Fiona Barlow
Biographic Data
| ID | 78950 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fiona Barlow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fiona |
| FAMILY NAME | Barlow |
| SIGNATURE | BARLOW F |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9533-1256 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 77 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 374 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 77 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
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…
Empathic Conservatives and Moralizing Liberals: Political Intergroup Empathy Varies by Political Ideology and Is Explained by Moral Judgment
Empathy has the potential to bridge political divides. Here, we examine barriers to cross-party empathy and explore when and why these differ for liberals and conservatives. In four studies, U.S. and U.K. participants (total N = 4,737) read hypothetical scenarios and extended less empathy to suffering political opponents than allies or neutral targets. These effects were strongly shown by liberals but were weaker among conservatives, such that co…
Perceived usefulness of sex and relationship education sources among sexual minority men
Intimacy and relationships are important to sexual minority men, yet traditional sex and relationship education from sources such as schools and families may lack perceived usefulness. Consequently, sexual minority men may seek information from alternative sources, but little research has explored the usefulness of these alternatives. A national survey of sexual minority men in Australia (n = 936, Mage = 38.9) evaluated the usefulness of seven so…
Cross-sectional associations between medical affirmation, social connectedness, and psychological well-being in transgender and gender-diverse adults
Many transgender and gender-diverse adults (i.e., those whose gender identities or expressions differ from their sex presumed at birth) affirm their identities medically and, in addition, rely on their social networks for identity-related support. While both medical affirmation and social connectedness are linked to well-being, their combined effects and differences across gender identities remain underexplored. The present article aimed to exami…
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…
A Naturalistic Test of Minority Stress Theory: Examining Social and Psychological Well-Being Trends Across Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Adults from 2009 to 2022
Minority stress theory suggests that shifts toward egalitarianism should reduce well-being disparities between heterosexual people and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minorities (LGB+ people). However, few studies have examined well-being trends in these groups over periods of social change. We addressed this issue directly using a large nationwide random sample of New Zealand adults over thirteen years (from 2009 to 2022; N total = 72,7…
Stable profiles of contact and prejudice: Few people report co-occurring increases in intergroup contact and decreases in prejudice over time
The contact hypothesis proposes that positive intergroup encounters can causally improve intergroup attitudes, and its tenants have informed prejudice reduction efforts across the globe. Most support for the hypothesis is correlational, as it is assumed that correlations (partially) reflect a pattern whereby increases in positive intergroup contact cause increases in intergroup warmth. In the present article we interrogate this assumption. Latent…
Choosiness as a Predictor of Sexual (In)frequency in Single Heterosexual Adults
Increasing numbers of young men and women report celibacy or infrequent sex. In the present work, we consider “choosiness” as a potential correlate of partnered sexual activity for single people. We examined the tendency to be “choosy” in selecting a partner (i.e., choosiness) in two ways: choosiness based in reported essential characteristics in a partner (stated choosiness) and revealed by ratings of dating profiles (revealed choosiness). Resul…
Perceived Usefulness of Sex and Relationship Education and Sexual Minority Men’s Relationship Outcomes
Introduction Sexual minority men face unique challenges in navigating relationships due to stigma and exclusionary policies. Research suggests that comprehensive sex education can support healthier relationships. The present study examines the association between the perceived usefulness of different sources of sex and relationship education and relationship functioning among sexual minority men. Method A 2023 survey of 582 partnered sexual minor…
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…
A 30-nation investigation of lay heritability beliefs
Lay beliefs about human trait heritability are consequential for cooperation and social cohesion, yet there has been no global characterisation of these beliefs. Participants from 30 countries ( N = 6128) reported heritability beliefs for intelligence, personality, body weight and criminality, and transnational factors that could influence these beliefs were explored using public nation-level data. Globally, mean lay beliefs differ from published…
Barriers reported by nonbinary adults when accessing gender-affirming medical treatments: A systematic scoping literature review
