Abstract: The decision not to have children (childfreeness) often comes with experiencing prejudice and discrimination. In order to explore this prejudice, a new tool was constructed (QPCF – Questionnaire of Prejudice Toward Childfree ...
Abstract: In this work, we investigate how parochial concerns for common resources, such as tax-funded goods, relate to prejudice against immigrants. Previous experimental work showed majority groups assume minorities will exploit common resources without ...
Summary: In two studies we examined stereotypes about Germans and Turks residing in Germany and whether these stereotypes are activated automatically. In the first study we asked German participants (n = 20) to report their knowledge of stereotypes about ...
Zusammenfassung: Dargestellt werden empirische Untersuchungen, vornehmlich aus der Sozialpsychologie, zu Fremdenfeindlichkeit in Deutschland. Die Einstellungen zu ethnischen Minderheiten sind im europäischen Vergleich nicht sehr positiv, es gibt ...
Summary: So far, the examination of prejudice towards ethnic minorities revealed only small correlations between implicit attitude-measures and explicit social judgments. The present article argues that this lack of correspondence is determined partly by ...
How Female and Male Top Managers Explain Women's Underrepresentation in Leadership PositionsAbstract: In a qualitative interview study, highly experienced and highly successful female (n = 15) and male (n = 14) top managers were asked to explain the ...
We tested the hypothesis that women would vary in their sensitivity to the occurrence of sexism directed at themselves and others, and that this sensitivity would influence their estimations of the frequency of occurrence of sexism-related behaviors that ...
Abstract: Recently, Duriez, Fontaine and Hutsebaut (2000) and Fontaine, Duriez, Luyten and Hutsebaut (2003) constructed the Post-Critical Belief Scale in order to measure the two religiosity dimensions along which Wulff (1991, 1997) summarized the various ...
Determinants of Civil Courage: Results of a Questionnaire StudyAbstract: The paper analyses the question of defining civil courage and understanding the determinants of civil couraged behaviour. Relations to research on helping behaviour as well as ...
The Analysis of Processes and Changes: Applying Autoregressive Latent Trajectory ModelsAbstract: Complex changes of social psychological variables over long time periods can be examined only by means of panel studies. The analysis of such relations ...
In the present study, we investigated the subtle effect of instructing participants to make fair judgments by avoiding the influence of stereotypes on their judgments. Previous studies have shown that instructing participants to disregard a stereotype may ...
Abstract. This research investigates the effect of controlled versus autonomous motivation on intergroup relations. Two studies were conducted: Study 1 (N = 152 Greek Cypriot undergraduate students) showed that controlled motivational orientation, ...
Typical pothead? Stereotypes and peoples perceptions<span class="fett">Aims:</span> Is there a cannabis-user stereotype that influences teachers expectations about pupils performance in school? </p><p> <span class="fett">Method:</span> In a cross-...
Abstract. Drawing on recent criticism of the Implicit Association Test (IAT), the present study tested the convergent and discriminant validity of two prejudice-related IATs to corresponding explicit prejudice measures in a German student sample (N = 61). ...
The present study used a multi-method, multi-measure, multi-group approach to investigate the discriminant validity of prejudice-related Implicit Association Tests (IATs). Community members from three ethnic/racial groups in the US completed IATs and ...
Abstract.Background: Past scholarly efforts to describe and measure the stigma surrounding suicide have largely viewed suicide stigma from the perspective of the general public. Aims: In the spirit of community-based ...
Abstract.Background: Research suggests that stigma is a barrier to care for individuals who have attempted suicide. While extensive work has examined the stigma of mental illness, less research has focused on the ...
Abstract.Background: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth have elevated suicidality rates. Aims: To investigate LGB-related and other factors associated with suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, and future ...
Abstract. Nonhuman animals are typically excluded from the scope of social psychology. This article presents animals as social objects – targets of human social responses – overviewing the similarities and differences with human targets. ...
Abstract. This paper reviews existing evidence on how the intercultural competence of young people can be promoted by schools. It begins by examining the concept of intercultural competence, and the values, attitudes, skills, knowledge, ...