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Are People More Horrible Than Ghosts? Workplace Haters and Employee Creativity Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Mei-Jun Huang
Based on the cognitive-affective personality system theory and social network theory, this study examines how three common workplace haters influence employee well-being and creativity. It also exp...
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Building Better Theories: Prediction Intervals as a Tool for Theory Testing and Improvement Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 James R. Larson Jr., Charlotte A. Cornell, Nicholas P. Aramovich
The precision with which a theory predicts behavior speaks both to the quality of that theory and to its potential utility in real-world applications. Unfortunately, predictive precision is frequen...
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The Effects of Construal Level on Predictive Heuristics: Disentangling Representativeness From Availability Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 João Niza Braga
Intuitive predictions about the future can expect upcoming events to conform with a pattern - representativeness heuristic - or to simply repeat the most recent and accessible outcome - availabilit...
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Increase in Costly Help-Giving Toward a Stereotyped Group After Mindfulness Intervention Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Yael Malin, Thomas P. Gumpel
Studies showed that mindfulness practice increases help-giving, however, there are still unanswered questions regarding the validation of this effect in different contexts. In this study, we aimed ...
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How Organizational Responses to Sexual Harassment Claims Shape Public Perception Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Danqiao Cheng, Serena Does, Seval Gündemir, Margaret Shih
Sexual harassment remains pervasive in the workplace. Complementing past research examining the intra-organizational effects of sexual harassment, this paper investigates its extra-organizational c...
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Sexuality and Morality: How Sexual Experiences Affect Self-Humanity Perceptions Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Gennaro Pica, Marika Rullo, Stefano Pagliaro
The present research explored the relationship between sexual experiences and self-humanity perceptions. We investigated and found that the immoral perceptions of a sexual experience negatively pre...
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Playing the Hero or Playing the Villain: An Investigation of the Violent Video Game Character Role Effect on Aggression Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Christopher L. Groves, David A. Lishner, Quin M. Chrobak, Sharayah Preman, Mandy M. Deschaine, Shelby Kelso, Alisha Petrouske, Seneca Bivens, Nancy L. Olson, Megan S. Jarvis, Trevor Henne
Five experiments were conducted to evaluate whether violent video game play as a deviant character produces higher aggression than does violent video game play as a heroic character. In all experim...
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Does Timing of Self-Control Strategies Matter? How Focusing on Proactive versus Reactive Strategies Affects Monthly Spending Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Mariya Davydenko, Johanna Peetz
Overspending and succumbing to spending temptations is a pervasive problem. Self-control strategies can help people resist temptations and make goal-consistent decisions. In an online longitudinal ...
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Effects of Attractiveness and Occupation Type on Attitudes toward Working Women and Men Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Isabel Cuadrado Guirado, Lucía López-Rodríguez, Lucía Estevan-Reina, Andreea A. Constantin, Andrea Robles
Extending previous research, we analyzed across two preregistered studies (N = 761) the differences in cognitive evaluations, emotional reactions, and behavioral intentions depending on the physica...
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Socialization in Higher Education: When Experiencing Shared Realities Can Benefit Students Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Federica Pinelli, E. Tory Higgins
When postgraduate students join their program, they establish commonalities of inner states (feelings, beliefs, concerns) with members of different, intertwined groups. Are those commonalities perc...
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Social-Support Sword or Shield? Role of Differentiated Social-Support across Social-Contexts—Conceptual Framework Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Shreya Mukherjee, Kavita Singh
The role of social-support in stress coping literature has predominantly been viewed as a positive resource, neglecting its associated costs for both providers and recipients. This research address...
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An Evidence-Based Blueprint for Architecting Social Capital in Organizations Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Prabhjot Kaur, Tanuja Sharma, Arup Varma
The well-established concept of social capital in community studies is gaining prominence in management studies over the last decade due to evolving workplace and workforce. The paper presents a co...
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Perpetrator-Targeted Reciprocated Incivility: The Investigation of the Incivility Spiral and the Effects of Agreeableness as a Moderator Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Juseob Lee, Nina Steigerwald, Steve Jex, Alison Rada-Bayne, Charlotte Holden
Workplace incivility can result in detrimental effects for the members of the organization. One characteristic of the workplace incivility theory is that this low-intensity behavior can escalate in...
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God and the Jab: Religion is Associated With COVID-19 Vaccinations Rates in England Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Jason P. Martens
Religious areas were predicted to be negatively associated with COVID-19 vaccinations. Using public data on religion and vaccination rates within local authorities in England, support for the hypot...
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Injustice Promotes Unethical Behavior Through Moral Disengagement Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Yan Wang, Yichu Li, Hongfei Meng, Shuhong Kong
People are aversive to injustice. Yet how injustice experiences influence people’s ethic violation is understudied. Across three studies, we found that injustice increases unethical behavior and th...
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The Relationship between Money and Cooperation: Evidence from Economics and Psychology Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Stefano Pagliarani
This paper addresses the non-linear effect that money has on cooperative behavior. In economic theory, money is assumed to have a positive effect on cooperation, by providing incentives to agents. ...
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Why Basic and Applied Social Psychology Declines Demographics Requirements Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 David Trafimow, Michael C. Hout, Andrew R. A. Conway
Published in Basic and Applied Social Psychology (Vol. 45, No. 6, 2023)
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That’s Racist!: Political Correctness Predicts Accusations of Racism in Ambiguous Situations Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Adam Lueke
The present research reports three studies investigating the possibility that Political Correctness (PC) is associated with the tendency to claim racism in ambiguous interactions involving Black an...
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Keep Nice and Carry on: Effect of Niceness on Well-Being Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Olga Bialobrzeska, Justyna Baba, Sylwia Bedynska, Aleksandra Cichocka, Aleksandra Cislak, Magdalena Formanowicz, Małgorzata A. Gocłowska, Zuzanna Jakubik, Karolina Kozakiewicz
Abstract Practicing acts of kindness is beneficial to one’s well-being, but is simply being nice to others also beneficial? In a correlational Study 1 (N = 497), self-reported behavioral niceness was positively correlated with happiness, self-satisfaction, relationships satisfaction, life meaning, and negatively correlated with depression. In two experimental studies, a one-day online intervention
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Self-Polarization: Lionizing Those Who Agree and Demonizing Those Who Disagree Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Kaleigh A. Decker, Charles G. Lord
Abstract Numerous recent texts have explained societal polarization, emphasizing biased input through increased accessibility of extreme partisan information. We examined instead the possible role of biased output through biased attribution of personality traits to issue partisans. Two experiments tested the hypothesis that attributing personality traits to those who agree versus disagree with an attributor
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How and When Workplace Incivility Decrease Employee Work Outcomes. A Moderated-Mediated Model Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Dariusz Turek
Abstract Drawing on the Organizational Support Theory (OST) and Conservation of Resources Theory (COR), this study investigates how experiences of workplace incivility translate into employee outcomes: attitudinal (job satisfaction, affective commitment) and behavioral (task performance, contextual performance and counterproductive work behavior). It has been hypothesized that experiences of incivility
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Face Coverings Differentially Alter Valence Judgments of Emotional Expressions Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Nicholas R. Harp, Andrew T. Langbehn, Jeff T. Larsen, Paula M. Niedenthal, Maital Neta
Face masks that prevent disease transmission obscure facial expressions, impairing nonverbal communication. We assessed the impact of lower (masks) and upper (sunglasses) face coverings on emotiona...
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The Repeated Gambles Task: A Measure of Individual Differences in Normative Decision Making Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Michael McCormick
Abstract Most decision-making inventories measure bias and little attempt is made to identify individuals who are more likely to maximize economic opportunities. Four experiments tested a novel measure of individual differences in normative decision making that is easy to administer and identifies a wide range of variance in economic choice. All four experiments demonstrated that responses to the Repeated
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The Impact of VTubers and Streamers on the Purchase Intention of Otaku and Non-Otaku Respondents: A Comparative Study Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Smith Boonchutima, Apinya Surakanon
Abstract This study aims to examine the impact of two types of influencers, VTubers and streamers, on the purchase intention of Otaku and non-Otaku respondents. A quantitative approach using an online survey was conducted among Thai respondents (N = 686) to assess the influence of expertise, attractiveness, and trustworthiness on their purchase intention induced by VTubers and streamers. The results
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Self-Injury in the News: A Content Analysis Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Stephen P. Lewis, Penelope Hasking, Lexy Staniland, Mark Boyes, Joanna Collaton, Lachlan Bryce
Abstract Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has garnered increasing academic and media attention in society. While more awareness of NSSI is welcomed, inappropriate reporting of NSSI in media could heighten the potential for stigmatization and misunderstanding of NSSI and people who engage in it. Further, certain kinds of content (e.g., graphic imagery) may be harmful to people who self-injure (e.g.,
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How Much Evidence Is Enough? Biased Thresholds in Judgments of Scientific Conclusions Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Geoffrey D. Munro, Ting Huang
Abstract People are biased in their consumption of scientific information. The current research investigated conclusion thresholds, testing the hypothesis that more scientific evidence is needed to arrive at a non-preferred than a preferred conclusion. Participants read brief summaries of scientific studies exploring the nature of homosexuality (Study 1; N = 126) and air safety that supported either
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Are Rejection Fears during Interracial Interactions Moderated by the Racial Composition of the Interacting Partner’s Social Network? A Pre-Registered Replication and Extension Experiment Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Heather M. Claypool, Alejandro Trujillo
Abstract Shapiro et al. found that White people had greater rejection fears from and desires to reject a Black person with a Black friend (homogeneous network) versus a White friend (heterogeneous network). We aimed to replicate these findings in a high-powered, pre-registered study and explored a novel question: would racial heterogeneity in the target’s network allay rejection concerns and desires
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Moral Messaging: Testing a Framing Technique during a Pandemic Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Michal Misiak, Oliver Scott Curry, Petr Tureček
Abstract We experimentally investigated whether appeals to moral principles—as operationalized by the theory of Morality-as-Cooperation—increase pandemic-related public health behavior. Participants (from the USA and India) were presented with persuasive messages, asked about their intentions to follow pandemic-related restrictions, were asked to donate to a charity fighting COVID-19, and completed
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Do Injustice and Mortality Salience Impact Secondary Victimization Through the Need to Believe in a Just World? Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Sean M. Laurent, Jun-Yeob Kim
Abstract According to just-world theory, people need to believe in a just world (NBJW). Theoretically, exposures to injustice and confronting mortality threaten this belief, prompting attempts to restore it. Past research has found that victimization of innocents and mortality salience prompts observers to engage in secondary victimization (e.g., blaming or derogating victims and underestimating their
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Be Careful How You Treat Your Coworkers: The Reciprocal Relationship between Ethnic Outgroup Coworkers’ Reactions to Voice and Ethnic Majority Employees’ Attitudes regarding Immigrant Entitlements Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Antonia Stanojevic, Agnes Akkerman, Katerina Manevska
Abstract We study the reciprocal relationship between interethnic interactions among coworkers and native (Dutch) employees’ attitudes regarding immigrant entitlements. Building on contact theory, we hypothesize that voice support by ethnic outgroup coworkers leads to more favorable, while voice suppression leads to less favorable attitudes regarding immigrant entitlements. Furthermore, we examine
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Priming Science Identity Elicits Stereotype Boost for Chinese Science Female Students: Evidence From Math Performance Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Zhen Wang, Jian Guan, Li Zhao
Abstract The existing research reported that activating the Asian identity of Asian-American women improved their math performance (stereotype boost) while activating their female identity deteriorated their math performance (stereotype threat). However, whether the stereotype boost and threat effects can be elicited in other groups or cultures is still unclear. In Study 1, 78 Chinese science female
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Experimenting the Effect of Psychological Inoculation as Intervention to Enhanced Self-Disclosure Outcomes Among Recently Diagnosed People Living with HIV Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Abayomi O. Olaseni, Benjamin O. Olley
Abstract Non-disclosure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been linked to medical (e.g. infection/treatment recuperation rate) and social (e.g. social support) related problems, and there is paucity of literature addressing the role of behavioral intervention in improving self-disclosure. This study examined the efficacy of Psychological Inoculation (PI) in enhancing self-disclosure. A rand
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Perceived Variability as a Video-Media Prejudice Reduction Intervention Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2022-05-15 Wing Hsieh, Nicholas Faulkner, Rebecca Wickes
Abstract Perceived variability is a relatively unexplored prejudice reduction approach. We developed a new intervention and tested it in two pre-registered experiments—in field and online laboratory settings. Across both experiments, we found that the intervention did not reduce prejudice. As expected, higher perceived variability correlated with lower prejudice. However, the correlations were weak
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Barriers to Converting Applied Social Psychology to Bettering the Human Condition Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2022-03-26 David Trafimow, Magda Osman
(2022). Barriers to Converting Applied Social Psychology to Bettering the Human Condition. Basic and Applied Social Psychology: Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 1-11.
