Barbara Masser
Biographic Data
| ID | 287415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Masser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Masser |
| SIGNATURE | MASSER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9385-6497 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 389 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
The “Perfect” Target: Investigating How Target Expectations Shape Perceptions of Gender Harassment
Gender harassment, the most prevalent form of sexual harassment, remains notably difficult to recognize in workplace settings. This experimental scenario-based study examined whether the extent to which a target aligns with people's expectations of a “typical” sexual harassment target (i.e., target prototypicality) influences recognition of gender harassment as a type of sexual harassment. Using a repeated-measures two-group design with 132 emplo…
How People Respond to Simulated Disclosures of Non-Physical Intimate Partner Violence
Victim-survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) often disclose their experiences to friends and family, yet little is known about disclosure-recipients' responses to non-physical IPV. We analyzed transcribed verbal responses from 28 participants to a simulated disclosure of verbal and monitoring abuse from either a male or female victim. Thematic analysis identified three support types centered around identifying abuse, resolving the situatio…
Donor Experience and Satisfaction: A Cross‐Sectional Survey of Australian Milk Donors
Pasteurised donor human milk is a vital resource for vulnerable preterm infants. As demand continues to grow, the sustainability of milk banking services relies not only on recruiting donors but also on fostering positive donor experiences. Satisfied donors are more likely to contribute consistently and advocate for the service, enhancing its visibility and community support. A total of 588 formal milk bank donors who donated to Australian Red Cr…
The effect of mock jury deliberation on the influence of stereotypes about sexual assault
Research on individual (mock) jurors suggests that socially shared inaccurate stereotypes and misperceptions about sexual assault influence perceptions of the credibility of complainants and the likelihood that the defendant is guilty. However, juries, not individuals, return verdicts in jury trials for sexual assault, and there is very limited evidence about whether the influence of stereotypes and misperceptions about sexual assault persists du…
Recognizing Gender Harassment in the Workplace: A Qualitative Analysis
Gender harassment (e.g., sexist or crude remarks) is the most common type of workplace sexual harassment but often goes unrecognized, which hinders intervention and prevention efforts. This qualitative study explored how laypeople understand and classify gender harassment at work. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 Australian employees, who were asked to define gender harassment and indicate whether they considered it a type of sex…
Yeah, this is my donation: An application of psychological ownership in blood donation
To meet the priority healthcare needs of any population there must be a consistently available blood supply donated by willing donors. Due to this universal need for blood, retaining blood donors remains an ongoing challenge for blood services internationally. Encouraging psychological ownership, or the feeling of ownership one experiences over a possession, provides a potential novel solution to donor retention. This study, based on semi-structu…
Recoding the gift relationship: Views on introducing genomic testing to blood donation
This study examines how the institutional context informs the ways in which healthy recipients relate to genomic information. Through focus group data, it considers the trend of blood collection agencies (BCA) moving to extend donor genotyping. We investigated how receipt of genomic information is viewed as fitting into the contract of altruistic, voluntary blood donation by donors and non-donors. Our findings suggest that receipt of genomic heal…
Warming up cool cooperators
Explaining why someone repeats high-cost cooperation towards non-reciprocating strangers is difficult. Warm glow offers an explanation. We argue that warm glow, as a mechanism to sustain long-term cooperation, cools off over time but can be warmed up with a simple intervention message. We tested our predictions in the context of repeat voluntary blood donation (high-cost helping of a non-reciprocating stranger) across 6 studies: a field-based exp…
Motivators, facilitators, and barriers to blood donation in Australia by people from ethnic minority groups: Perspectives of sub-Saharan African, East/South-East Asian, and Melanesian/Polynesian blood…
