Fiona A White
Biographic Data
| ID | 122237 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fiona A White |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fiona A |
| FAMILY NAME | White |
| SIGNATURE | WHITE F A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3040-7130 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 331 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Mobilizing the Majority: The Role of Intergroup Contact and Exposure to Conceptualizations of Racism in Promoting Intergroup Solidarity
Intergroup contact is known to predict advantaged group members’ solidarity with minority outgroups, which is crucial given persisting racial inequalities. To identify whether exposure to a conceptualization of racism can affect the contact–action relationship, two studies were conducted with White participants randomly allocated to a systemic racism, individual racism, or baseline condition, and their intergroup contact quality with racial minor…
Promoting positive intergroup relations toward sexual and gender minorities: The role of vicarious contact and religiosity
The future of prejudice reduction research: A critical review of the role of virtual reality (VR)
With the exponential growth of new technology, it is timely that social psychologists continue to develop new and effective solutions to old but existing problems, including prejudice. One such solution is virtual reality (VR). This critical review examines VR as a promising new media tool to reduce prejudice and improve intergroup relations. Unlike traditional prejudice reduction strategies, VR provides researchers with a high degree of experime…
Anti-social behavior and soccer identities: Different continents, same mindset
Although most soccer fans support their teams peacefully, anti-social fan behavior continues to appear across the globe. We tested the roles of identity fusion and membership to an extreme fan group (ultras) in explaining fan disorder in two understudied contexts: Indonesia (Study 1) and Australia (Study 2). Incidents of violence and antisocial behavior were rarely reported among general Indonesian (9%) or Australian fans (6%) but were significan…
The power of words and voices: The role of direct and vicarious contact (text vs. audio modalities) in reducing anti-Chinese prejudice
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated anti-Chinese sentiments, demonstrating an urgent need for effective prejudice reduction interventions. Study 1 tested the relationship between contact and prejudice and its mediators toward Chinese people in Australia ( N = 362). As predicted, positive contact was significantly associated with less prejudice and, reliably, intergroup anxiety had the strongest mediation effect in this relationship. In Study 2, Eur…
Advancing E-contact to Reduce Intergroup Anxiety and Increase Positive Attitudes Towards Individuals Who Identify as Bisexual
Bisexual individuals are invisible sexual minorities, who face prejudice and "double discrimination" from both heterosexual and sexual minority communities. Despite this, little empirical research has examined bisexual prejudice reduction. To address this, the current study tested an E-contact intervention - a highly structured, text-based, online interaction tool - to reduce bisexual prejudice. Heterosexual participants ( N = 170) were randomly …
Beyond direct contact: The theoretical and societal relevance of indirect contact for improving intergroup relations
Today, physical and psychological barriers can reduce opportunities for the type of direct face‐to‐face intergroup contact first identified by Gordon Allport. Consequently, social psychological researchers have identified, developed and tested a burgeoning array of different forms of indirect contact, including, extended contact, Electronic‐ or E‐contact, imagined contact, vicarious contact and parasocial contact. In addition to providing a criti…
Intergroup contact research in the 21st century: Lessons learned and forward progress if we remain open
This article presents the 2021 JSI special issue on intergroup contact, which we designed to offer a fresh outlook on a rapidly expanding literature on the antecedents, dynamics, and consequences of interactions between members of opposing groups in society—or intergroup contact. We start by discussing the results of a bibliographic search of intergroup contact research between 1937 and 2021 and organizing our analysis around two distinct phases …
Text-based E-contact: Harnessing cooperative Internet interactions to bridge the social and psychological divide
In order to bridge the psychological and physical divide between different groups, researchers have harnessed the positive elements of the Internet to improve intergroup contact. One new and effective Internet strategy is Electronic- or E-contact. Unlike other contact approaches, E-contact is an experimental intergroup intervention that uniquely accommodates Allport’s contact theory and recategorisation processes, to create a structured, cooperat…
Reducing Transgender Stigma via an E-contact Intervention
Harnessing Social Influence Theory to Improve Attitudes Towards Gay Parents
Minority stress, social support, and the mental health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual Australians during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
ObjectiveThe current study examined the relationship between minority stress, social support, and the mental health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) Australians during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.MethodA sample of 1,305 Australian LGB adults completed an online survey that measured their frequency of exposure to negative and positive media messages about same‐sex marriage, perceived personal support, and psychological distress du…
Improving intergroup relations between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland via E‐contact
Northern Ireland is characterised by extensive segregation between its predominantly Catholic and Protestant communities. With the aim of overcoming this segregation, the current study experimentally evaluated the effectiveness of electronic or E‐contact as a novel indirect contact and prejudice‐reduction strategy. Here, Catholic and Protestant participants were not required to meet physically but were involved in a collaborative and goal‐orienta…
Modern avenues for intergroup contact: Using E-contact and intergroup emotions to reduce stereotyping and social distancing against people with schizophrenia
Intergroup contact is the leading strategy for reducing the stigma associated with mental illness. For the first time, the current study examines the effectiveness of a contemporary intergroup contact strategy, called electronic or E-contact, to reduce stigma against people diagnosed with schizophrenia. It also examines the mediating role of three target-relevant intergroup emotions, namely fear, anger, and pity. In total, 133 participants engage…
Using Electronic Contact to Reduce Homonegative Attitudes, Emotions, and Behavioral Intentions Among Heterosexual Women and Men: A Contemporary Extension of the Contact Hypothesis
The current study experimentally examined the potential for a contemporary extension of the contact hypothesis, known as electronic contact, or E-contact, to reduce sexual prejudice, intergroup anxiety, and avoidant behavioral intentions among heterosexuals. It also extended the sexual minority contact literature by examining the role of participant and interaction partner sex as a possible boundary condition of this contact-prejudice relationshi…
Comparative Associations Between Achieved Bicultural Identity, Achieved Ego Identity, and Achieved Religious Identity and Adaptation Among Australian Adolescent Muslims
This study examined the comparative roles of biculturalism, ego identity, and religious identity in the adaptation of Australian adolescent Muslims. A total of 504 high school Muslim students studying at high schools in metropolitan Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, took part in this study which required them to complete a self-report questionnaire. Analyses indicated that adolescent Muslims' achieved religious identity seems to play a more import…
Whiteness and national identity: Teacher discourses in Australian primary schools
The study examines how white teachers talked to children about national identity and cultural diversity by drawing on qualitative research with eight- to 12-year-old students and their teachers from four Australian primary schools with different racial, ethnic and cultural demographics. Despite a range of explicit and implicit approaches that fostered different levels of critique among students, teachers often communicated Australian national ide…
The Interconnection Between Islamic Religiosity and Deviancy Among Australian Muslim Youth: A Partial Mediation Role of Life Satisfaction
The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which life satisfaction mediates the relationship between Islamic religiosity and deviancy amongst Muslim youth. A sample of 200 Australian Muslims aged between 18 and 25 years (Mage = 21.18; SD = 1.89) participated in this study. An existing attitude toward Islam measure and Islamic religious practice measure developed for the current study purposes were used. Controlling for demographic …
Cultural Identification and Religious Identification Contribute Differentially to the Adaptation of Australian Adolescent Muslims
Including Both Voices: A New Bidirectional Framework for Understanding and Improving Intergroup Relations
Methods: If successful intergroup harmony is to be achieved between two groups, then both groups' voices must be heard. Despite this, 60 years of social psychological “intergroup” prejudice research has tended to adopt a solely majority‐centric perspective, with the majority group portrayed as the active agent of prejudice, and the minority group as passive targets.Objective: This paper critically reviews relevant literature, highlighting this un…
You are not born being racist, are you?’ Discussing racism with primary aged-children
