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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"intergroup threat"”.
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Understanding resistance towards increasing gender diversity in masculine domains: the role of intergroup threat
… domains. Using the theoretical framework of the Intergroup Threat Theory (Stephan, Ybarra & Morrison, 2009), a conceptual model was developed in order to systematically investigate the role of realistic threat, symbolic threat, and gender identification in driving men’s resistance towards woman …
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Understanding the Role of Emotions in Mediated Intergroup Threat: A Cultivation and Appraisal Theory Approach
… sought to extend research in mediated intergroup communication by examining the role of emotion in producing intergroup bias. Two studies were guided by social identity theory, appraisal-based theories of emotion, and cultivation theory. Study 1 surveyed 254 adults, recruited through …
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Exploring political intolerance in a post-apartheid generation of South Africans : the role of intergroup threat and negative intergroup emotion
… study extends Gibson and Gouws ' (2003) work on threat and intolerance as well as Kuklinski, Riggle, Ottati, Schwarz and Wyer's (1991) work on the influence of emotion on people's tolerance judgements. Method: Participants were randomly assigned to two experimental groups.
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A literary exploration of ethnocentric segregation and discrimination in Bessie Head's Maru and Gasebalwe Seretse's The Pursuit of Xhai
… This analysis was informed by the integrated or intergroup threat theory. Integrated or intergroup threat theory posits that perceptions of threat are significant when considering prejudice and discrimination towards non-dominant groups. It focuses particularly on the conditions that led to …
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Impact of Class-based Prejudice toward Defendants and Victims on Mock Jurors' Decision-Making
… of justification-suppression of prejudice and intergroup threat. Across two trial simulation studies, the social class of the defendant (Study 1) or victim (Study 2), the availability of justification, and the presence of threat was experimentally manipulated. Participants' social class was …
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Causes, consequences, and changes in sociopolitical ideologies in the U.S.
… immigrants and related policies. Importantly, intergroup threat explained these associations, suggesting threat is an important mechanism through which Christian nationalism relates to immigrant attitudes. In paper two, I examine how perceived threat to religion might fuel greater endorsement …
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Impact of a Pandemic on Attitudes towards Immigrants
… perceived as posing both realistic and symbolic threats to the host society. During the current global pandemic, these threats are amplified. This research investigated how attitudes towards immigrants were likely to be more negative when the impact of the pandemic was made salient. Based on …
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The role of Muslim identity on perceived workplace religious discrimination of Muslim women working in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… by theories such as Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Threat Theory, the present study utilised a cross-sectional design to examine the role of Muslim identity in perceived religious discrimination in the workplace. To gain insight about the hijab in various contexts, the current study also …