With the changing ethnic composition of the Australian population there has been a growing number of patients requiring transfusions of rarer blood types. People from ethnic minority groups are generally less likely to donate blood and this can lead to shortages for some patients from these communities. In this article we report the findings of a qualitative study of ethnic minority blood donors in Australia. We found that many of the motivators,…
The vasovagal reaction experience among blood donors: A qualitative study of factors that affect donor return
The impact of schemas on decision-making in cases involving allegations of sexual violence
Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) face significant barriers to having their complaints believed both when initially reporting their experiences and when giving evidence at trial. This is especially the case when they have been sexually assaulted by their partner. These barriers stem not only from misperceptions about what IPV is, but also due to a mismatch between the features of sexual assault in IPV and stereotypic expectations about w…
You’re making us all look bad: Sexism moderates women’s experience of collective threat and intra-gender hostility toward traditional and non-traditional female subtypes
Across two studies ( Ns = 265 and 735), we investigated whether women’s endorsement of hostile (HS) and benevolent sexism (BS) moderates their experience of collective threat and subsequent hostility toward traditional and non-traditional female subtypes. As expected, HS was positively associated with intra-gender hostility toward the non-traditional subtype, and these effects were mediated by collective threat. HS was negatively associated with …
The role of identity in how whole‐blood donors reflect on and construct their future as a plasma donor
In the context of decreased demand for whole blood and increased demand for plasma‐derived products, donors in Australia are increasingly being asked to convert from whole‐blood to plasmapheresis donations. Plasmapheresis is a different type of donation to whole blood as the process takes longer and can be engaged in more frequently. What is unknown is whether whole‐blood donors view donating plasma as consistent with their donor identity and how…
The Selective Use of Rape-Victim Stereotypes to Protect Culturally Similar Perpetrators
Powerful stereotypes exist about how female rape victims should act. For example, victims are expected to physically resist their attacker and immediately report their assault. In reality, some victims are too shocked to physically resist or too traumatized to immediately go to police. Nevertheless, counterstereotypic-victim behavior can undermine fair prosecution outcomes, especially for acquaintance-rape victims. In the current research, we exa…
Exploring the health and wellbeing benefits of gardening for older adults
Research shows that contact with nature plays a vital role in our psychological wellbeing. Domestic gardening is common among older adults who spend more leisure hours gardening than any other age group. Despite this, few studies have systematically explored the significance of domestic gardens in relation to older adults' health and wellbeing. This study examined the perceived therapeutic benefits of gardening, and the effect of ageing in relati…
Stereotypical and counterstereotypical defendants: Who is he and what was the case against her
Three studies investigated the effects of stereotype congruence on juror decision making by focusing on how defendant gender affects the way in which jurors attend to aspects of the case. Due to the female defendant's incongruence with offender stereotypes, mock jurors may direct greater attention to encoding features of the defendant at the expense of carefully considering the evidence. Study 1 (N = 101) found that mock jurors took into account …
Bad Woman, Bad Victim? Disentangling the Effects of Victim Stereotypicality, Gender Stereotypicality and Benevolent Sexism on Acquaintance Rape Victim Blame
Integrating social identity theory and the theory of planned behaviour to explain decisions to engage in sustainable agricultural practices
The present research integrates core aspects of social identity theory with the theory of planned behaviour to investigate factors influencing engagement in sustainable agricultural practices. Using a two‐wave prospective design, two studies were conducted with samples of farmers ( N =609 and N =259, respectively). At Time 1, a questionnaire survey assessed theory of planned behaviour variables in relation to engaging in riparian zone management …
We Like You, But We Don’t Want You’—The Impact of Pregnancy in the Workplace
Hostile Sexism and Rape Proclivity Amongst Men
With Friends Like These: The Role of Prejudice and Situational Norms on Discriminatory Helping Behavior
An experiment was conducted to examine the impact of homophobic attitudes and situational norms for helping on discriminatory behavior against a gay male. In a partial replication of Frey and Gaertner (1986), participants were asked to provide help to a confederate portrayed to be either gay or heterosexual who either requested help for himself (ambiguous situational norm) or for whom a third party requested help (unambiguous situational norm). P…
Reinforcing the Glass Ceiling: The Consequences of Hostile Sexism for Female Managerial Candidates
Bad but Bold: Ambivalent Attitudes Toward Men Predict Gender Inequality in 16 Nations
A 16-nation study involving 8,360 participants revealed that hostile and benevolent attitudes toward men, assessed by the Ambivalence Toward Men Inventory (P. Click & S.T. Fiske, 1999), were (a) reliably measured across cultures, (b) positively correlated (for men and women, within samples and across nations) with each other and with hostile and benevolent sexism toward women (Ambivalent Sexism Inventory, P. Click & S.T. Fiske, 1996), and (c) neg…
Perceptions of stranger and acquaintance rape: The role of benevolent and hostile sexism in victim blame and rape proclivity
In Studies 1 and 2, after reading an acquaintance-rape but not a stranger-rape scenario, higher benevolent sexist but not hostile sexist participants blamed the victim significantly more. In Study 2, higher hostile sexist but not benevolent sexist male participants showed significantly greater proclivity to commit acquaintance (but not stranger) rape. Studies 3 and 4 supported the hypothesis that the effects of benevolent sexism and hostile sexis…
Life on the Ocean Wave: Testing Some Intergroup Hypotheses in a Naturalistic Setting
A survey ( N= 352) was conducted among British passengers of a cross-channel ferry. The survey aimed to test hypotheses drawn from Realistic Group Conflict, Social Identity and Contact theories using mainly a correlational design. However, an intervention by members of the outgroup (French fishermen blockading a port) also allowed a quasi-experimental test of the effects of a direct experience of intergroup conflict. Results supported the hypothe…
Beyond prejudice as simple antipathy: Hostile and benevolent sexism across cultures
The authors argue that complementary hostile and benevolent components of sexism exist across cultures. Male dominance creates hostile sexism (HS), but men's dependence on women fosters benevolent sexism (BS)--subjectively positive attitudes that put women on a pedestal but reinforce their subordination. Research with 15,000 men and women in 19 nations showed that (a) HS and BS are coherent constructs that correlate positively across nations, but…
Bad but Bold: Ambivalent Attitudes Toward Men Predict Gender Inequality in 16 Nations
A 16-nation study involving 8,360 participants revealed that hostile and benevolent attitudes toward men, assessed by the Ambivalence Toward Men Inventory (P. Click & S.T. Fiske, 1999), were (a) reliably measured across cultures, (b) positively correlated (for men and women, within samples and across nations) with each other and with hostile and benevolent sexism toward women (Ambivalent Sexism Inventory, P. Click & S.T. Fiske, 1996), and (c) neg…
Reinforcing the Glass Ceiling: The Consequences of Hostile Sexism for Female Managerial Candidates
Life on the Ocean Wave: Testing Some Intergroup Hypotheses in a Naturalistic Setting
A survey ( N= 352) was conducted among British passengers of a cross-channel ferry. The survey aimed to test hypotheses drawn from Realistic Group Conflict, Social Identity and Contact theories using mainly a correlational design. However, an intervention by members of the outgroup (French fishermen blockading a port) also allowed a quasi-experimental test of the effects of a direct experience of intergroup conflict. Results supported the hypothe…
Perceptions of stranger and acquaintance rape: The role of benevolent and hostile sexism in victim blame and rape proclivity
In Studies 1 and 2, after reading an acquaintance-rape but not a stranger-rape scenario, higher benevolent sexist but not hostile sexist participants blamed the victim significantly more. In Study 2, higher hostile sexist but not benevolent sexist male participants showed significantly greater proclivity to commit acquaintance (but not stranger) rape. Studies 3 and 4 supported the hypothesis that the effects of benevolent sexism and hostile sexis…
Bad Woman, Bad Victim? Disentangling the Effects of Victim Stereotypicality, Gender Stereotypicality and Benevolent Sexism on Acquaintance Rape Victim Blame
Contemporary Sexism: The Relationships Among Hostility, Benevolence, and Neosexism
Previous research has examined the relationship between the Modern Sexism Scale (Swim, Aikin, Hall & Hunter, 1995) and the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI; Glick & Fiske, 1996) or the relationship between the Modern Sexism Scale and the Neosexism Scale (Campbell, Schellenberg, & Senn, 1997; Tougas, Brown, Beaton, & Joly, 1995). The present study examined the relationship between the ASI and the Neosexism Scale. Across three samples ( N = 907), n…
We Like You, But We Don’t Want You’—The Impact of Pregnancy in the Workplace
Hostile Sexism and Rape Proclivity Amongst Men
Exploring the health and wellbeing benefits of gardening for older adults
Research shows that contact with nature plays a vital role in our psychological wellbeing. Domestic gardening is common among older adults who spend more leisure hours gardening than any other age group. Despite this, few studies have systematically explored the significance of domestic gardens in relation to older adults' health and wellbeing. This study examined the perceived therapeutic benefits of gardening, and the effect of ageing in relati…
The Selective Use of Rape-Victim Stereotypes to Protect Culturally Similar Perpetrators
Powerful stereotypes exist about how female rape victims should act. For example, victims are expected to physically resist their attacker and immediately report their assault. In reality, some victims are too shocked to physically resist or too traumatized to immediately go to police. Nevertheless, counterstereotypic-victim behavior can undermine fair prosecution outcomes, especially for acquaintance-rape victims. In the current research, we exa…
Stereotypical and counterstereotypical defendants: Who is he and what was the case against her
Three studies investigated the effects of stereotype congruence on juror decision making by focusing on how defendant gender affects the way in which jurors attend to aspects of the case. Due to the female defendant's incongruence with offender stereotypes, mock jurors may direct greater attention to encoding features of the defendant at the expense of carefully considering the evidence. Study 1 (N = 101) found that mock jurors took into account …
You’re making us all look bad: Sexism moderates women’s experience of collective threat and intra-gender hostility toward traditional and non-traditional female subtypes
Across two studies ( Ns = 265 and 735), we investigated whether women’s endorsement of hostile (HS) and benevolent sexism (BS) moderates their experience of collective threat and subsequent hostility toward traditional and non-traditional female subtypes. As expected, HS was positively associated with intra-gender hostility toward the non-traditional subtype, and these effects were mediated by collective threat. HS was negatively associated with …
The role of identity in how whole‐blood donors reflect on and construct their future as a plasma donor
In the context of decreased demand for whole blood and increased demand for plasma‐derived products, donors in Australia are increasingly being asked to convert from whole‐blood to plasmapheresis donations. Plasmapheresis is a different type of donation to whole blood as the process takes longer and can be engaged in more frequently. What is unknown is whether whole‐blood donors view donating plasma as consistent with their donor identity and how…
With Friends Like These: The Role of Prejudice and Situational Norms on Discriminatory Helping Behavior
An experiment was conducted to examine the impact of homophobic attitudes and situational norms for helping on discriminatory behavior against a gay male. In a partial replication of Frey and Gaertner (1986), participants were asked to provide help to a confederate portrayed to be either gay or heterosexual who either requested help for himself (ambiguous situational norm) or for whom a third party requested help (unambiguous situational norm). P…
When Would You Do It?’ An Investigation into the Effects of Retaliation, Seriousness of Malpractice and Occupation on Willingness to Blow the Whistle
A questionnaire study involving white collar workers (n = 48) investigated the effects of the threat of retaliation, seriousness of malpractice and occupational status of the observer on the likelihood and method of whistle-blowing chosen. In line with previous whistle-blowing and bystander intervention research, the likelihood of whistle-blowing was greater for serious malpractices and where threatened retaliation was low. The effect of retaliat…
When Would You Do It?’ An Investigation into the Effects of Retaliation, Seriousness of Malpractice and Occupation on Willingness to Blow the Whistle
A questionnaire study involving white collar workers (n=48) investigated the effects of the threat of retaliation, seriousness of malpractice and occupational status of the observer on the likelihood and method of whistle-blowing chosen. In line with previous whistle-blowing and bystander intervention research, the likelihood of whistle-blowing was greater for serious malpractices and where threatened retaliation was low. The effect of retaliatio…
Contemporary Sexism: The Relationships Among Hostility, Benevolence, and Neosexism
Previous research has examined the relationship between the Modern Sexism Scale (Swim, Aikin, Hall & Hunter, 1995) and the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI; Glick & Fiske, 1996) or the relationship between the Modern Sexism Scale and the Neosexism Scale (Campbell, Schellenberg, & Senn, 1997; Tougas, Brown, Beaton, & Joly, 1995). The present study examined the relationship between the ASI and the Neosexism Scale. Across three samples ( N = 907), n…
Beyond prejudice as simple antipathy: Hostile and benevolent sexism across cultures
The authors argue that complementary hostile and benevolent components of sexism exist across cultures. Male dominance creates hostile sexism (HS), but men's dependence on women fosters benevolent sexism (BS)--subjectively positive attitudes that put women on a pedestal but reinforce their subordination. Research with 15,000 men and women in 19 nations showed that (a) HS and BS are coherent constructs that correlate positively across nations, but…
Life on the Ocean Wave: Testing Some Intergroup Hypotheses in a Naturalistic Setting
A survey ( N= 352) was conducted among British passengers of a cross-channel ferry. The survey aimed to test hypotheses drawn from Realistic Group Conflict, Social Identity and Contact theories using mainly a correlational design. However, an intervention by members of the outgroup (French fishermen blockading a port) also allowed a quasi-experimental test of the effects of a direct experience of intergroup conflict. Results supported the hypothe…
Perceptions of stranger and acquaintance rape: The role of benevolent and hostile sexism in victim blame and rape proclivity
In Studies 1 and 2, after reading an acquaintance-rape but not a stranger-rape scenario, higher benevolent sexist but not hostile sexist participants blamed the victim significantly more. In Study 2, higher hostile sexist but not benevolent sexist male participants showed significantly greater proclivity to commit acquaintance (but not stranger) rape. Studies 3 and 4 supported the hypothesis that the effects of benevolent sexism and hostile sexis…
Reinforcing the Glass Ceiling: The Consequences of Hostile Sexism for Female Managerial Candidates
Bad but Bold: Ambivalent Attitudes Toward Men Predict Gender Inequality in 16 Nations
A 16-nation study involving 8,360 participants revealed that hostile and benevolent attitudes toward men, assessed by the Ambivalence Toward Men Inventory (P. Click & S.T. Fiske, 1999), were (a) reliably measured across cultures, (b) positively correlated (for men and women, within samples and across nations) with each other and with hostile and benevolent sexism toward women (Ambivalent Sexism Inventory, P. Click & S.T. Fiske, 1996), and (c) neg…
Hostile Sexism and Rape Proclivity Amongst Men
With Friends Like These: The Role of Prejudice and Situational Norms on Discriminatory Helping Behavior
An experiment was conducted to examine the impact of homophobic attitudes and situational norms for helping on discriminatory behavior against a gay male. In a partial replication of Frey and Gaertner (1986), participants were asked to provide help to a confederate portrayed to be either gay or heterosexual who either requested help for himself (ambiguous situational norm) or for whom a third party requested help (unambiguous situational norm). P…
We Like You, But We Don’t Want You’—The Impact of Pregnancy in the Workplace
Integrating social identity theory and the theory of planned behaviour to explain decisions to engage in sustainable agricultural practices
The present research integrates core aspects of social identity theory with the theory of planned behaviour to investigate factors influencing engagement in sustainable agricultural practices. Using a two‐wave prospective design, two studies were conducted with samples of farmers ( N =609 and N =259, respectively). At Time 1, a questionnaire survey assessed theory of planned behaviour variables in relation to engaging in riparian zone management …
Bad Woman, Bad Victim? Disentangling the Effects of Victim Stereotypicality, Gender Stereotypicality and Benevolent Sexism on Acquaintance Rape Victim Blame
Stereotypical and counterstereotypical defendants: Who is he and what was the case against her
Three studies investigated the effects of stereotype congruence on juror decision making by focusing on how defendant gender affects the way in which jurors attend to aspects of the case. Due to the female defendant's incongruence with offender stereotypes, mock jurors may direct greater attention to encoding features of the defendant at the expense of carefully considering the evidence. Study 1 (N = 101) found that mock jurors took into account …
Exploring the health and wellbeing benefits of gardening for older adults
Research shows that contact with nature plays a vital role in our psychological wellbeing. Domestic gardening is common among older adults who spend more leisure hours gardening than any other age group. Despite this, few studies have systematically explored the significance of domestic gardens in relation to older adults' health and wellbeing. This study examined the perceived therapeutic benefits of gardening, and the effect of ageing in relati…
The Selective Use of Rape-Victim Stereotypes to Protect Culturally Similar Perpetrators
Powerful stereotypes exist about how female rape victims should act. For example, victims are expected to physically resist their attacker and immediately report their assault. In reality, some victims are too shocked to physically resist or too traumatized to immediately go to police. Nevertheless, counterstereotypic-victim behavior can undermine fair prosecution outcomes, especially for acquaintance-rape victims. In the current research, we exa…