Like transgender women and men, nonbinary adults (i.e., those who identify outside of the traditional female/male gender binary) may undergo hormone and surgical treatments to physically affirm their gender identities. Yet relatively little is known about whether nonbinary adults report similar or additional barriers to treatment compared to transgender men and women. Thus, the present systematic scoping literature review aimed to examine and syn…
Understanding colourism in the UK: Development and assessment of the everyday colourism scale
This paper details the development and psychometric validation of the Everyday Colourism Scale (ECS), a measure designed to capture perceived skin shade prejudice from the ingroup (ethnic peers) and the outgroup (White people). The ECS was adapted from the Everyday Discrimination Scale using existing research, expert reviews, and acceptability interviews. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability and validity analyses were con…
Fixed or Fluid? Sexual Identity Fluidity in a Large National Panel Study of New Zealand Adults
Sexual orientation has been defined as an enduring aspect of the self, but emerging evidence reveals that people's sexual attractions, behaviors, and identities can shift over time. To examine this possibility, we present a large longitudinal analysis of sexual orientation identity fluidity among New Zealand adults ( N total = 45,856; age = 18-99; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority (LGB+) n s = 746-3,387). Over seven years, 5.7% of…
Does intergroup contact foster solidarity with the disadvantaged? A longitudinal analysis across 7 years
Contact theory is a well-established paradigm for improving intergroup relations-positive contact between groups promotes social harmony by increasing intergroup warmth. A longstanding critique of this paradigm is that contact does not necessarily promote social equality. Recent research has blunted this critique by showing that contact correlates positively with political solidarity expressed by dominant groups toward subordinate groups, thus fu…
Does Sexual Desire Fluctuate More Among Women than Men
There is a lay assumption that women’s sexual desire varies substantially over time, whereas men’s is stable. This assumption is mirrored in prominent theories of desire, which posit that women are more variable than men in the extent to which they desire sex, and that women’s sexual desire is more contextually sensitive than men’s. We tested this assumption across three longitudinal studies. Study 1 assessed desire at 3 time points spanning 13 y…
Body Image Projection Bias in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships: A Dyadic Investigation
Guided by projection bias perspectives, this article sought to advance understanding of the associations between body image and relationship and sexual satisfaction within heterosexual romantic relationships. Across two studies, both members of heterosexual dating and/or married couples reported on their body image, perceptions of partner’s attraction to the self, own attraction toward the partner, and relationship satisfaction. Study 2 also inco…
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Cross-Race Friendships and Attraction
Four studies investigated the link between cross-race friendships and attraction. In Study 1, White Australian participants ( N = 240) who reported friendships with racial outgroup members were more likely to report attraction to the members of the racial group their friends belonged to. Studies 2a ( N = 300 White American participants) and 2b ( N = 303 White British participants) showed that experiences of cross-race non-verbal intimacy, perceiv…
Disgust sensitivity relates to attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women across 31 nations
Previous work has reported a relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice toward various social groups, including gay men and lesbian women. It is currently unknown whether this association is present across cultures, or specific to North America. Analyses of survey data from adult heterosexuals ( N = 11,200) from 31 countries showed a small relation between pathogen disgust sensitivity (an individual-difference measure of pathog…
Performer Roles and Behaviors in Dyadic Sexually Explicit Media Featuring Men Who Have Sex with Men
Benevolent Sexism and the Traditional Sexual Script as Predictors of Sexual Dissatisfaction in Heterosexual Women from the U.S
Women report lower sexual satisfaction than men. Given that sexual dissatisfaction adversely impacts health and well-being, it is imperative that we investigate why women are sexually dissatisfied. In the present study, we explored whether women’s benevolently sexist attitudes might predict their sexual dissatisfaction. In a sample of 308 ( M age = 38.09) heterosexual American women who had previously had sex with a man, we hypothesized that wome…
What does it mean to feel small? Three dimensions of the small self
Despite growing interest in the “small self”, there is little clarity about what it means and how it should be measured. Three studies (N=922) identified three constructs: (1) self-size (metaphorical experiences of smallness), (2) vastness relative to the self (feeling the presence of something bigger than the self) and (3) self-perspective (feeling as though one’s day-to-day concerns are trivial in the big picture). Each dimension had a distinct…
Technological and analytical advancements in intergroup contact research
The prolific expansion of intergroup contact research has established that intergroup interactions are tightly linked to social integration. In this review, recent technological and statistical innovations with the potential to advance this body of research are presented. First, concerns over the validity of longitudinal models are discussed before innovative analytical techniques are introduced that explore change over time. Next, intensive repe…
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 …
Whites for racial justice: How contact with Black Americans predicts support for collective action among White Americans
Advantaged group members have an important role to play in creating social change, and intergroup contact has tremendous implications in shaping intergroup relations. However, little research has examined how intergroup contact predicts advantaged group members’ inclinations toward collective action to support the interests of disadvantaged groups. The present research investigates how contact with Black Americans shapes White Americans’ willingn…
Theory to social action: A university-based strategy targeting prejudice against Aboriginal Australians
The level of racism in Australia against Aboriginal Australians is well documented. This has an extremely detrimental effect on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal Australians. One part of the solution may be anti-prejudice strategies, but to date few strategies that include a pre-test and a post-test assessment have been conducted in Australia. The present study describes the interventional qualities of a cultural psychology unit at an Austra…
A Dual Process Model of Attitudes towards Immigration: Person × Residential Area Effects in a National Sample
This research took a person × situation approach to predicting prejudice by looking at how social worldviews interact with real‐world environmental factors to predict how people respond to immigrants within their local area. Taking a Dual Process Motivational approach, we hypothesized that a higher proportion of immigrants in the local community would be associated with negative attitudes toward immigration for respondents high in dangerous world…
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 …
Comparing Pansexual- and Bisexual-Identified Participants on Demographics, Psychological Well-Being, and Political Ideology in a New Zealand National Sample
Pansexuality, characterized by attraction to people regardless of their gender, is an emerging sexual identity. Research has started to explore the differences between those who identify as pansexual and those who identify as bisexual, typically defined as being attracted to both men and women. This article extends past research by testing for differences between those who identify as pansexual (n = 52) and bisexual (n = 497) in a nationally repr…
Why Do We Hold Mixed Emotions About Racial Out-Groups? A Case for Affect Matching
A four-wave survey on a national probabilistic sample ( N = 17,399) tested novel predictions about how positive and negative contact with racial out-groups predicts warmth and anger toward those groups. Three competing hypotheses were tested: (a) that negative contact will outweigh positive contact when predicting both emotions ("bad is stronger than good"); (b) that negative and positive contact will similarly predict each emotion; and (c) that …
An Investigation of Positive and Negative Contact As Predictors of Intergroup Attitudes in the United States, Hong Kong, and Thailand
Contact researchers have overlooked (a) the mechanisms that explain the association between negative contact and prejudice, (b) the effects of positive and negative contact on outcomes beyond prejudice, and (c) the importance of testing contact effects cross-culturally. In the present article, we addressed these gaps in the literature by drawing on data from White Americans ( N = 207; Study 1), Hong Kong Chinese ( N = 145; Study 2), and Buddhist …
Changing Versus Protecting the Status Quo: Why Men and Women Engage in Different Types of Action on Behalf of Women
Perceived discrimination predicts increased support for political rights and life satisfaction mediated by ethnic identity: A longitudinal analysis
These findings replicate and extend the rejection-identification model in a novel cultural context by demonstrating via cross-sectional (Study 1) and longitudinal (Study 2) analyses that the recognition of discrimination can both motivate support for political rights and increase well-being by strengthening ingroup identity. (PsycINFO Database Record
Technological and analytical advancements in intergroup contact research
The prolific expansion of intergroup contact research has established that intergroup interactions are tightly linked to social integration. In this review, recent technological and statistical innovations with the potential to advance this body of research are presented. First, concerns over the validity of longitudinal models are discussed before innovative analytical techniques are introduced that explore change over time. Next, intensive repe…
The Diversity and Prevalence of Sexual Orientation Self-Labels in a New Zealand National Sample
In this study, we asked participants to "describe their sexual orientation" in an open-ended measure of self-generated sexual orientation. The question was included as part of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (N = 18,261) 2013/2014 wave, a national probability survey conducted shortly after the first legal same-sex marriages in New Zealand. We present a two-level classification scheme to address questions about the prevalence of, and de…
What Do National Flags Stand for? An Exploration of Associations Across 11 Countries
We examined the concepts and emotions people associate with their national flag, and how these associations are related to nationalism and patriotism across 11 countries. Factor analyses indicated that the structures of associations differed across countries in ways that reflect their idiosyncratic historical developments. Positive emotions and egalitarian concepts were associated with national flags across countries. However, notable differences…
The “preference” paradox: Disclosing racial preferences in attraction is considered racist even by people who overtly claim it is not
Applying the contact hypothesis to anti-fat attitudes: Contact with overweight people is related to how we interact with our bodies and those of others
Fixed or Fluid? Sexual Identity Fluidity in a Large National Panel Study of New Zealand Adults
Sexual orientation has been defined as an enduring aspect of the self, but emerging evidence reveals that people's sexual attractions, behaviors, and identities can shift over time. To examine this possibility, we present a large longitudinal analysis of sexual orientation identity fluidity among New Zealand adults ( N total = 45,856; age = 18-99; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority (LGB+) n s = 746-3,387). Over seven years, 5.7% of…
Asexual Identity in a New Zealand National Sample: Demographics, Well-Being, and Health
Perpetrator groups can enhance their moral self-image by accepting their own intergroup apologies
Ingroup friendship and political mobilization among the disadvantaged
This study investigated the effects of ingroup contact in a large, national sample of Māori (a disadvantaged ethnic group; N = 940) on political attitudes relevant to decreasing ethnic inequality in New Zealand. We tested the role of 2 mediating mechanisms-ethnic identification and system justification-to explain the effects of ingroup contact on the dependent variables. Time spent with ingroup friends predicted increased support for the Māori Pa…
Does intergroup contact foster solidarity with the disadvantaged? A longitudinal analysis across 7 years
Contact theory is a well-established paradigm for improving intergroup relations-positive contact between groups promotes social harmony by increasing intergroup warmth. A longstanding critique of this paradigm is that contact does not necessarily promote social equality. Recent research has blunted this critique by showing that contact correlates positively with political solidarity expressed by dominant groups toward subordinate groups, thus fu…
Bias and tracking accuracy in voting projections using the New Zealand attitudes and values study
We introduce a method for assessing the overall level of bias and relative tracking accuracy in time series analysis of polling data on voter intentions by comparing two data sets: the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS; N = 13,936) and the One News Colmar Brunton election polls (N = 10,210). The NZAVS is a national probability longitudinal postal panel survey started in 2009. It was set up to track stability and change in values, with…
Personality across Sexual Identity and Gender in a National Probability Sample in New Zealand
Intergroup contact and post-colonial ideology: Outgroup contact ameliorates symbolic exclusion but not historical negation
Minority report: Social identity, cognitions of rejection and intergroup anxiety predicting prejudice from one racially marginalized group towards another
The present study investigated the attitudes of one disadvantaged minority group in Australia, Asian Australians ( N = 87), towards another more severely disadvantaged minority group, Aboriginal Australians. Asian Australian attitudes were compared to European Australian attitudes ( N = 273). Cognitions of outgroup rejection, identification and intergroup anxiety were assessed in relation modern racism, desire for intergroup avoidance and support…
Intimacy in Dyadic Sexually Explicit Media Featuring Men Who Have Sex with Men
Sexually explicit material (SEM) featuring men who have sex with men (MSM) may be a source of information about intimacy in same-sex male relationships for MSM. However, little is known about how MSM SEM depicts intimacy between male performers. The current study examined the 220 most viewed dyadic scenes of MSM SEM videos for the presence of verbal intimacy (compliments, personal disclosure, and expressions of care) and physical intimacy (kissin…
Supportive contact and LGBT collective action: The moderating role of membership in specific groups
A growing body of literature suggests that positive cross-group contact between members of advantaged and disadvantaged groups can undermine disadvantaged group members’ collective action engagement. It has also been proposed that supportive contact (i.e., positive contact with advantaged group members who express explicit support for social change) may be a special form of contact that might increase, rather than reduce collective action engagem…
Theory to social action: A university-based strategy targeting prejudice against Aboriginal Australians
The level of racism in Australia against Aboriginal Australians is well documented. This has an extremely detrimental effect on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal Australians. One part of the solution may be anti-prejudice strategies, but to date few strategies that include a pre-test and a post-test assessment have been conducted in Australia. The present study describes the interventional qualities of a cultural psychology unit at an Austra…
Minority report: Social identity, cognitions of rejection and intergroup anxiety predicting prejudice from one racially marginalized group towards another
The present study investigated the attitudes of one disadvantaged minority group in Australia, Asian Australians ( N = 87), towards another more severely disadvantaged minority group, Aboriginal Australians. Asian Australian attitudes were compared to European Australian attitudes ( N = 273). Cognitions of outgroup rejection, identification and intergroup anxiety were assessed in relation modern racism, desire for intergroup avoidance and support…
The Contact Caveat: Negative Contact Predicts Increased Prejudice More Than Positive Contact Predicts Reduced Prejudice
Contact researchers have largely overlooked the potential for negative intergroup contact to increase prejudice. In Study 1, we tested the interaction between contact quantity and valence on prejudice toward Black Australians (n = 1,476), Muslim Australians (n = 173), and asylum seekers (n = 293). In all cases, the association between contact quantity and prejudice was moderated by its valence, with negative contact emerging as a stronger and mor…
The impact of the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer in black and Asian women
Purpose – Given the high number of women diagnosed with breast cancer each year, the aim of this paper is to identify any culturally specific concerns of black and Asian women diagnosed with breast cancer. Design/methodology/approach – This study was designed as a qualitative study. Using focus groups and follow-up interviews participants were able to express their attitudes, beliefs and feelings around breast cancer detection and diagnosis. The …
Intergroup contact and post-colonial ideology: Outgroup contact ameliorates symbolic exclusion but not historical negation
Nations' income inequality predicts ambivalence in stereotype content: How societies mind the gap
Income inequality undermines societies: The more inequality, the more health problems, social tensions, and the lower social mobility, trust, life expectancy. Given people's tendency to legitimate existing social arrangements, the stereotype content model ( SCM ) argues that ambivalence―perceiving many groups as either warm or competent, but not both―may help maintain socio‐economic disparities. The association between stereotype ambivalence and …
Bringing Back the System: One Reason Why Conservatives are Happier Than Liberals is That Higher Socioeconomic Status Gives Them Access to More Group Memberships
Why are conservatives happier than liberals? Napier and Jost (2008) argue that this is because conservative ideology has a palliative (system-justifying) function that protects conservatives’ (but not liberals’) happiness. We develop another rationale for this effect and argue that we need to examine how ideology (e.g., conservatism) is embedded in the social system and people’s own place within it. In a study ( N = 816), we find that conservativ…
Solving Unsolvable Conflicts: Review and Commentary on Coleman (2011)
The Mini-Ipip6: Tiny yet highly stable markers of Big Six personality
A Dual Process Model of Attitudes towards Immigration: Person × Residential Area Effects in a National Sample
This research took a person × situation approach to predicting prejudice by looking at how social worldviews interact with real‐world environmental factors to predict how people respond to immigrants within their local area. Taking a Dual Process Motivational approach, we hypothesized that a higher proportion of immigrants in the local community would be associated with negative attitudes toward immigration for respondents high in dangerous world…
(Deviant) Friends With Benefits: The Impact of Group Boundary Permeability on Minority Group Members’ Responses to Ethnic Deviance
Although ethnic deviants are typically disliked, we argue that minority group members may strategically befriend them. In Study 1, Asian and White Australians ( N = 536) read a Facebook profile of an Asian or White target who exhibited either stereotypically Asian or White Australian characteristics. Overall, Asian Australians liked in-group ethnic deviants less than normative in-group targets. However, among Asians who perceived high intergroup …
Ingroup friendship and political mobilization among the disadvantaged
This study investigated the effects of ingroup contact in a large, national sample of Māori (a disadvantaged ethnic group; N = 940) on political attitudes relevant to decreasing ethnic inequality in New Zealand. We tested the role of 2 mediating mechanisms-ethnic identification and system justification-to explain the effects of ingroup contact on the dependent variables. Time spent with ingroup friends predicted increased support for the Māori Pa…
Applying the contact hypothesis to anti-fat attitudes: Contact with overweight people is related to how we interact with our bodies and those of others
Perceived discrimination predicts increased support for political rights and life satisfaction mediated by ethnic identity: A longitudinal analysis
These findings replicate and extend the rejection-identification model in a novel cultural context by demonstrating via cross-sectional (Study 1) and longitudinal (Study 2) analyses that the recognition of discrimination can both motivate support for political rights and increase well-being by strengthening ingroup identity. (PsycINFO Database Record
Facebook is Linked to Body Dissatisfaction: Comparing Users and Non-Users
Property and prejudice: How racial attitudes and social‐evaluative concerns shape property appraisals
Property evaluations rarely occur in the absence of social context. However, no research has investigated how intergroup processes related to prejudice extend to concepts of property. In the present research, we propose that factors such as group status, prejudice and pressure to mask prejudiced attitudes affect how people value the property of racial ingroup and outgroup members. In Study 1, White American and Asian American participants were as…
Perpetrator groups can enhance their moral self-image by accepting their own intergroup apologies
Social Dominance Orientation Predicts Heterosexual Men’s Adverse Reactions to Romantic Rejection
An Investigation of Positive and Negative Contact As Predictors of Intergroup Attitudes in the United States, Hong Kong, and Thailand
Contact researchers have overlooked (a) the mechanisms that explain the association between negative contact and prejudice, (b) the effects of positive and negative contact on outcomes beyond prejudice, and (c) the importance of testing contact effects cross-culturally. In the present article, we addressed these gaps in the literature by drawing on data from White Americans ( N = 207; Study 1), Hong Kong Chinese ( N = 145; Study 2), and Buddhist …
Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations
Significance Pathogens, and antipathogen behavioral strategies, affect myriad aspects of human behavior. Recent findings suggest that antipathogen strategies relate to political attitudes, with more ideologically conservative individuals reporting more disgust toward pathogen cues, and with higher parasite stress nations being, on average, more conservative. However, no research has yet adjudicated between two theoretical accounts proposed to exp…
Friends With Moral Credentials: Minority Friendships Reduce Attributions of Racism for Majority Group Members Who Make Conceivably Racist Statements
People commonly reference minority friendships when expressing conceivably prejudiced attitudes. The prevalence of this strategy suggests a widespread belief that having minority friends makes one look less racist, but to date, there is little research demonstrating whether or not this is the case. White and Asian participants were presented with a Facebook profile depicting a White target who posted an anti-Asian statement. Being depicted with A…
The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice
The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice aims to answer the questions: why is prejudice so persistent? How does it affect people exposed to it? And what can we do about it? Providing a comprehensive examination of prejudice from its evolutionary beginnings and environmental influences through to its manifestations and consequences, this handbook is an essential resource for scholars and students who are passionate about understanding…
Fifty Shades Flipped: Effects of Reading Erotica Depicting a Sexually Dominant Woman Compared to a Sexually Dominant Man
The present study examined the effects of reading submission- and dominance-themed erotica on attitudes toward women and rape, ideal partner preferences, and subjective sexual arousal. Heterosexual male (n = 241) and female (n = 240) participants read one of three erotic stories depicting male dominance, female dominance, or no dominance, or a fourth nonerotic control story. First, we found that after reading about a sexually dominant man, women …
On the Link Between Benevolent Sexism and Orgasm Frequency in Heterosexual Women
Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of Intergroup Contact: Descriptions and Mediators of Positive and Negative Contact Among Majority and Minority Groups
Positive contact predicts reduced prejudice, but negative contact may increase prejudice at a stronger rate. The current project builds on this work in four ways: establishing an understanding of contact that is grounded in subjective experience, examining the affective mediators involved in the negative contact–prejudice relationship, extending research on the effects of positive and negative contact to minority groups, and examining the contact…
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