n\t\t\t\t\tEthnic-racial socialisation is broadly described as processes by which both minority and majority children and young people learn about and negotiate racial, ethnic and cultural diversity. This paper extends the existing ethnic-racial socialisation literature in three significant ways: it (1) explores ways children make sense of racial and ethnic diversity in relation to their experiences of racial and ethnic diversity and racism; (2) …
Talking culture? Egalitarianism, color-blindness and racism in Australian elementary schools
Understanding the complexities of ethnic-racial socialization processes for both minority and majority groups: A 30-year systematic review
Achieving twelve-months of intergroup bias reduction: The dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment
A dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment promoting short- and long-term intergroup harmony
Understanding the complexities of ethnic-racial socialization processes for both minority and majority groups: A 30-year systematic review
Beyond direct contact: The theoretical and societal relevance of indirect contact for improving intergroup relations
Today, physical and psychological barriers can reduce opportunities for the type of direct face‐to‐face intergroup contact first identified by Gordon Allport. Consequently, social psychological researchers have identified, developed and tested a burgeoning array of different forms of indirect contact, including, extended contact, Electronic‐ or E‐contact, imagined contact, vicarious contact and parasocial contact. In addition to providing a criti…
A dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment promoting short- and long-term intergroup harmony
Talking culture? Egalitarianism, color-blindness and racism in Australian elementary schools
Minority stress, social support, and the mental health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual Australians during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
ObjectiveThe current study examined the relationship between minority stress, social support, and the mental health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) Australians during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.MethodA sample of 1,305 Australian LGB adults completed an online survey that measured their frequency of exposure to negative and positive media messages about same‐sex marriage, perceived personal support, and psychological distress du…
Intergroup contact research in the 21st century: Lessons learned and forward progress if we remain open
This article presents the 2021 JSI special issue on intergroup contact, which we designed to offer a fresh outlook on a rapidly expanding literature on the antecedents, dynamics, and consequences of interactions between members of opposing groups in society—or intergroup contact. We start by discussing the results of a bibliographic search of intergroup contact research between 1937 and 2021 and organizing our analysis around two distinct phases …
Culture, cross-role consistency, and adjustment: Testing trait and cultural psychology perspectives
Trait and cultural psychology perspectives on cross-role consistency and its relation to adjustment were examined in 2 individualistic cultures, the United States (N=231) and Australia (N=195), and 4 collectivistic cultures, Mexico (N=199), the Philippines (N=195), Malaysia (N=217), and Japan (N=180). Cross-role consistency in trait ratings was evident in all cultures, supporting trait perspectives. Cultural comparisons of mean consistency provid…
Implicit Theories and Self-Perceptions of Traitedness Across Cultures: Toward Integration of Cultural and Trait Psychology Perspectives
From the trait perspective, traitedness, or consistency of behavior, is expected in all cultures. However, cultural psychologists argue that behavior may be more determined by traits in individualistic than collectivistic cultures. The authors investigated implicit theories and self-perceptions of traitedness in two individualistic cultures, the United States ( n = 342) and Australia ( n = 172), and four collectivistic cultures, Mexico ( n = 400)…
Whiteness and national identity: Teacher discourses in Australian primary schools
The study examines how white teachers talked to children about national identity and cultural diversity by drawing on qualitative research with eight- to 12-year-old students and their teachers from four Australian primary schools with different racial, ethnic and cultural demographics. Despite a range of explicit and implicit approaches that fostered different levels of critique among students, teachers often communicated Australian national ide…
You are not born being racist, are you?’ Discussing racism with primary aged-children
n\t\t\t\t\tEthnic-racial socialisation is broadly described as processes by which both minority and majority children and young people learn about and negotiate racial, ethnic and cultural diversity. This paper extends the existing ethnic-racial socialisation literature in three significant ways: it (1) explores ways children make sense of racial and ethnic diversity in relation to their experiences of racial and ethnic diversity and racism; (2) …
Using Electronic Contact to Reduce Homonegative Attitudes, Emotions, and Behavioral Intentions Among Heterosexual Women and Men: A Contemporary Extension of the Contact Hypothesis
The current study experimentally examined the potential for a contemporary extension of the contact hypothesis, known as electronic contact, or E-contact, to reduce sexual prejudice, intergroup anxiety, and avoidant behavioral intentions among heterosexuals. It also extended the sexual minority contact literature by examining the role of participant and interaction partner sex as a possible boundary condition of this contact-prejudice relationshi…
Achieving twelve-months of intergroup bias reduction: The dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment
An Examination of Family Socialisation Processes as Moderators of Racial Prejudice Transmission Between Adolescents and Their Parents
This study extends previous research reporting correlations between adolescents’ and parents’ racial prejudice attitudes by examining how the family socialisation processes of cohesion, adaptability, and communication moderate both subtle and blatant prejudice transmission. The results, based upon a study of 93 adolescents and their parents, revealed that parents’ and adolescents’ prejudice scores were significantly correlated, and high composite…
Reducing Transgender Stigma via an E-contact Intervention
The Interconnection Between Islamic Religiosity and Deviancy Among Australian Muslim Youth: A Partial Mediation Role of Life Satisfaction
The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which life satisfaction mediates the relationship between Islamic religiosity and deviancy amongst Muslim youth. A sample of 200 Australian Muslims aged between 18 and 25 years (Mage = 21.18; SD = 1.89) participated in this study. An existing attitude toward Islam measure and Islamic religious practice measure developed for the current study purposes were used. Controlling for demographic …
Acculturation orientations and religious identity as predictors of Anglo-Australians’ attitudes towards Australian Muslims
Improving intergroup relations between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland via E‐contact
Northern Ireland is characterised by extensive segregation between its predominantly Catholic and Protestant communities. With the aim of overcoming this segregation, the current study experimentally evaluated the effectiveness of electronic or E‐contact as a novel indirect contact and prejudice‐reduction strategy. Here, Catholic and Protestant participants were not required to meet physically but were involved in a collaborative and goal‐orienta…
Modern avenues for intergroup contact: Using E-contact and intergroup emotions to reduce stereotyping and social distancing against people with schizophrenia
Intergroup contact is the leading strategy for reducing the stigma associated with mental illness. For the first time, the current study examines the effectiveness of a contemporary intergroup contact strategy, called electronic or E-contact, to reduce stigma against people diagnosed with schizophrenia. It also examines the mediating role of three target-relevant intergroup emotions, namely fear, anger, and pity. In total, 133 participants engage…
Including Both Voices: A New Bidirectional Framework for Understanding and Improving Intergroup Relations
Methods: If successful intergroup harmony is to be achieved between two groups, then both groups' voices must be heard. Despite this, 60 years of social psychological “intergroup” prejudice research has tended to adopt a solely majority‐centric perspective, with the majority group portrayed as the active agent of prejudice, and the minority group as passive targets.Objective: This paper critically reviews relevant literature, highlighting this un…
Adolescent racial prejudice development: The role of friendship quality and interracial contact
Cultural Identification and Religious Identification Contribute Differentially to the Adaptation of Australian Adolescent Muslims
Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Decision-Making
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of parent-adolescent communication and its role in the process of adolescent decision-making. Barnes and Olson’s (1985) Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale (PACS) and Moos and Moos’ (1976) Family Environment Scale (FES) were administered to measure the quality of communication within 76 family systems. Sources of influence in adolescent decision-making were also explored using a dyadic-system …
Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Decision-Making
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of parent-adolescent communication and its role in the process of adolescent decision-making. Barnes and Olson’s (1985) Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale (PACS) and Moos and Moos’ (1976) Family Environment Scale (FES) were administered to measure the quality of communication within 76 family systems. Sources of influence in adolescent decision-making were also explored using a dyadic-system …
