled “Current Advances in the Study of Weight Stigma: Applied and Intersectional Lenses” was inadvertently published in a regular issue, volume 52, Issue 12. The article should be cited as shown below. Development and validation of the Fat Attitudes Assessment Toolkit
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“You want to be politically correct”: Opposition to political correctness predicts less adherence to COVID-19 guidelines in the US Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-02-18 Cameron D. Mackey, Kimberly Rios, Evan Johnson
Previous research has demonstrated that conservative individuals (relative to liberal individuals) were less likely to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines (e.g., social distancing). We argue that because adherence to COVID-19 guidelines was largely characterized as “politically correct” behavior, individuals opposed to political correctness (PC) norms would follow COVID-19 guidelines less, controlling for
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Carry-over effect of single media exposure and mass-mediated contact with remote outgroups: From asylum seekers in Europe to an Israeli local outgroup Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Sabina Lissitsa, Nonna Kushnirovich, Nili Steinfeld
This research investigated the effects of a single exposure to media content of a distinct valence and mass-mediated contact with a distant minority outgroup on feelings/attitudes toward a local outgroup. Experimental Study 1 was conducted among 314 Israeli Jews. The findings of Study 1 showed the effects of a single exposure to positive and negative media items about asylum seekers in Europe on perceived
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If they rise, will we fall? Social identity uncertainty and preference for collective victimhood rhetoric Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Sucharita Belavadi, Michael A. Hogg
Intergroup status relations are in a constant flux, and groups monitor and pay attention to not only their own status as active and distinctive entities to ensure survival but also monitor the status and vitality of rival outgroups that are viewed as a threat to ingroup status. This study, set within the context of Indian religious intergroup relations, examines whether perceived outgroup vitality
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Corrigendum Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-01-23
The article by Kaluza, Weber, van Dick, & Junker (2021) was published with the following error. The authors noticed an error in the Figure 1, ideal health-oriented leader behavior should also moderate the pathway between actual health-oriented leader behavior and self-care behavior. It has been explained correctly in the hypotheses and tests, however, it has been misrepresented in the figure. The revised
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The unique roles of threat perception and misinformation accuracy judgments in the relationship between political orientation and COVID-19 health behaviors Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Vincenzo J. Olivett, Heather M. Maranges, David S. March
Not everyone engages in COVID-19 related preventative health behaviors (PHB; e.g., mask wearing, social distancing) despite their demonstrated effectiveness for mitigating the spread of COVID-19. In the United States, for instance, PHBs emerged as (and remain) a partisan issue. The current work examines partisan gaps in PHB by considering both informational and perceptual factors related to COVID-19
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Enforcing pragmatic future-mindedness cures the innovator's bias Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Andrew Reece, Austin D. Eubanks, Alex Liebscher, Roy F. Baumeister
The innovator's bias is defined as the tendency for innovators to focus mainly on the positive potential impact of their inventions and to neglect, ignore, or downplay any potential negative impact. Such bias may help sustain the motivation needed for business success but may create problems by failing to acknowledge and prepare for problematic outcomes. We report three studies (total n = 1608) designed
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Effects of fact-checking warning labels and social endorsement cues on climate change fake news credibility and engagement on social media Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Timo K. Koch, Lena Frischlich, Eva Lermer
Online fake news can have noxious consequences. Social media platforms are experimenting with different interventions to curb fake news' spread, often employing them simultaneously. However, research investigating the interaction of these interventions is limited. Here, we use the heuristic-systematic model of information processing (HSM) as a theoretical framework to jointly test two interventions
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Pessimistic assessments of ability in informal conversation Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Christopher Welker, Jesse Walker, Erica Boothby, Thomas Gilovich
Conversation is one of the most common ways of establishing social connection and satisfying the need to belong. But despite spending considerable time talking to others, many people report that engaging in informal conversation with anyone other than close friends and family makes them anxious. In this research, we explored people's assessments of their conversational ability. In Studies 1a–1c, we
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Epistemic motivation facilitates advice seeking and utilization by groups Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Young-Jae Yoon, James R. Larson, R. Scott Tindale, Hea-Kyung Ro
Drawing on a motivated information processing model, we tested the hypothesis that groups' receptivity to outside advice is facilitated by their epistemic motivation—the desire to gain an accurate understanding of the world. Epistemic motivation was measured by proxy in Study 1 using a team task reflexivity measure, and was experimentally manipulated in Studies 2 and 3 by varying, respectively, either
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Perceptions of Black and White individuals sentenced for violent and nonviolent crimes Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Annabelle Bass, Jihye Choi, Cheryl L. Dickter
The US judicial system is rife with racial discrimination against Black individuals at every stage. The current study aimed to examine perceptions of individuals accused of crimes and perceptions of sentencing decisions. Furthermore, we aimed to examine whether implicit and explicit racial bias would affect these perceptions. White university students (n = 157) and noncollege adults (n = 224) viewed
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Dispositional and situational attributions for why the rich live longer than the poor Journal of Applied Social Psychology (IF 2.654) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Emma K. Bridger, Angela Tufte-Hewett, David A. Comerford
Despite considerable focus on predictors of attitudes towards economic inequality, there is less psychological research into attitudes towards other unequal outcomes between the rich and poor, including differences in health and life expectancy. Two studies examine whether causal attributions for these socioeconomic health inequalities predict attitudes towards them. A cross-sectional study of 332