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Results Blind Science Publishing and a Decision-Theoretic Approach to Publishing Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Joseph J. Locascio
Abstract In this paper, I revisit my earlier proposal for Results Blind Publishing (RBP) and have added some new perspectives and qualifications regarding it. RBP is a suggestion that research journals decide on publication of submitted manuscripts based on reviewing only their Introduction section (which suggests the substantive importance of the research question addressed by the study) and Methods
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Does Storytelling Reduce Stigma? A Meta-Analytic View of Narrative Persuasion on Stigma Reduction Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2022-03-06 Jie Zhuang, Ashley Guidry
Abstract Stigmatization of one or more discredited attributes has a profoundly negative social impact on stigmatized individuals. Researchers have applied narratives as a persuasion device to reduce stigma. However, the overall effect of narratives on stigma is yet known. This research synthesized and quantified the effect of narratives in reducing stigma and identifies moderating factors. Forty-six
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“I’ll Be There”: Improving Online Class Attendance with a Commitment Nudge during COVID-19 Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2022-01-25 Robert J. Weijers, Lesya Ganushchak, Kim Ouwehand, Björn B. de Koning
Abstract Class attendance is an important predictor of academic success, but students encounter behavioral barriers preventing them from attending. In this experimental study, we investigated a commitment intervention to improve online attendance among university students (n = 973) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the experimental condition, we asked students to commit to attending all classes and
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Risky Business: Consumer Attitudes, Perceptions, and Consumption Behaviors During COVID-19 Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2022-01-05 Brian J. Taillon, Enping (Shirley) Mai, Diana L. Haytko
Abstract With consumers cautious of COVID-19, managers are forced to adapt to changes in consumer behavior, government regulations, and disrupted supply chains. Using Protection Motivation Theory, two studies investigate consumers’ attitudes toward, and perceptions of, the disease to better understand consumer behaviors during a pandemic. Study 1, assessing young adults and their parents, shows students’
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Why Do Immigrants Make Us More Authoritarian? The Impact of Direct and Normative Threat to Social Order from Outgroupers on Ingroup Authoritarianism Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Tomasz Jarmakowski, Piotr Radkiewicz
Abstract Inspired by the well-documented relationship between authoritarianism and prejudices, we tested whether a massive influx of immigrants can constitute social threats - direct (crimes, riots, violence) and normative (different norms, customs, values) - that increase ingroup authoritarian attitudes. Across two experimental studies (n1=251 and n2=230), we were able to show that both direct and
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Incredible Utility: The Lost Causes and Causal Debris of Psychological Science Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-10-18 John E. Richters
Abstract Variable-oriented, sample-based individual differences research strategies and statistical modeling approaches to causal-theoretical inference depend on their logic, coherence, justification, and presumed heuristic value on the tacit assumption that individuals are qualitatively the same, homogeneous with respect to the psychological structures and processes underlying their overt functioning
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Beliefs about an Offender’s Capacity to Be Rehabilitated: Black Offenders Are Seen as More Capable of Change Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-10-04 Jamie S. Hughes, Angelica Sandel, Logan A. Yelderman, Victoria Inman
Abstract One goal of incarceration is offender rehabilitation. We examined whether characteristics of an offender affect beliefs about rehabilitation capacity. In three studies using large samples, we investigated inferences about criminal offenders who were described as juveniles or adults (15 or 30 years old). Participants read about or were shown a picture of a White or Black actor. They judged
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Fostering COVID-19 Safe Behaviors Using Cognitive Dissonance Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 Logan Pearce, Joel Cooper
Abstract There is an urgent need to persuade the public to follow behavioral guidelines in order to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Using cognitive dissonance as a guide, the current study’s aim was to increase compliance with coronavirus safety measures, such as social distancing, wearing masks, and getting vaccinated. In Phase 1, participants experienced dissonance by advocating consistent adherence to
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The Influence of Visual Perspective on Moral Licensing Effect Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-08-11 Tian-Yi Hu, Wen-Wen Tao
