Andrea C Vial
Biographic Data
| ID | 4231273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea C Vial |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea C |
| FAMILY NAME | Vial |
| SIGNATURE | VIAL A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9367-2081 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Femininity culture
Prior research on the psychological mechanisms that sustain gender employment segregation has examined the spillover of masculine gender role norms into organizational norms in male-typed fields. We expand this theoretical lens to examine the spillover of feminine gender role norms into organizational norms in female-typed fields, introducing the Femininity Workplace Culture construct. We theorize and demonstrate empirically that femininity workp…
Falling in line
Gender conformity powerfully shapes children's development, yet little experimental work has investigated the antecedents of this conformity. Here, we experimentally tested whether and how threats to children's felt gender typicality -the extent to which they feel typical of their gender group-elicit conformity and whether these effects vary by age and gender. We randomly assigned 147 children ages 5-10 years (70 girls; 79 racial/ethnic minority)…
What an Ideal Leader Should (and Shouldn’t) Be Like
We investigated agency and communality trade-offs in ideal leader norms, and whether these trade-offs vary with gendered workplace cues (leader gender and staff gender composition). Descriptive leader norms (what leaders are typically like) generally mirror descriptive stereotypes of men, both positive and negative. Given that leadership ideals are aspirational, they may complement rather than mirror descriptive stereotypes of men. However, gende…
Unstable, indistinct, and cohesive? How group cognitions shape attitudes toward transgender and nonbinary people as a function of gender essentialism
Knowledge of whether and how people think of transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) individuals as constituting gender groups is scarce, but these group cognitions may help explain well-documented prejudice toward these individuals. Given that TGNB individuals defy the traditional gender binary, cisgender perceivers may default to viewing TGNB people as not representing a distinct social group (unlike "men" and "women"), perceive their group membership…
Indirect Influence of Prejudice
Research on social discrimination has traditionally focused on the direct influence of individuals' prejudice on their behavior toward members of minoritized groups. In this review, we highlight recent theory and research findings on the indirect influence of prejudice, which can produce discriminatory outcomes, even among low‐prejudiced people, to accommodate the prejudices of others. Key to this process of prejudice accommodation is instrumenta…
Masculinity contest cultures lead to self-group distancing in women
People Who Accommodate Others’ Sexist Views Are Themselves Perceived to Be Sexist
We extend work on how, when, and why people accommodate another's bias by drawing from attribution theories and research on evaluative transfer to investigate how observers reasoned about an actor who accommodated the sexist views of another person. As predicted, participants made stronger internal, sexist attributions for actors who accommodated (vs. rejected) another person's sexism (Study 1). Moreover, participants made stronger sexist attribu…
The Personal is Political
We examined whether gay men (Studies 1–2) and lesbian women (Study 1) who harbor internalized stigma due to their sexuality will desire a romantic relationship that reflects conventional, complementary gender roles where one partner is stereotypically feminine and the other is stereotypically masculine, in terms of both personality traits and division of household labor. Results showed that, among gay men with high (but not low) internalized stig…
Gender Differences in Children’s Reasoning About and Motivation to Pursue Leadership Roles
Investigating how children think about leadership may inform theories of the gender gaps in leadership among adults. In three studies ( N = 492 U.S. children ages 5–10 years), we investigated (1) whether children expect those who claim leadership roles within a peer group to elicit social support and cooperation from the group, (2) children’s own interest and self-efficacy in such roles, and (3) the influence of contextual cues (e.g., how leader …
The Madonna-Whore Dichotomy Is Associated With Patriarchy Endorsement
The madonna-whore dichotomy denotes polarized perceptions of women as either good and chaste or as bad and promiscuous. In the present research, we examined the correlates of madonna-whore dichotomy among samples of heterosexual Israeli, U.S., and German women and heterosexual U.S. and German men. Demonstrating cross-cultural generalizability, madonna-whore dichotomy endorsement correlated with endorsement of patriarchy-supporting ideologies acro…
Channeling others' biases to meet role demands
Third-party prejudice accommodation increases gender discrimination
We investigated how gatekeepers sometimes arrive at discriminatory hiring selections to accommodate prejudiced third parties due to role demands (i.e., the "third-party prejudice effect"). Studies 1 and 2 show that individuals in charge of personnel decisions were significantly less likely to select a woman when a relevant third party (the chief executive officer of the company in Study 1; the "proposer" in an ultimatum game in Study 2) was preju…
You've Come a Long Way…Maybe
Despite the progress American women have made in other arenas, they still remain underrepresented in top leadership positions in both the public and private sectors, thus contributing to their marginalized status in these domains. Although people do not expect to encounter women in positions of power, a solely cognitive process cannot fully account for the negative interpersonal characterizations and poor leadership evaluations (i.e., backlash) t…
High power mindsets reduce gender identification and benevolent sexism among women (But not men)
Sexual Motivations and Ideals Distinguish Sexual Identities within the Self-Concept
Many studies explore when and how young people make sexual choices but few empirical investigations link their sexual motivations with their inner conceptions about their sexual identities. We used multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis to connect young adult participants’ (N = 128) self-descriptions of twelve identities to their sexual motivations and ideals. Identities clustered along two semantically distinct dimensions: Dimension 1 was ancho…
Recruiting Drug Using Men Who Have Sex with Men in Behavioral Intervention Trials
The Madonna-Whore Dichotomy Is Associated With Patriarchy Endorsement
The madonna-whore dichotomy denotes polarized perceptions of women as either good and chaste or as bad and promiscuous. In the present research, we examined the correlates of madonna-whore dichotomy among samples of heterosexual Israeli, U.S., and German women and heterosexual U.S. and German men. Demonstrating cross-cultural generalizability, madonna-whore dichotomy endorsement correlated with endorsement of patriarchy-supporting ideologies acro…
Third-party prejudice accommodation increases gender discrimination
We investigated how gatekeepers sometimes arrive at discriminatory hiring selections to accommodate prejudiced third parties due to role demands (i.e., the "third-party prejudice effect"). Studies 1 and 2 show that individuals in charge of personnel decisions were significantly less likely to select a woman when a relevant third party (the chief executive officer of the company in Study 1; the "proposer" in an ultimatum game in Study 2) was preju…
Channeling others' biases to meet role demands
High power mindsets reduce gender identification and benevolent sexism among women (But not men)
The Personal is Political
We examined whether gay men (Studies 1–2) and lesbian women (Study 1) who harbor internalized stigma due to their sexuality will desire a romantic relationship that reflects conventional, complementary gender roles where one partner is stereotypically feminine and the other is stereotypically masculine, in terms of both personality traits and division of household labor. Results showed that, among gay men with high (but not low) internalized stig…
Gender Differences in Children’s Reasoning About and Motivation to Pursue Leadership Roles
Investigating how children think about leadership may inform theories of the gender gaps in leadership among adults. In three studies ( N = 492 U.S. children ages 5–10 years), we investigated (1) whether children expect those who claim leadership roles within a peer group to elicit social support and cooperation from the group, (2) children’s own interest and self-efficacy in such roles, and (3) the influence of contextual cues (e.g., how leader …
People Who Accommodate Others’ Sexist Views Are Themselves Perceived to Be Sexist
We extend work on how, when, and why people accommodate another's bias by drawing from attribution theories and research on evaluative transfer to investigate how observers reasoned about an actor who accommodated the sexist views of another person. As predicted, participants made stronger internal, sexist attributions for actors who accommodated (vs. rejected) another person's sexism (Study 1). Moreover, participants made stronger sexist attribu…
Recruiting Drug Using Men Who Have Sex with Men in Behavioral Intervention Trials
Sexual Motivations and Ideals Distinguish Sexual Identities within the Self-Concept
Many studies explore when and how young people make sexual choices but few empirical investigations link their sexual motivations with their inner conceptions about their sexual identities. We used multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis to connect young adult participants’ (N = 128) self-descriptions of twelve identities to their sexual motivations and ideals. Identities clustered along two semantically distinct dimensions: Dimension 1 was ancho…
High power mindsets reduce gender identification and benevolent sexism among women (But not men)
You've Come a Long Way…Maybe
Despite the progress American women have made in other arenas, they still remain underrepresented in top leadership positions in both the public and private sectors, thus contributing to their marginalized status in these domains. Although people do not expect to encounter women in positions of power, a solely cognitive process cannot fully account for the negative interpersonal characterizations and poor leadership evaluations (i.e., backlash) t…
The Madonna-Whore Dichotomy Is Associated With Patriarchy Endorsement
The madonna-whore dichotomy denotes polarized perceptions of women as either good and chaste or as bad and promiscuous. In the present research, we examined the correlates of madonna-whore dichotomy among samples of heterosexual Israeli, U.S., and German women and heterosexual U.S. and German men. Demonstrating cross-cultural generalizability, madonna-whore dichotomy endorsement correlated with endorsement of patriarchy-supporting ideologies acro…
Channeling others' biases to meet role demands
Third-party prejudice accommodation increases gender discrimination
We investigated how gatekeepers sometimes arrive at discriminatory hiring selections to accommodate prejudiced third parties due to role demands (i.e., the "third-party prejudice effect"). Studies 1 and 2 show that individuals in charge of personnel decisions were significantly less likely to select a woman when a relevant third party (the chief executive officer of the company in Study 1; the "proposer" in an ultimatum game in Study 2) was preju…
The Personal is Political
We examined whether gay men (Studies 1–2) and lesbian women (Study 1) who harbor internalized stigma due to their sexuality will desire a romantic relationship that reflects conventional, complementary gender roles where one partner is stereotypically feminine and the other is stereotypically masculine, in terms of both personality traits and division of household labor. Results showed that, among gay men with high (but not low) internalized stig…
Gender Differences in Children’s Reasoning About and Motivation to Pursue Leadership Roles
Investigating how children think about leadership may inform theories of the gender gaps in leadership among adults. In three studies ( N = 492 U.S. children ages 5–10 years), we investigated (1) whether children expect those who claim leadership roles within a peer group to elicit social support and cooperation from the group, (2) children’s own interest and self-efficacy in such roles, and (3) the influence of contextual cues (e.g., how leader …
People Who Accommodate Others’ Sexist Views Are Themselves Perceived to Be Sexist
We extend work on how, when, and why people accommodate another's bias by drawing from attribution theories and research on evaluative transfer to investigate how observers reasoned about an actor who accommodated the sexist views of another person. As predicted, participants made stronger internal, sexist attributions for actors who accommodated (vs. rejected) another person's sexism (Study 1). Moreover, participants made stronger sexist attribu…
What an Ideal Leader Should (and Shouldn’t) Be Like
We investigated agency and communality trade-offs in ideal leader norms, and whether these trade-offs vary with gendered workplace cues (leader gender and staff gender composition). Descriptive leader norms (what leaders are typically like) generally mirror descriptive stereotypes of men, both positive and negative. Given that leadership ideals are aspirational, they may complement rather than mirror descriptive stereotypes of men. However, gende…
Unstable, indistinct, and cohesive? How group cognitions shape attitudes toward transgender and nonbinary people as a function of gender essentialism
Knowledge of whether and how people think of transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) individuals as constituting gender groups is scarce, but these group cognitions may help explain well-documented prejudice toward these individuals. Given that TGNB individuals defy the traditional gender binary, cisgender perceivers may default to viewing TGNB people as not representing a distinct social group (unlike "men" and "women"), perceive their group membership…
Indirect Influence of Prejudice
Research on social discrimination has traditionally focused on the direct influence of individuals' prejudice on their behavior toward members of minoritized groups. In this review, we highlight recent theory and research findings on the indirect influence of prejudice, which can produce discriminatory outcomes, even among low‐prejudiced people, to accommodate the prejudices of others. Key to this process of prejudice accommodation is instrumenta…
Masculinity contest cultures lead to self-group distancing in women
Femininity culture
Prior research on the psychological mechanisms that sustain gender employment segregation has examined the spillover of masculine gender role norms into organizational norms in male-typed fields. We expand this theoretical lens to examine the spillover of feminine gender role norms into organizational norms in female-typed fields, introducing the Femininity Workplace Culture construct. We theorize and demonstrate empirically that femininity workp…
Falling in line
Gender conformity powerfully shapes children's development, yet little experimental work has investigated the antecedents of this conformity. Here, we experimentally tested whether and how threats to children's felt gender typicality -the extent to which they feel typical of their gender group-elicit conformity and whether these effects vary by age and gender. We randomly assigned 147 children ages 5-10 years (70 girls; 79 racial/ethnic minority)…
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (7 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works)