The role of identity in how whole‐blood donors reflect on and construct their future as a plasma donor
In the context of decreased demand for whole blood and increased demand for plasma‐derived products, donors in Australia are increasingly being asked to convert from whole‐blood to plasmapheresis donations. Plasmapheresis is a different type of donation to whole blood as the process takes longer and can be engaged in more frequently. What is unknown is whether whole‐blood donors view donating plasma as consistent with their donor identity and how…
The impact of schemas on decision-making in cases involving allegations of sexual violence
Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) face significant barriers to having their complaints believed both when initially reporting their experiences and when giving evidence at trial. This is especially the case when they have been sexually assaulted by their partner. These barriers stem not only from misperceptions about what IPV is, but also due to a mismatch between the features of sexual assault in IPV and stereotypic expectations about w…
You’re making us all look bad: Sexism moderates women’s experience of collective threat and intra-gender hostility toward traditional and non-traditional female subtypes
Across two studies ( Ns = 265 and 735), we investigated whether women’s endorsement of hostile (HS) and benevolent sexism (BS) moderates their experience of collective threat and subsequent hostility toward traditional and non-traditional female subtypes. As expected, HS was positively associated with intra-gender hostility toward the non-traditional subtype, and these effects were mediated by collective threat. HS was negatively associated with …
The vasovagal reaction experience among blood donors: A qualitative study of factors that affect donor return
Motivators, facilitators, and barriers to blood donation in Australia by people from ethnic minority groups: Perspectives of sub-Saharan African, East/South-East Asian, and Melanesian/Polynesian blood…
With the changing ethnic composition of the Australian population there has been a growing number of patients requiring transfusions of rarer blood types. People from ethnic minority groups are generally less likely to donate blood and this can lead to shortages for some patients from these communities. In this article we report the findings of a qualitative study of ethnic minority blood donors in Australia. We found that many of the motivators,…
Warming up cool cooperators
Explaining why someone repeats high-cost cooperation towards non-reciprocating strangers is difficult. Warm glow offers an explanation. We argue that warm glow, as a mechanism to sustain long-term cooperation, cools off over time but can be warmed up with a simple intervention message. We tested our predictions in the context of repeat voluntary blood donation (high-cost helping of a non-reciprocating stranger) across 6 studies: a field-based exp…
Recoding the gift relationship: Views on introducing genomic testing to blood donation
This study examines how the institutional context informs the ways in which healthy recipients relate to genomic information. Through focus group data, it considers the trend of blood collection agencies (BCA) moving to extend donor genotyping. We investigated how receipt of genomic information is viewed as fitting into the contract of altruistic, voluntary blood donation by donors and non-donors. Our findings suggest that receipt of genomic heal…
Recognizing Gender Harassment in the Workplace: A Qualitative Analysis
Gender harassment (e.g., sexist or crude remarks) is the most common type of workplace sexual harassment but often goes unrecognized, which hinders intervention and prevention efforts. This qualitative study explored how laypeople understand and classify gender harassment at work. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 Australian employees, who were asked to define gender harassment and indicate whether they considered it a type of sex…
Yeah, this is my donation: An application of psychological ownership in blood donation
To meet the priority healthcare needs of any population there must be a consistently available blood supply donated by willing donors. Due to this universal need for blood, retaining blood donors remains an ongoing challenge for blood services internationally. Encouraging psychological ownership, or the feeling of ownership one experiences over a possession, provides a potential novel solution to donor retention. This study, based on semi-structu…
Psychology (22 works) · Social Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (15 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (9 works) · Blood donation and transfusion practices (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (6 works)