Abstract This study examined how visual perspective affected the moral licensing effect. It was hypothesized that participants would act less morally when a moral behavior was recalled or imagined with a first-person perspective, whereas the effect would reverse in the third-person perspective condition. Participants recalled (Study 1) or imagined (Study 2 and 3) either a moral or an immoral/a neutral
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A Literature Review of the Measurement of Coping with Stigmatization and Discrimination Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-07-30 Sara Partow, Roger Cook, Rachael McDonald
Abstract Research suggests there is a link between stigma-related stress and the mental health of the stigmatized, with coping being recognized as an important mediator/moderator of this relationship. Standardized questionnaires have been commonly used to measure coping in this body of research. This article identifies some of these studies and discusses several of these instruments, with a focus on
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Nudging is Ineffective When Attitudes Are Unsupportive: An Example from a Natural Field Experiment Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-05-22 Malte Dewies, Astrid Schop-Etman, Kirsten I. M. Rohde, Semiha Denktaş
Abstract For security reasons, employees of a Dutch local government department needed to wear an identifying lanyard with their employee badge, but compliance with this policy was low. Two nudges to increase compliance were evaluated in a pre-registered natural field experiment using a pre-post design, and a qualitative survey. Bayesian inference provides insufficient support for the effectiveness
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Ostracism in Real Life: Evidence That Ostracizing Others Has Costs, Even When It Feels Justified Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-05-28 Nicole Legate, Netta Weinstein, Richard M. Ryan
Abstract An extensive literature on ostracism shows clear costs for targets; less clear is whether sources of ostracism also face costs. Further, most ostracism experiments fail to speak to ostracism in “real life.” Two studies informed by self-determination theory (SDT) tested whether ostracizers suffer in comparable ways to targets of ostracism in real-life experiences. Results of a diary study found
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Promoting Healthy Eating Practices through Persuasion Processes Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-06-07 Blanca Requero, David Santos, Ana Cancela, Pablo Briñol, Richard E. Petty
Abstract The successful impact of healthy eating campaigns often depends on the extent to which messages are effective in changing attitudes and behaviors over time. The present work proposes that healthy eating campaigns can be designed taking into consideration elaboration and validation processes so that the degree of attitude change is maximally influenced and is consequential. The first set of
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The Influence of Facial Dominance on Perceptions of Risk-Taking Preferences Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-06-14 Shlomo Hareli, Erez Vider, Yaniv Hanoch
Abstract Higher perceived dominance leads to greater perceived risk-taking willingness. This, both for people differing in facial dominance (Study 1) and people whose dominance was digitally manipulated (Study 2). Yet, the effect of facial dominance varied to some degree across domains. Gender differences also emerged and these fitted stereotypes. Women were judged as less likely to take financial
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Race and Perceived Immorality in Stereotypes of Criminal Subtypes Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-06-07 Joseph J. Avery, DongWon Oh, Joel Cooper
Abstract In past research on criminal stereotypes, individuals of different races have been stereotyped as being more likely to commit certain types of crimes. In this article, we draw on the “bad is Black” heuristic and identify a fundamental underlying dimension explaining such divergence: offenses deemed immoral were associated with Black individuals, while those deemed wrong but not necessarily
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Sustainable Consumption: What Works Best, Carbon Taxes, Subsidies and/or Nudges? Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Magda Osman, Pauline Schwartz, Saul Wodak
Abstract Behavioral change techniques may show positive changes to sustainable consumption, but as with many other domains, how they interact with other typical regulatory measures is unknown. To address the empirical lacuna, the present study uses a discrete-choice set-up to simulate a lunchtime canteen in order to investigate the effects of choice preserving and choice incentivizing interventions
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The Sobering Effects of Jailhouse Informant Testimony on Perceptions of an Intoxicated Rape Victim Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-03-24 Alexis M. Le Grand, Baylee D. Jenkins, Jonathan M. Golding, Jeffrey S. Neuschatz, Andrea M. Pals, Stacy A. Wetmore
Abstract This study investigated the impact of jailhouse informant (JI) testimony on mock-jurors’ perceptions of an alcohol-facilitated rape trial. Male and female participants (N = 186) read a rape trial summary of an adult female after attending a concert. The trial varied whether the victim was intoxicated or sober and whether a JI testified that the defendant confessed to the rape. The results
