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Rally Around the Government or a Populist Response? How Concerns About COVID-19 and Emotional Responses Relate to Institutional Trust and Support for Right-Wing Populism American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Ekaterina Lytkina, Tim Reeskens
Recent studies have shown that the coronavirus pandemic not only temporarily increased support for incumbent politicians and trust in experts but also triggered an authoritarian response. Because the pandemic has significantly affected individuals’ goals, needs, and control over their lives, we expect that it has generated emotional reactions. In this article, we study how concerns about COVID-19 relate
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From Moral Indignation to Affective Citizenship: Public Shaming of Celebrity Emigration from Russia During the War Against Ukraine American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Julia Lerner, Svetlana Stephenson
The article analyzes the public shaming campaigns that followed celebrity emigration from Russia at the beginning of the war against Ukraine. It shows that celebrity emigration represented a challenge to the construction of a nation morally and emotionally united around the war. The special status of celebrities in modern society as figures that provide the public with a focus of common identification
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Three-Pronged Resentment: How Status Insecurity, Relative Deprivation, and Powerlessness Mediate Between Social Positions and Populist Attitudes American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Koen Abts, Julius Maximilian Rogenhofer
Populist attitudes are frequently tied to a specific social position, namely the constituent’s status as a “loser of globalization.” Adding nuance to this explanatory framework, we investigate whether and how resentment mediates between social positions and populist attitudes. We distinguish three constitutive components of resentment—status insecurity, relative deprivation, and powerlessness—and analyze
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A Passion for Virtue? Appeals to Morality and Emotions in European Parliament Climate Change Debates American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Rosa Sanchez Salgado, Linda Bos
Although it is well acknowledged that moral foundations have an emotional component, little is known about the relation between moral foundations and emotions in current political and public debates. The analysis of this relation is crucial to better understand causal pathways from affect and emotion to climate change action and behavior. Employing Emotion Discourse Analysis, this study analyzes appeals
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Legitimate Transaction? Regulating Commercial International Marriage Brokers in South Korea American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Sohoon Yi
Marriages between South Korean men and women from less affluent Asian countries have been popular since the 1990s, and commercial international marriage brokers have played an important role in the trend. This article argues that the laws and regulations governing marriage brokers, such as Marriage Brokers Business Management Act (MBBMA) and consumer protection mechanisms, have reinforced the rights
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Polarized Populists: Dark Campaigns, Affective Polarization, and the Moderating Role of Populist Attitudes American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Alessandro Nai, Jürgen Maier
We investigate the antecedents of affective polarization in the American public, and focus specifically on the driving role of exposure to darker forms of campaign communication (negativity, incivility, populist rhetoric) and the intervening role of individual populist attitudes. Experimental evidence was gathered among a sample of US respondents (MTurk, N = 1,081); respondents were randomly exposed
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Thoughts on Studying Anti-Asian Pacific Islander Desai American+ Hate Since COVID-19 American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Cliff Cheng
This article begins to provide social scientists new to studying anti-Asian Pacific Islander Desai American (APIDA)+ hate with some basic background. What to call, and the implications of the name of the group being studied are discussed. A definition of hate is discussed. A brief summary of COVID-19 anti-APIDA+ hate is provided. We will then discuss how the overemphasis on then U.S. President Donald
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Introduction to the Triple Special Issue “The Emotional Side of Populist Support: Key Affective Mechanisms at Test” American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Monika Verbalyte, Donatella Bonansinga, Tereza Capelos
Although research on populism has gained traction as an established field of inquiry, its affective underpinnings remain a puzzle. A relatively underexplored area of study, now garnering attention, is the intricate relationship between populism and emotions. This Triple Special Issue focuses on the demand side of populist politics, delving into populist attitudes and the role emotions play in their
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Introduction to Special Issue “Morality in Political and Public Debates. What is Beyond Moral Framing?” American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Gabriella Szabó, Sergei A. Samoilenko
This special issue seeks to address this gap by presenting a comprehensive collection of both theoretical and practical insights into moral language, argumentation, and evaluations within politicized environments. Our overarching objective encompasses three main facets. We investigate how studies in communication, media, and behavioral sciences can contribute to the understanding of morality. The special
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On the Immoral Campaign Trail: Conceptualization, Underlying Affective Processes, and Democratic Outcomes of Perceived Dirty Campaigning American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Franz Reiter, Jörg Matthes
Dirty campaigning, which is understood as actions between elite politicians that violate social norms and democratic principles, is becoming an increasingly relevant phenomenon across the globe. Despite this development, we know little about which forms constitute dirty campaigning, how citizens perceive dirty campaigning, and how perceived dirty campaigning is associated with affective responses and
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The Anti-Social Triad of Grievance Politics: An Integrated Model of Reactionism, Ressentiment, and Collective Narcissism American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Tereza Capelos, Mikko Salmela, Gavin B. Sullivan, Stavroula Chrona
In this article, we undertake a comprehensive examination of reactionism, ressentiment, and collective narcissism, collectively termed as the “ anti-social triad of grievance politics.” Although these constructs are conceptually distinct, they are psycholoically intricately linked. Reactionism denotes a backward-facing political orientation, ressentiment signifies a chronic and embittered emotional
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Sympathy With Ukraine (Or Not So Much)! Emotion-Based Solidarity in the Political Communication of the Polish and Hungarian Prime Ministers American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Gabriella Szabó, Artur Lipiński
This article investigates emotionally based solidarity appeals in the Facebook posts from Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (Poland) and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Hungary) published in the first weeks of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, between February 24 and April 9, 2022. Our approach involves a qualitative thematic analysis to uncover the political strategies used to either foster or diminish
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The Role of Misrecognition in Driving Support for Right-Wing Populism American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Julia Elad-Strenger, Thomas Kessler
Recent research suggests that citizens’ sense of being socially marginalized, or “left behind” in society, plays an important role in triggering support for right-wing populist attitudes. Although perceived misrecognition by others is thought to be a core aspect of this sense of social marginalization, the effect of (mis)recognition on citizens’ support for the populist-right, and the psychological
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Cancel Culture Rhetoric and Moral Conflict in Contemporary Democratic Societies American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Jennifer Keohane
This article argues that cancel culture rhetoric has become a key language for moral conflict in a polarized polity. A thematic rhetorical analysis of two prominent figures who claimed to be canceled, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley and Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, shows similar rhetorical moves despite different contexts. Drawing conclusions from their rhetorical strategies, this article contends
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Bringing Emotions In: How Anger Shapes the Relationship Between Social Isolation and Populist Attitudes American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Maximilian Filsinger
In recent years, populism has attracted a lot of scholarly attention. In this article, I investigate the relationship between structural and subjective dimensions of social isolation and populist attitudes. In particular, I account for individuals’ emotional responses to social isolation that link social isolation to populist attitudes. Analyses based on original survey data show that both forms of
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Developing a Critical Response to Ad Hominem Attacks Against Climate Science American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Sergei A. Samoilenko, John Cook
Ad hominem attacks against climate scientists—including personal attacks questioning an individual’s character, competence, or motives—remain the most common type of contrarian strategy found in contemporary climate debates. Despite their pervasiveness, climate-related ad hominem argumentation remains understudied by scholars in both the humanities and social sciences. This study adapts Douglas Walton’s
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Emotional Predictors of Populism in the Case of Turkey American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Cengiz Erisen
Individual-level indicators of populist attitudes vary from basic demographic factors to complex psychological dimensions. However, only a handful of studies have examined how emotions shape populist attitudes. To address this gap, and using observational data from Turkey, a context driven by strong polarization and populist politics, this study first examines how emotions—specifically, anger and enthusiasm—motivate
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Spelling Bees American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 James W. Boudreau, Jeremy Kettering, Shane D. Sanders
In this note, we consider a form of competition in which two contestants face separate sequences of independent trials. The contestant with the longer sequence of successful trials wins. However, since the trials are independent, there may be a form of paradox whereby the loser is able to pass all of the trials in the winner’s sequence, whereas the winner could not have overcome two or more trials
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Populist Appeals, Emotions, and Political Mobilization American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Selim Erdem Aytaç, Ali Çarkoğlu, Ezgi Elçi
Populist politicians frequently employ anti-establishment appeals in their discourse by targeting an imagined or real power elite. Do such appeals have a mobilizing effect among voters? What role do the emotional responses of voters play in this process? We address these questions using a vignette experiment embedded into a nationally representative survey fielded in Turkey, a country where a populist
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Life Dissatisfaction and the Right-Wing Populist Vote: Evidence from the European Social Survey American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Annika Lindholm, Georg Lutz, Eva G. T. Green
This study identifies life dissatisfaction and related political attitudes as predictors of right-wing populist voting in Europe. Using survey data from 14 countries (2012–2018, N = 54,263), we find that life dissatisfaction links to negative attitudes on immigration and, in many countries, also to political distrust, and relates through these attitudes to a right-wing populist vote. By proposing a
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Ideological Identification, Type of Threat, and Differences in How Anger and Fear Relate to Anti-Immigrant and Populist Attitudes American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Guillem Rico
Following calls for a clear analytical distinction between populism and the specific ideological projects to which it is attached, the present article examines how populist and anti-immigrant attitudes relate to feelings of fear and anger about perceived threats facing the country. It posits that, although the association of these two discrete negative emotions with anti-immigration attitudes should
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Consumer Trust and Online Purchase Intention for Sustainable Products American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Ioannis Rizomyliotis
With the global market for eco-friendly products expected to reach $2.4 trillion by 2025, the sustainable products industry is poised to play a significant role in the transition to a more sustainable future. Similarly, the industry of sustainable products that are sold online is growing rapidly as consumers become more aware of the environmental and social impacts of their purchases. As a result,
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Hot Hands in the Home Run Derby American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Robert Lantis, Erik Nesson
We investigate the hot hand hypothesis using home run derby data for the 2016 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022 contests. In each contest, eight batters are seeded and go head to head for three rounds, progressing to the next round if they hit more home runs than their opponent. Unlike at bats taken during a game, the home run derby is a more controlled environment, and it provides swings on similar pitches
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Actor-Networks in Political Moral Conflict: A Case Study of an Online Gun Control Debate American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Kristen L. Cole, Marie C. Haverfield, Spencer Daniel Choate
This research case study employs a theoretical and methodological framework of moral conflict theory informed by actor-network theory to better understand the sociomaterial entanglements—networks of human and non-human actors—that constitute political moral conflict. We analyze a case of moral conflict surrounding the issue of gun control, found within an online debate forum that was initiated by the
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Unraveling Moral Evaluations: A Qualitative Exploration of Young Individuals’ Causal Beliefs and Moral Emotions American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Erin B. Hester
This article presents an empirical examination of attribution and appraisal theories, focusing on young individuals’ beliefs about causality and feelings toward two social issues impacting the welfare of others: food insecurity and opioid addiction. Using a deductive qualitative approach, this investigation deepens and expands our theoretical understanding of how causal beliefs shape moral evaluations
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Wage Dispersion and Team Performance: A Review of 25 Years of Research on Professional Sports American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Michael Gove
Since initial studies in the late 1990s, researchers have examined the relationship between wage dispersion and team performance in professional sports. While no definitive consensus has emerged across the sports studied, it is still useful to consider where this literature stands after 25 years of research given its clear importance not just for professional sports, but also for economic decision-making
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Social Media Influencers’ Credibility and Purchase Intention: The Moderating Role of Green Consumption Values American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Ioannis Rizomyliotis, Kleopatra Konstantoulaki, Apostolos Giovanis
Social media influencer marketing has emerged as a new marketing tool. Generation Z consumers are especially influenced by social media influencers when purchasing cosmetic products. The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of the credibility of social media influencers on consumers’ brand consideration and purchase intention, while at the same time authors test the moderating effect of
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Colorist Microaggressions and Brown Asian Americans: Implications for Behavioral Science American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 D. R. Gina Sissoko, Sheharyar Hussain, Kristina Arevalo, Wiston Rodriguez, Saniya Soni, Emerson Tejeda, Kevin L. Nadal
This article examines the manifestation of colorism toward Brown Asians through Microaggression Theory. Colorism has been defined as a stratification system based on skin tone, where those with the lightest skin tones are granted the most privileges, whereas those with the darkest are granted the least. Colorism impacts Asian Americans across domains, including education, employment, family relations
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The Economics of an Aging Superstar’s Popularity: The Case of Tiger Woods American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Joel Potter, William Wethington
This paper explores how a sports superstar’s popularity aged by utilizing 28 years of Nielsen television viewer data for the Professional Golf Association’s major events (i.e., the Masters, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and the British Open; 1995–2022). Tiger Woods’ major career has spanned this precise time frame, as his first major event was the 1995 Masters and his last major in which he made the
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Does Smart Money Believe in the Hot Hand? Evidence From Daily Fantasy Baseball American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jeremy M. Losak, Andrew P. Weinbach, Rodney J. Paul
The behavior of informed traders, or “smart money,” in sports betting markets has long been of interest to researchers. In this paper, we focus specifically on the behavior of smart money in Major League Baseball (MLB) daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests to determine whether they avoid cognitive-behavioral biases to increase their expected earnings. Specifically, we investigate whether smart money
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“Other Customer” Perception as Strategic Insight into Gen Z Consumer–Brand Identification and Purchase Behavior: A Mixed-Methods Approach American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Anca Anton
This study addresses the knowledge and research gaps regarding the “other customer” concept within the consumer–brand identification paradigm, drawing on branding and consumer behavior theories. We consider the “other customer” as the other customers of a brand from the perspective of an individual (focal customer) using or simply assessing the brand. We take into account both how the focal customer
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Changing It Up: Determining the Nash Equilibria for Major League Baseball Pitchers American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Dustin R. White, Ben O. Smith
In order to prevent batters from hitting a pitch, pitchers must decide on a strategic balance of many different pitch types. While each pitcher has preferred pitches (likely those with which he is most confident), he cannot over-utilize his dominant pitches, or batters will be able to gain a strategic advantage in trying to put the ball into play. We analyze Major League Baseball (MLB) pitch data from
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Toward an Integrated Model of Healthy Food Purchase via the Impact of Online Nutrition Information Seeking American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Po-Lin Pan, Manu Bhandari, Juan Meng
Healthy eating is critical to consumers’ overall health. The purpose of this study was to examine body mass index (BMI), obesity knowledge, and self-efficacy, along with online nutrition information seeking (ONIS), as antecedents to healthy food purchase (HFP) in a moderated mediation model. An online survey was conducted using Amazon Mechanical Turk to recruit 897 participants, with 484 women and
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Behavioral Responses to Sporting Contest Design: A Review of the Literature American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Simon Medcalfe
Sporting contests are designed to elicit an effort from contestants. Well-designed contests have beneficial behavioral responses of competitors such as increased effort which results in higher quality of competition. However, poorly designed contests may not reward the best competitor or may elicit unethical behaviors. This article reviews the literature on sporting contest design, paying particular
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Seasons, Sharks, and Local Control of the Surfing Commons: New Evidence from the Surf Gangs of California American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Franklin G. Mixon, Richard J. Cebula
This study extends prior research on the relationship between surf break quality and the degree of localism exhibited by surf gangs in at least three ways. First, it adopts Surfline.com’s latest data on California’s surf breaks in order to re-examine whether or not the level of localism displayed by California’s surf gangs is a positive function of the quality and crowdedness of surf breaks. Second
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Economics of the Name, Image, and Likeness Landscape: Payoffs, Social Norms, and the Collective Action Problem American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Thomas R. Sadler
This article investigates the collective action problem in the name, image, and likeness (NIL) era. By allowing college athletes to profit from their NIL through endorsements, sponsorships, and social media presence, athletes may now receive unlimited monetary benefits for their participation in college sports. But a collection action problem exists. Although all universities benefit from the NIL landscape
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Sustainability, Sociodemographic Differences, and Consumer Behavior American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Martina Topić, Ioannis Kostopoulos, Miloš Krstić
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General and Stereotype-Based Microaggressions Experienced by Asians and Asian Americans in the Workplace: A Qualitative Study American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Duoc V. Nguyen, Caryn J. Block, Jennifer Y. Kim, Hong Yu
The purpose of this study was to uncover the racial microaggressions that Asians and Asian Americans experience in the workplace. Qualitative interviews and focus groups were conducted with 19 Asian and Asian American men and women, representing a variety of Asian ethnicities, with work experience in various industries. Results revealed seven themes of workplace racial microaggressions: (a) Invalidation
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Critical Issues Facing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Organizations and Society American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Eddy Ng, Winny Shen, Alexander Lewis, Robert Bonner
The discussion of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in the context of the West is uniquely complex. AAPIs are often held up as “model minorities,” resulting in exclusion from many equity conversations. The lack of attention focusing on the experiences of AAPI communities in organizations and society suggests a need for us to remedy this. In this special issue, we curated a collection of
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Im/migrant Well-Being Part II: Race, Ethnicity, and Legal Challenges to Incorporation and Well-Being American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Elizabeth Vaquera, Thomas J. Rachko
In this introduction to the second issue of a two-part series on Im/migrant Well-being, we discuss examples of how race, ethnicity, and a patchwork of current and proposed state and federal laws contribute to the exclusion of and discrimination of immigrants, hindering their incorporation and having harmful effects on their well-being. Articles discussed in this introduction zoom in into these issues
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Work Role Commitment and Interference of Work with Family Among Asian and White Americans: A Self-Verification Perspective American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Yu-Shan Hsu, Mihaela Dimitrova, Margaret A. Shaffer, Gloria J. Miller
Based on a sample of 168 Asian Americans and 248 White Americans, we found that Asian Americans were more prone to experience interference of work with family life when they were highly committed to their work role compared to White Americans. This difference was more pronounced for Asian Americans with low self-esteem, whereas there were no differences between the ethnic groups for those with high
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Asian American Women’s Workplace Experiences: A Review and Application of Gendered Race Theory and the Intersectional Prototypicality Model American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Nicholas P. Alt, Amy Wax, Olivia T. Brush, Joie Magalona
Asian American women, who make up a growing proportion of the workforce, face unique intersectional forms of workplace discrimination and bias based on being both a racial and gender minority. In this review, we take an intersectional approach, applying social psychological research on gendered race theory and Wong and McCullough’s Intersectional Prototypicality Model, to document as well as explain
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Precarious Multiculturalism: The Racialized Experience of Asian In/Exclusion in Australia American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Helena Liu, Kyoung-Hee Yu, Chris F. Wright
Within Australia’s reputation as a successful multicultural nation, we explore what it means to be Asian in Australia. We trace how this racialized group has been socially excluded under the White Australia Policy that existed for much of the 20th Century, included in the Asian Century adopted as government policy in 2012, re-excluded during the COVID-19 pandemic, and tentatively re-included in its
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Doing Community and Institutionally Engaged Work and Promoting Immigrant Well-being While Building a Research Career American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Robert Courtney Smith
This article offers reflections on doing community and publicly engaged research and scholarly work that promotes immigrant well-being while developing a research career in academic institutions which do not usually recognize or reward such work. I draw on my own career (as the editors asked me to do), and hope the advice or examples are helpful, especially to younger scholars. I write as a scholar
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Structural Vulnerability and Human Suffering: Pesticides and Self-Reported Pain Among Farmworkers in the United States American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Mario A. Aguilar Buenrostro, Daniel E. Martínez
Few studies have examined how handling pesticides affects self-reported pain or discomfort, representing a critical yet under-examined dimension of farmworkers’ overall well-being. Guided by the social determinants of health framework, structural violence theory, and a “normalization of suffering” perspective, we ask: (1) what is the relationship between loading, mixing, or applying pesticides and
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“I’m in a Good Position to Advocate Now”: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Recipients’ Deployment of Navigational Capital and Brokerage in the D.C. Metropolitan Region American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Christina M. Getrich, Ana Ortez-Rivera, Delmis Umanzor, Alaska Burdette
During its decade-plus of existence, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has concretely changed recipients’ incorporation trajectories and facilitated their transition into adulthood. Because it was established by Executive Order, though, DACA has always had an uncertain future. Since 2017, DACA recipients have endured a rollercoaster of lawsuits and court decisions that have evoked profound
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The Impact of the 100-mile Border Enforcement Zone on Mexican Americans in Arizona American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Emir Estrada, Michelle Tellez, Daniela Carreon, Brittany Romanello
Based on qualitative interview data with Mexican American and White participants, this article examines the impact of immigration-related policies on the U.S.-born adult children of Mexican immigrants. Building on Dunn’s concept of a low-intensity conflict zone, we argue that the militarization of the border carries consequences for Mexican American border residents. Becoming collateral subjects to
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Normalized Expendability: Navigating Immigrant Legal Status During A Global Pandemic American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Elizabeth Aranda, Elizabeth Vaquera, Heide Castañeda, Melanie Escue
Using longitudinal qualitative data, we examine how undocumented immigrants in Florida navigated the first year of the COVID pandemic. Building on the concepts of compounded vulnerability and legal violence, we demonstrate how heightened exposure to COVID shaped immigrants’ well-being by virtue of being overrepresented among frontline workers, underserved by the healthcare industry, and excluded from
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Protective Resources, Legal Status, and the Integration of U.S. Immigrants Entering as Unaccompanied Children American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Katharine M. Donato, Natalia Lopez
Prior studies of U.S. immigrant integration and well-being assume that immigrants arrive as adults rather than as children. Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted in 2021 and 2022 with 77 immigrant adults who were living in Washington DC and Michigan, and entered the United States as unaccompanied children, we examine whether and how their integration and well-being depends on both legal status and
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Mobilization and Arenas of Opposition in Indonesia’s New Order (1966–1998) American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Mirjam Künkler
Theories of regime transition have highlighted the importance of moderate resistance movement leaders in negotiating the end of authoritarianism and multiparty democracies. Meanwhile, the specific context in which such moderate opposition leaders who believe in the virtues of peaceful conflict resolution emerge and gain sufficient influence to sideline more radical elements has received far less attention
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Introduction American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Dorceta E. Taylor
The American Behavioral Scientist ( ABS) was one of the first significant journals to publish a special issue on environmental justice (EJ). The influential volume, published in 2000, bore the title Advances in EJ: Research, Theory, and Methodology. The volume contained classic EJ theoretical essays such as Taylor’s “The rise of the EJ paradigm” and Pellow’s “Environmental inequality formation.” ABS
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Analyzing the Effect of Regional Modality in Polling Surveys: A Case Study of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Results in Florida American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Eric Levy, ERIC Chiang, Ting Levy
Pre-election polls have been conducted using different modes of data collection with varying degrees of accuracy. As media’s appetite for horserace polling increased, the demand for all types of da...
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From Political Unknown to an Unwanted Incumbent: Comparing Media Coverage of the 2020 and 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Within Nondemocratic Media American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Robert Hinck
In a time of declining support for democracy and intensifying rivalry between democracies and autocracies, understanding how nondemocratic nations portray U.S. elections is vital. And yet, despite ...
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COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Vaccine-Related Decision Making among Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Parul Jain, Rukhsana Ahmed
Immigrants are disproportionally impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and of the reported positive cases and fatalities, many are from historically disadvantaged groups that fac...
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The Role of Virtual Communication in Building an Intertwined Relation Between Business Resilience and Community Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Paloma Bernal-Turnes, Ricardo Ernst, Enric Ordeix
The COVID-19 outbreak that emerged in December 2019 has had a dramatic impact on the global economy in which consumption, trade, and service activities have been greatly disrupted. Businesses acros...
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Analysis of Emotional Responses in Political Communication: An Experimental Case of Interactive Advertising American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Marc Polo López, Joan Francesc Fondevila-Gascón, Eduard Vidal-Portés, Omar Muñoz Sánchez, Sandra Vilajoana Alejandre
The emotional reactions to interactive advertisements are a relatively new study object, attending the synchronous evolution of the natural interactive platforms. Interactivity has increased thanks...
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News Sources, Partisanship, and Political Knowledge in COVID-19 Beliefs American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Patrick Meirick
This study analyzed data from a Pew survey (N = 5,681) to see how party identification, political knowledge, and use of different news sources related to two beliefs about COVID-19 promoted on the ...
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Exploring the Existential Implications of COVID-19 in Health Communication American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Lindsey A Harvell-Bowman
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic provided an existential threat the world has rarely seen and forced Americans to make meaning in a world of uncertainty surrounding what most have t...
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How Motivation to Reduce Uncertainty Predicts COVID-19 Behavioral Responses: Strategic Health Communication Insights for Managing an Ongoing Pandemic American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Sungsu Kim, Sung In Choi, Chiara Valentini, Mark Badham, Yan Jin
During highly uncertain times such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it is vital to understand and predict individuals’ responses to governments’ crisis and risk communication. T...
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Canada is No Exception: The 2022 Freedom Convoy, Political Entanglement, and Identity-Driven Protest American Behavioral Scientist (IF 2.531) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Jamie Gillies, Vincent Raynauld, Angela Wisniewski
Canada has been relatively immune to grassroots-driven populist political forces in recent years despite global shifts toward a mainstreaming of nationalist identity-driven politics. The coronaviru...