Raquel Antonio
Biographic Data
| ID | 230980 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raquel Antonio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raquel |
| FAMILY NAME | Antonio |
| SIGNATURE | ANTONIO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6044-3917 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Breaking barriers
Bystanders are present in most bullying and cyberbullying incidents, and when they intervene in favor of the victim, they can effectively stop it. Evidence suggests that intergroup factors, such as social identification, increase bystanders’ helping intentions in bullying episodes. However, relatively little is known about the potential positive effects of intergroup factors on bystanders’ attitudes and behaviors when witnessing bias-based cyberb…
Cyberbullying during Covid-19 lockdowns
The COVID-19 pandemic posed additional challenges to the safety and well-being of young people who were forced to engage in online learning, spending more time than ever online, and cyberbullying emerged as a notable concern for parents, educators, and students. Two studies conducted online examined the prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of cyberbullying episodes during the lockdowns due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Portugal. Study 1 ( N = 48…
The benefits of common inclusive identities for adolescent bystanders’ intentions to help homophobic bullying victims
Bystanders’ helping behaviors are essential to mitigate bullying and its consequences, although bystanders do not always intervene on behalf of those who are victimized. One study ( N = 170) tested, experimentally, the impact of different forms of common identities (one-group and dual-identity vs. control) on youth (aged between 12 and 19 years) bystanders’ helping behavioral intentions in the context of a common form of bias-based bullying (i.e.…
Mind the Gap! LGBTQ + Population’s Perceptions of Discrimination and of Legal Innovation
Introduction Homosexuality was decriminalized in Portugal in 1982, and several legislative changes have emerged since the beginning of the twenty-first century. However, 2010 marked the beginning of the approval of fundamental laws for the life of LGBTQ + people, such as same-sex marriage, access to parenthood and the right to self-determination of gender identity. Despite these advances, discrimination is still present in Portuguese society. Met…
Imagined and extended contact experiences and adolescent bystanders' behavioral intentions in homophobic bullying episodes
Bystanders' helping interventions in bias‐based bullying are rare, although they have the potential to intervene on behalf of the victim and quickly stop the aggression. Two studies tested, experimentally, the impact of adolescents' imagined (Study 1, N = 113, M age = 16.17) and extended contact experiences (Study 2, N = 174, M age = 15.79) on assertive bystanders' behavioral intentions in the context of homophobic bullying, an under‐researched b…
Stay away or stay together? Social contagion, common identity, and bystanders’ interventions in homophobic bullying episodes
Two studies explored the link between social contagion concerns and assertive bystanders’ behavioral intentions in homophobic bullying episodes. Study 1 ( N = 216) examined if adolescents’ social contagion concerns (i.e., fear of being misclassified as gay/lesbian) relate to decreased behavioral intentions to help victims of bullying, by increasing negative attitudes towards lesbians and gay men. Study 2 ( N = 230) further explored if inclusive i…
Auditory Gaydar
We investigated auditory gaydar (i.e., the ability to recognize sexual orientation) in female speakers, addressing three related issues: whether auditory gaydar is (1) accurate, (2) language-dependent (i.e., occurs only in some languages, but not in others), and (3) ingroup-specific (i.e., occurs only when listeners judge speakers of their own language, but not when they judge foreign language speakers). In three experiments, we asked Italian, Po…
Gay Voice
Voice Changes Meaning
Utterances reveal not only semantic information but also information about the speaker's social category membership, including sexual orientation. In four studies ( N = 345), we investigated how the meaning of what is being said changes as a function of the speaker's voice. In Studies 1a/1b, gay- and straight-sounding voices uttered the same sentences. Listeners indicated the likelihood that the speaker was referring to one among two target objec…
Percepções dos portugueses sobre os imigrantes
O presente estudo investigou o impacto de diferentes formas de indispensabilidade grupal na acção colectiva e distância social de um grupo maioritário em relação a diferentes grupos de imigrantes. Mais especificamente, examinámos se a indispensabilidade percebida de diferentes grupos de imigrantes, para a identidade nacional e para o funcionamento da sociedade, a) reduz a distância social e b) aumenta o apoio a acções colectivas que beneficiam os…
The Functional and Identity Indispensability Scale (Fiis)
Do we need them? When immigrant communities are perceived as indispensable to national identity or functioning of the host society
This study proposed a new perspective to look at the consequences of the formation of immigrant communities in globalized societies, by investigating the impact of two forms of group indispensability on majority attitudes towards immigrants. Specifically, it explored whether perceived indispensability of different immigrant groups to the national identity and their contributions to the functioning of the host society are related to the developmen…
Bullying homofóbico no contexto escolar em Portugal
O presente estudo pretendeu explorar o fenómeno do bullying homofóbico em Portugal relativamente à sua prevalência, consequências e formas de agressão. Mediante um questionário online, distribuído pelos núcleos locais da Associação rede ex aequo e preenchido por 184 estudantes, verificou?se que, à semelhança de resultados internacionais, o recinto escolar é o local privilegiado para a ocorrência deste fenómeno. Os resultados indicam que prevalece…
Do we need them? When immigrant communities are perceived as indispensable to national identity or functioning of the host society
This study proposed a new perspective to look at the consequences of the formation of immigrant communities in globalized societies, by investigating the impact of two forms of group indispensability on majority attitudes towards immigrants. Specifically, it explored whether perceived indispensability of different immigrant groups to the national identity and their contributions to the functioning of the host society are related to the developmen…
Auditory Gaydar
We investigated auditory gaydar (i.e., the ability to recognize sexual orientation) in female speakers, addressing three related issues: whether auditory gaydar is (1) accurate, (2) language-dependent (i.e., occurs only in some languages, but not in others), and (3) ingroup-specific (i.e., occurs only when listeners judge speakers of their own language, but not when they judge foreign language speakers). In three experiments, we asked Italian, Po…
Gay Voice
The Functional and Identity Indispensability Scale (Fiis)
Voice Changes Meaning
Utterances reveal not only semantic information but also information about the speaker's social category membership, including sexual orientation. In four studies ( N = 345), we investigated how the meaning of what is being said changes as a function of the speaker's voice. In Studies 1a/1b, gay- and straight-sounding voices uttered the same sentences. Listeners indicated the likelihood that the speaker was referring to one among two target objec…
Mind the Gap! LGBTQ + Population’s Perceptions of Discrimination and of Legal Innovation
Introduction Homosexuality was decriminalized in Portugal in 1982, and several legislative changes have emerged since the beginning of the twenty-first century. However, 2010 marked the beginning of the approval of fundamental laws for the life of LGBTQ + people, such as same-sex marriage, access to parenthood and the right to self-determination of gender identity. Despite these advances, discrimination is still present in Portuguese society. Met…
Imagined and extended contact experiences and adolescent bystanders' behavioral intentions in homophobic bullying episodes
Bystanders' helping interventions in bias‐based bullying are rare, although they have the potential to intervene on behalf of the victim and quickly stop the aggression. Two studies tested, experimentally, the impact of adolescents' imagined (Study 1, N = 113, M age = 16.17) and extended contact experiences (Study 2, N = 174, M age = 15.79) on assertive bystanders' behavioral intentions in the context of homophobic bullying, an under‐researched b…
Bullying homofóbico no contexto escolar em Portugal
O presente estudo pretendeu explorar o fenómeno do bullying homofóbico em Portugal relativamente à sua prevalência, consequências e formas de agressão. Mediante um questionário online, distribuído pelos núcleos locais da Associação rede ex aequo e preenchido por 184 estudantes, verificou?se que, à semelhança de resultados internacionais, o recinto escolar é o local privilegiado para a ocorrência deste fenómeno. Os resultados indicam que prevalece…
Do we need them? When immigrant communities are perceived as indispensable to national identity or functioning of the host society
This study proposed a new perspective to look at the consequences of the formation of immigrant communities in globalized societies, by investigating the impact of two forms of group indispensability on majority attitudes towards immigrants. Specifically, it explored whether perceived indispensability of different immigrant groups to the national identity and their contributions to the functioning of the host society are related to the developmen…