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When It’s Bad to Be Lucky: Observers’ Judgments of Fortuitous Victims Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Olof Wrede, Erik Mac Giolla
Abstract We framed crime victims as lucky, through downward counterfactual comparisons, and tested this “luck framing” influence on observers’ judgments of the victims. Victims framed as lucky and aware (Experiment 1) or unaware (Experiment 3) of their luck were rated as in need of less social support than victims who were not framed as lucky. This luck framing effect generalized to victim compensation:
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COVID-19 Behavioral Health Mindset Inventory: A Method for Enhancing Employee and Consumer Safety Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-03-04 Michael R. Cunningham, Perri B. Druen, Anita P. Barbee, John W. Jones, Brian W. Dreschler
Abstract The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Mindset inventory (CVBHM) was designed to protect consumers and workers by assessing biosafety risk through acceptance of responsibility for the protection of oneself and others, social distancing, and adhering to prevention measures. The 30-item inventory was evaluated in two surveys of 1,455 (Time 1) and 431 respondents (Time 2). The CVBHM has strong internal
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The Effects of Emotion Recognition Training on Interpersonal Effectiveness Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Katja Schlegel
Abstract Emotion recognition ability (ERA) predicts more successful interpersonal interactions. However, it remains unknown whether ERA training can affect behaviors and improve social outcomes in such interactions. Here, 83 dyads of same-gender students completed either a self-administered 45 min ERA training based on audio-visual clips of 14 different emotions, or a control training about cloud types
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Qualitative Exploration of Chinese Students’ Perspectives on Long-Term Goal Striving Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Kelly Ka Lai Lam, Mingming Zhou
Abstract Many scholars have emphasized the role of passion and effort in successfully achieving goals, but others have argued that many factors can affect goal achievement. This qualitative study explored Chinese students’ perspectives on how one achieves long-term goals. We conducted individual, in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 13 Chinese university students to capture their past experiences
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When It’s Bad to Be Lucky: Observers’ Judgments of Fortuitous Victims Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Olof Wrede, Erik Mac Giolla
Abstract We framed crime victims as lucky, through downward counterfactual comparisons, and tested this “luck framing” influence on observers’ judgments of the victims. Victims framed as lucky and aware (Experiment 1) or unaware (Experiment 3) of their luck were rated as in need of less social support than victims who were not framed as lucky. This luck framing effect generalized to victim compensation:
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Meta-Analytic Analysis of Invariance Across Samples: Introducing a Method That Does Not Require Raw Data Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2020-11-09 A. E. af Wåhlberg, Guy Madison, Ulrika Aasa, Jeong Jin Yu
Abstract Invariance of surveys across different groups means that the respondents interpret the items in the same way, as reflected in similar factor loadings, for example. Invariance can be assessed using various statistical procedures, such as Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis. However, these analyses require access to raw data. Here, we introduce a meta-analytic method that requires only
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Meta-Analytic Analysis of Invariance Across Samples: Introducing a Method That Does Not Require Raw Data Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2020-11-09 A. E. af Wåhlberg, Guy Madison, Ulrika Aasa, Jeong Jin Yu
Abstract Invariance of surveys across different groups means that the respondents interpret the items in the same way, as reflected in similar factor loadings, for example. Invariance can be assessed using various statistical procedures, such as Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis. However, these analyses require access to raw data. Here, we introduce a meta-analytic method that requires only
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Does Repetition Always Make Perfect? Differential Effects of Repetition on Learning of Own-Race and Other-Race Faces Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2020-11-05 Tomás A. Palma, Leonel Garcia-Marques
People have a remarkable capacity to process and recognize faces. Yet, they fail to recognize the faces of individuals from other racial groups - the Other-Race Effect (ORE). We investigated the ro...
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Multiple Feet-in-the-Door and Obedience Basic Appl. Soc. Psychol. (IF 1.518) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Tomasz Grzyb, Dariusz Dolinski
Gilbert’s hypothesis regarding the possible effect of the feet-in-the-door procedure on obedience to an authority figure in Milgram’s paradigm was tested in the course of two studies. Neither the f...