Measuring the Content of Moral Judgement Development: The Revised Moral Authority Scale (Mas-R)
This paper investigates the psychometric properties of the revised Moral Authority Scale (MASR), a unique content-based scale, which measures an individual's attributed level of influence to sources of moral authority in their moral decision making. In order to examine these psychometric properties, the MAS-R, Rest's (1979) Defining Issues Test (DIT) and Shelton & McAdams (1990) Visions of Morality Scale (VMS) were administered to 186 adolescents…
An Examination of Family Socialisation Processes as Moderators of Racial Prejudice Transmission Between Adolescents and Their Parents
This study extends previous research reporting correlations between adolescents’ and parents’ racial prejudice attitudes by examining how the family socialisation processes of cohesion, adaptability, and communication moderate both subtle and blatant prejudice transmission. The results, based upon a study of 93 adolescents and their parents, revealed that parents’ and adolescents’ prejudice scores were significantly correlated, and high composite…
Implicit Theories and Self-Perceptions of Traitedness Across Cultures: Toward Integration of Cultural and Trait Psychology Perspectives
From the trait perspective, traitedness, or consistency of behavior, is expected in all cultures. However, cultural psychologists argue that behavior may be more determined by traits in individualistic than collectivistic cultures. The authors investigated implicit theories and self-perceptions of traitedness in two individualistic cultures, the United States ( n = 342) and Australia ( n = 172), and four collectivistic cultures, Mexico ( n = 400)…
Culture, cross-role consistency, and adjustment: Testing trait and cultural psychology perspectives
Trait and cultural psychology perspectives on cross-role consistency and its relation to adjustment were examined in 2 individualistic cultures, the United States (N=231) and Australia (N=195), and 4 collectivistic cultures, Mexico (N=199), the Philippines (N=195), Malaysia (N=217), and Japan (N=180). Cross-role consistency in trait ratings was evident in all cultures, supporting trait perspectives. Cultural comparisons of mean consistency provid…
Graduate attributes of the 4-year Australian undergraduate psychology program
This paper outlines the background, process and outcomes for a project that delineated a set of graduate attributes of the 4-year Australian undergraduate psychology program. The nature of the current undergraduate psychology program and its quality assurance system is described, followed by a consideration of current issues in psychology education and training. The processes involved in delineating the six graduate attributes (i.e., knowledge an…
Adolescent racial prejudice development: The role of friendship quality and interracial contact
Acculturation orientations and religious identity as predictors of Anglo-Australians’ attitudes towards Australian Muslims
A dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment promoting short- and long-term intergroup harmony
You are not born being racist, are you?’ Discussing racism with primary aged-children
n\t\t\t\t\tEthnic-racial socialisation is broadly described as processes by which both minority and majority children and young people learn about and negotiate racial, ethnic and cultural diversity. This paper extends the existing ethnic-racial socialisation literature in three significant ways: it (1) explores ways children make sense of racial and ethnic diversity in relation to their experiences of racial and ethnic diversity and racism; (2) …
Talking culture? Egalitarianism, color-blindness and racism in Australian elementary schools
Understanding the complexities of ethnic-racial socialization processes for both minority and majority groups: A 30-year systematic review
Achieving twelve-months of intergroup bias reduction: The dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment
Including Both Voices: A New Bidirectional Framework for Understanding and Improving Intergroup Relations
Methods: If successful intergroup harmony is to be achieved between two groups, then both groups' voices must be heard. Despite this, 60 years of social psychological “intergroup” prejudice research has tended to adopt a solely majority‐centric perspective, with the majority group portrayed as the active agent of prejudice, and the minority group as passive targets.Objective: This paper critically reviews relevant literature, highlighting this un…
Whiteness and national identity: Teacher discourses in Australian primary schools
The study examines how white teachers talked to children about national identity and cultural diversity by drawing on qualitative research with eight- to 12-year-old students and their teachers from four Australian primary schools with different racial, ethnic and cultural demographics. Despite a range of explicit and implicit approaches that fostered different levels of critique among students, teachers often communicated Australian national ide…
The Interconnection Between Islamic Religiosity and Deviancy Among Australian Muslim Youth: A Partial Mediation Role of Life Satisfaction
The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which life satisfaction mediates the relationship between Islamic religiosity and deviancy amongst Muslim youth. A sample of 200 Australian Muslims aged between 18 and 25 years (Mage = 21.18; SD = 1.89) participated in this study. An existing attitude toward Islam measure and Islamic religious practice measure developed for the current study purposes were used. Controlling for demographic …
Cultural Identification and Religious Identification Contribute Differentially to the Adaptation of Australian Adolescent Muslims
Comparative Associations Between Achieved Bicultural Identity, Achieved Ego Identity, and Achieved Religious Identity and Adaptation Among Australian Adolescent Muslims
This study examined the comparative roles of biculturalism, ego identity, and religious identity in the adaptation of Australian adolescent Muslims. A total of 504 high school Muslim students studying at high schools in metropolitan Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, took part in this study which required them to complete a self-report questionnaire. Analyses indicated that adolescent Muslims' achieved religious identity seems to play a more import…
Modern avenues for intergroup contact: Using E-contact and intergroup emotions to reduce stereotyping and social distancing against people with schizophrenia
Intergroup contact is the leading strategy for reducing the stigma associated with mental illness. For the first time, the current study examines the effectiveness of a contemporary intergroup contact strategy, called electronic or E-contact, to reduce stigma against people diagnosed with schizophrenia. It also examines the mediating role of three target-relevant intergroup emotions, namely fear, anger, and pity. In total, 133 participants engage…
Using Electronic Contact to Reduce Homonegative Attitudes, Emotions, and Behavioral Intentions Among Heterosexual Women and Men: A Contemporary Extension of the Contact Hypothesis
The current study experimentally examined the potential for a contemporary extension of the contact hypothesis, known as electronic contact, or E-contact, to reduce sexual prejudice, intergroup anxiety, and avoidant behavioral intentions among heterosexuals. It also extended the sexual minority contact literature by examining the role of participant and interaction partner sex as a possible boundary condition of this contact-prejudice relationshi…
Harnessing Social Influence Theory to Improve Attitudes Towards Gay Parents
Minority stress, social support, and the mental health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual Australians during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
ObjectiveThe current study examined the relationship between minority stress, social support, and the mental health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) Australians during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.MethodA sample of 1,305 Australian LGB adults completed an online survey that measured their frequency of exposure to negative and positive media messages about same‐sex marriage, perceived personal support, and psychological distress du…
Improving intergroup relations between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland via E‐contact
Northern Ireland is characterised by extensive segregation between its predominantly Catholic and Protestant communities. With the aim of overcoming this segregation, the current study experimentally evaluated the effectiveness of electronic or E‐contact as a novel indirect contact and prejudice‐reduction strategy. Here, Catholic and Protestant participants were not required to meet physically but were involved in a collaborative and goal‐orienta…
Text-based E-contact: Harnessing cooperative Internet interactions to bridge the social and psychological divide
In order to bridge the psychological and physical divide between different groups, researchers have harnessed the positive elements of the Internet to improve intergroup contact. One new and effective Internet strategy is Electronic- or E-contact. Unlike other contact approaches, E-contact is an experimental intergroup intervention that uniquely accommodates Allport’s contact theory and recategorisation processes, to create a structured, cooperat…
Reducing Transgender Stigma via an E-contact Intervention
Psychology (31 works) · Social Psychology (29 works) · Social Psychology (25 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (18 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Prejudice (legal term (9 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 works) · Contact theory (8 works) · Political science (8 works)