2023
White Americans' blame attributions and empathy towards Black victims of police violence: How pejorative stereotypes ‘engulf the field’
Johnson J, Lecci L, Dovidio J. White Americans' blame attributions and empathy towards Black victims of police violence: How pejorative stereotypes ‘engulf the field’. British Journal Of Social Psychology 2023, 63: 936-955. PMID: 38131304, DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolice violenceBlack victimsBlame attributionsCitizenship educationCriminal stereotypesWhite policemenMotivated reasoning processesRacial stereotypingViolencePejorative stereotypesBlack AmericansVictimsWhite observersBlack menVictim stereotypicalityBlack womenGreater blameStereotypesPractical implicationsBlack stereotypesStereotypical victimMTurk participantsCrimeEmpathy deficitsEmpathy
2019
Fusion with political leaders predicts willingness to persecute immigrants and political opponents
Kunst J, Dovidio J, Thomsen L. Fusion with political leaders predicts willingness to persecute immigrants and political opponents. Nature Human Behaviour 2019, 3: 1180-1189. PMID: 31477913, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0708-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolitical leadersUS presidential electionCritical future researchPolitical violencePolitical movementsElection resultsPolitical opponentsTrump’s followersPresidential electionDonald TrumpUS borderRelative deprivationTrumpElectionsImmigrantsVisceral feelingLeadersWillingnessFuture researchViolencePartisansMuslimsFollowersPersecutionOpponents
2017
Collective Identity
Dovidio J, Schellhaas F. Collective Identity. 2017, 1-3. DOI: 10.1002/9781118430873.est0057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCollective identityIndividual-level processesCollective actionSocial identityEmotional connectionSocial actionCollective empowermentSocial movementsPolitical sciencePolitical strugglePsychologyCivil disobedienceIdentitySocial networksSenseActionEmpowermentViolenceFocusDownMovementSociologyStruggleDisobedience