Living in Paradise
Social Perceptions of the Major Racial/Ethnic Groups in Hawai'i
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2315331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chanel Meyers (0000-0002-7755-5413, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA, corresponding author), Kayla Uyeda (Chaminade University of Honolulu, HI, USA), Kristin Pauker (0000-0002-0848-5159, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, USA) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1019-1041 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00220221251353693 |
| OpenAlex | W4412647231 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 43 |
We examined the racial positioning and stereotype content of the major racial/ethnic groups within the understudied context of Hawai'i. Across two studies (Study 1: 185 participants, 64% women, 36% men, M age = 21.50 years, SD = 4.63; Study 2: 175 participants, 69 % women, 30% men, and 1% non-binary, M age = 20.79 years, SD = 4.16) we examine the social perceptions of six racial/ethnic groups in Hawai'i: Japanese, Filipino, White, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Micronesian. We examined perceptions of socioeconomic status (SES), community status, and stereotype content (e.g., warmth and competence) toward these six groups. We found a reversal in typical warmth attributions to White and Japanese people, such that Japanese people were perceived as warm and high in both socioeconomic and community status, whereas White people were perceived as cold and low in community status. Micronesian people were perceived as low in both warmth and competence, whereas other groups were mixed in their stereotype content. These results shed light on the racial hierarchy and stereotypes of underrepresented groups in the literature, as well as highlight the importance of contextual (e.g., majority-minority context) considerations in social perception research
Ethnic group · Paradise · Perception · Racial group · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Demography · Emotional Labor in Professions · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Psychology
Anova
Prejudices in Cultural Contexts
Intergroup biases
Universal dimensions of social cognition
Using Environmental Features to Maximize Prediction of Regional Intergroup Bias
Haoles in Hawaii
Stereotype Content
Stereotype content model across cultures
Stereotype Content Model Explains Prejudice for an Envied Outgroup
Theorizing race in Hawai‘i
Native Hawaiians and psychology
Measuring Subjective Social Status
Settlers of Color and “Immigrant” Hegemony
Stereotyping by omission
Two axes of subordination
Living Proof
It is not Black and White
Am I Really Asian
Public Attitudes Toward Immigration Policy Across the Legal/Illegal Divide
Race–status associations
Perceiver and target characteristics contribute to impression formation differently across race and gender
American = White
Stereotypes and prejudice
Prejudice as Group Position
Forecasting the Primary Dimension of Social Perception
Ethnicity and Inequality in Hawai'i
A justification-suppression model of the expression and experience of prejudice
Pau Hana
Filipinos Love Serving Others
From running amok to eating dogs
Disrupting the 'melting pot
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |