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Parasocial and Group Attitudes in a Political Context: Does a personable politician improve group acceptance?
(2021-05-21)
This study investigates how exposure to personal narratives of an outgroup leader
may increase positive attitudes toward the leader and, by extension, also her group. To
test this question, the reactions of participants ...
The role of values in the effectiveness of prejudice reduction efforts
(2023-04-21)
With the growing influx of immigrants in Canada, prejudice reduction interventions are gaining popularity. These interventions have garnered mixed success in reducing prejudice. A review of the interventions suggests an ...
Exclusion and prejudice: Is the threat of future social exclusion associated with an increase in implicit racial bias?
(2022-12-08)
While explicit racial bias has appeared to decrease in the U.S. in the past decades,
implicit racial bias continues to be a pervasive issue in American society. Empirical
studies have suggested that changes in one’s ...
Understanding Harassment Inside Online Communities: The Role of Social Identity Threat
(2023-04-25)
This research used two survey studies to investigate how situational factors can cause online harassment by measuring the level of support for harassment in reaction to social identity threats inside online communities. A ...
The Correlation of Self-Concept Instability and Combat-PTSD in Veterans
(2021-08-26)
This research investigated the effects of combat-related Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD) on veterans’ self-concept and its related components, self-concept clarity,
self-esteem, self-awareness, and self-efficacy. ...
The Adapting Game in the U.S. and Japan: Do Introverts, Extraverts, or Ambiverts Experience the Greatest Wellbeing During the Global Transition Toward Virtual Living?
(2022-05-23)
This study investigated individuals falling along the Extraversion-Introversion continuum, with ambiverts falling in the center, and how they are adapting mentally to technological advancement and virtual living (e.g., ...
Regulating belief: Does emotion regulation ability predict belief in conspiracy theories?
(2023-10-12)
A growing body of evidence suggests that conspiracy beliefs are often harmful both to individuals and to society at large.
Defined as explanations for events that involve secret plots by powerful groups, conspiracy beliefs ...