The Functional and Identity Indispensability Scale (Fiis)
Percepções dos portugueses sobre os imigrantes
O presente estudo investigou o impacto de diferentes formas de indispensabilidade grupal na acção colectiva e distância social de um grupo maioritário em relação a diferentes grupos de imigrantes. Mais especificamente, examinámos se a indispensabilidade percebida de diferentes grupos de imigrantes, para a identidade nacional e para o funcionamento da sociedade, a) reduz a distância social e b) aumenta o apoio a acções colectivas que beneficiam os…
Stay away or stay together? Social contagion, common identity, and bystanders’ interventions in homophobic bullying episodes
Two studies explored the link between social contagion concerns and assertive bystanders’ behavioral intentions in homophobic bullying episodes. Study 1 ( N = 216) examined if adolescents’ social contagion concerns (i.e., fear of being misclassified as gay/lesbian) relate to decreased behavioral intentions to help victims of bullying, by increasing negative attitudes towards lesbians and gay men. Study 2 ( N = 230) further explored if inclusive i…
Auditory Gaydar
We investigated auditory gaydar (i.e., the ability to recognize sexual orientation) in female speakers, addressing three related issues: whether auditory gaydar is (1) accurate, (2) language-dependent (i.e., occurs only in some languages, but not in others), and (3) ingroup-specific (i.e., occurs only when listeners judge speakers of their own language, but not when they judge foreign language speakers). In three experiments, we asked Italian, Po…
Gay Voice
Voice Changes Meaning
Utterances reveal not only semantic information but also information about the speaker's social category membership, including sexual orientation. In four studies ( N = 345), we investigated how the meaning of what is being said changes as a function of the speaker's voice. In Studies 1a/1b, gay- and straight-sounding voices uttered the same sentences. Listeners indicated the likelihood that the speaker was referring to one among two target objec…
Imagined and extended contact experiences and adolescent bystanders' behavioral intentions in homophobic bullying episodes
Bystanders' helping interventions in bias‐based bullying are rare, although they have the potential to intervene on behalf of the victim and quickly stop the aggression. Two studies tested, experimentally, the impact of adolescents' imagined (Study 1, N = 113, M age = 16.17) and extended contact experiences (Study 2, N = 174, M age = 15.79) on assertive bystanders' behavioral intentions in the context of homophobic bullying, an under‐researched b…
Cyberbullying during Covid-19 lockdowns
The COVID-19 pandemic posed additional challenges to the safety and well-being of young people who were forced to engage in online learning, spending more time than ever online, and cyberbullying emerged as a notable concern for parents, educators, and students. Two studies conducted online examined the prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of cyberbullying episodes during the lockdowns due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Portugal. Study 1 ( N = 48…
The benefits of common inclusive identities for adolescent bystanders’ intentions to help homophobic bullying victims
Bystanders’ helping behaviors are essential to mitigate bullying and its consequences, although bystanders do not always intervene on behalf of those who are victimized. One study ( N = 170) tested, experimentally, the impact of different forms of common identities (one-group and dual-identity vs. control) on youth (aged between 12 and 19 years) bystanders’ helping behavioral intentions in the context of a common form of bias-based bullying (i.e.…
Mind the Gap! LGBTQ + Population’s Perceptions of Discrimination and of Legal Innovation
Introduction Homosexuality was decriminalized in Portugal in 1982, and several legislative changes have emerged since the beginning of the twenty-first century. However, 2010 marked the beginning of the approval of fundamental laws for the life of LGBTQ + people, such as same-sex marriage, access to parenthood and the right to self-determination of gender identity. Despite these advances, discrimination is still present in Portuguese society. Met…
Breaking barriers
Bystanders are present in most bullying and cyberbullying incidents, and when they intervene in favor of the victim, they can effectively stop it. Evidence suggests that intergroup factors, such as social identification, increase bystanders’ helping intentions in bullying episodes. However, relatively little is known about the potential positive effects of intergroup factors on bystanders’ attitudes and behaviors when witnessing bias-based cyberb…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Perception (4 works) · Sexual orientation (4 works)