Do Demographic Increases in LGBT and Nonreligious Americans Increase Threat

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21453545
AutoresCameron D Mackey (0000-0001-7676-7660, Ohio University, Athens, USA, autor de correspondencia), Kimberly Rios (0000-0003-4844-8405, Ohio University, Athens, USA)
Año2025
Volumen51
Número2
Páginas253-267
Fecha de publicación2025-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0146-1672 • E-ISSN: 1552-7433
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/01461672231188278
PMID37526197
OpenAlexW4385443004
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas38

Building on previous research demonstrating that demographic growth of racial minorities increases realistic threat and prejudice among majority group members, we examined whether demographic increases of groups associated with symbolic threat (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT] and nonreligious groups) increased realistic threat, symbolic threat, and/or prejudice. In a single-paper meta-analysis across four studies, participants who read that LGBT groups were becoming more prevalent in the United States exhibited heightened perceptions of realistic threat and (especially) symbolic threat from these groups, which in turn predicted anti-LGBT prejudice. Two similar studies examining the growth of nonreligious groups demonstrated weaker effects. Implications for America’s growing diversity and future directions for studying these effects are discussed

Diversity (politics) · Ethnic group · Lesbian · Minority group · Perception · Prejudice (legal term) · Sociology · Transgender · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology