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View article: Friendship networks predict girls’ STEM fit and interest through subjective belonging
Friendship networks predict girls’ STEM fit and interest through subjective belonging Open
Girls report lower belonging in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) than boys, which may carry costs for girls’ later STEM participation. We hypothesized that being socially included within a STEM context supports feelings…
View article: Bridging the divide: Understanding the psychological factors influencing feminist women's support to transgender related policies
Bridging the divide: Understanding the psychological factors influencing feminist women's support to transgender related policies Open
The demand for trans people's institutional rights and the approval of the Trans Law (Law 04/3023) has polarized the feminist movement in Spain. In this contentious context, our studies examined the relationship between feminist identity a…
View article: Indirect Contact and Collective Action Among Disadvantaged Groups: A Multi‐Level Mini‐Meta‐Analysis
Indirect Contact and Collective Action Among Disadvantaged Groups: A Multi‐Level Mini‐Meta‐Analysis Open
It is well established that positive contact between members of different groups can reduce prejudice. However, there is also evidence that direct contact with advantaged group members can undermine disadvantaged group members' engagement …
View article: Just a Few Bad Apples: Perceiving Sexist Men as Non‐Typical to the Larger Category of Men Serves to Maintain the Gender Hierarchy
Just a Few Bad Apples: Perceiving Sexist Men as Non‐Typical to the Larger Category of Men Serves to Maintain the Gender Hierarchy Open
Social problems, including those related to gender discrimination, are often simplistically attributed to a few ‘bad apples’ rather than systemic issues. This research explores one aspect of this under‐investigated phenomenon by focusing o…
View article: For the good of the party, for the good of the nation: ingroup projection can motivate support for political violence
For the good of the party, for the good of the nation: ingroup projection can motivate support for political violence Open
Support for political violence in the United States appears to be growing. We outline a model that positions ingroup projection—seeing ingroup values as the shared values of a larger inclusive societal group—as a key psychological process …
View article: Girls are good at <scp>STEM</scp> : Opening minds and providing evidence reduces boys' stereotyping of girls' <scp>STEM</scp> ability
Girls are good at <span>STEM</span> : Opening minds and providing evidence reduces boys' stereotyping of girls' <span>STEM</span> ability Open
Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys ( N = 667; mostly White and E…
View article: Cancel culture can be collectively validating for groups experiencing harm
Cancel culture can be collectively validating for groups experiencing harm Open
Introduction Social psychological research on collective action and intergroup harm has yet to adequately consider the potential role of cancel culture or feelings of collective validation in motivating collective action. The current resea…
View article: From passerby to ally: Testing an intervention to challenge attributions for poverty and generate support for poverty‐reducing policies and allyship
From passerby to ally: Testing an intervention to challenge attributions for poverty and generate support for poverty‐reducing policies and allyship Open
Despite the ubiquity of poverty, its causes remain largely misunderstood and many attribute poverty to individual shortcomings. This stigma not only predicts negative physical and mental health outcomes for those living in poverty, it also…
View article: The Effects of Large-Scale Social Movements on Language Attitudes: Cantonese and Mandarin in Hong Kong
The Effects of Large-Scale Social Movements on Language Attitudes: Cantonese and Mandarin in Hong Kong Open
Speakers with standard accents are typically judged more favorably than non-standard speakers, but this may shift in response to perceived intergroup conflict with ethnolinguistic outgroups. Three studies were conducted to examine how larg…
View article: High-Quality Contact With Fellow Majority Group Students Is Associated With Better Academic Performance of Minority Group Students
High-Quality Contact With Fellow Majority Group Students Is Associated With Better Academic Performance of Minority Group Students Open
We examined the association between intergroup contact and academic performance at university among minority students in a context with a segregated pre-university school system. Study 1 tested whether participation in a group dynamics cou…
View article: The Effect of Feminist Identification on the Perceived Authenticity of Male Allies
The Effect of Feminist Identification on the Perceived Authenticity of Male Allies Open
Male allies are often described as essential to reducing gender inequity. However, some men may become allies through benevolent sexist beliefs. While some women recognize this as a suboptimal form of allyship, others may interpret it as a…
View article: Can cross-group contact predict advantaged group member’s willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based actions? Yes, if the contact is politicized
Can cross-group contact predict advantaged group member’s willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based actions? Yes, if the contact is politicized Open
Positive cross-group contact with disadvantaged group members can reduce prejudice, and, under certain conditions, increase solidarity-based action intentions among advantaged group members. In the present work, we distinguish between posi…
View article: The Demographics of Patients Presenting for Laryngological Care at an Academic Medical Center
The Demographics of Patients Presenting for Laryngological Care at an Academic Medical Center Open
Objectives/Hypothesis Few studies address the demographics/epidemiology/socioeconomic status of patients presenting to a laryngologist at a tertiary care center for treatment. To identify any possible disparities in voice, airway, and swal…
View article: Normative Value for the Laryngopharyngeal Measure of Perceived Sensation
Normative Value for the Laryngopharyngeal Measure of Perceived Sensation Open
Objectives/Hypothesis The Laryngopharyngeal Measure of Perceived Sensation (LUMP) is a recently validated patient‐reported outcome measure (PROM) aimed at evaluating the symptom severity of patients with globus pharyngeus (GP). The objecti…
View article: Can cross-group contact turn advantaged group members into allies? The role of inequality-delegitimizing contact and interpersonal connection
Can cross-group contact turn advantaged group members into allies? The role of inequality-delegitimizing contact and interpersonal connection Open
Previous research shows that positive contact with members of disadvantaged groups can have positive, neutral, or negative effects on advantaged group members’ support of actions for social change towards more equality. The present work pr…
View article: Mentioning the Sample’s Country in the Article’s Title Leads to Bias in Research Evaluation
Mentioning the Sample’s Country in the Article’s Title Leads to Bias in Research Evaluation Open
Psychology research from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries, especially from the United States, receives more scientific attention than research from non-WEIRD countries. We investigate one structural…
View article: Mentioning the Sample's Country in the Article’s Title Leads to Bias in Research Evaluation
Mentioning the Sample's Country in the Article’s Title Leads to Bias in Research Evaluation Open
Psychology research from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries, especially from the United States, receives more scientific attention than research from non-WEIRD countries. We investigate one structural…
View article: Need satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multinational study of pathways toward social change.
Need satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multinational study of pathways toward social change. Open
What role does intergroup contact play in promoting support for social change toward greater social equality? Drawing on the needs-based model of reconciliation, we theorized that when inequality between groups is perceived as illegitimate…
View article: Effects of intergroup contact and relative gratification vs. deprivation on prejudice on both sides of the U.S./Mexico status divide
Effects of intergroup contact and relative gratification vs. deprivation on prejudice on both sides of the U.S./Mexico status divide Open
A study in the U.S.–Mexican intergroup context examined how collective relative gratification (RG) versus deprivation affects the relationship between intergroup contact and interpersonal closeness and subtle prejudice towards an out‐group…
View article: Beyond Allyship: Motivations for Advantaged Group Members to Engage in Action for Disadvantaged Groups
Beyond Allyship: Motivations for Advantaged Group Members to Engage in Action for Disadvantaged Groups Open
White Americans who participate in the Black Lives Matter movement, men who attended the Women’s March, and people from the Global North who work to reduce poverty in the Global South—advantaged group members (sometimes referred to as alli…
View article: Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change
Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change Open
What role does intergroup contact play in promoting support for social change toward greater equality? Drawing on the needs-based model of reconciliation, we theorized that when inequality between groups is perceived as illegitimate, disad…
View article: A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change
A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change Open
Guided by the early findings of social scientists, practitioners have long advocated for greater contact between groups to reduce prejudice and increase social cohesion. Recent work, however, suggests that intergroup contact can undermine …
View article: A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change
A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change Open
Guided by the early findings of social scientists, practitioners have long advocated for greater contact between groups toreduce prejudice and increase social cohesion. Recent work, however, suggests that intergroup contact can undermine s…
View article: The development and validation of the laryngopharyngeal measure of perceived sensation
The development and validation of the laryngopharyngeal measure of perceived sensation Open
Objectives Globus pharyngeus (GP) is described as the subjective sensation of having a “lump” in the throat in the absence of correlating physical findings or dysphagia. Historically, despite the frequency of patient complaints, GP has bee…