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
2021
Helping Victims of Loss and Trauma: A Social Psychological Perspective
Penner L, Dovidio J, Albrecht T. Helping Victims of Loss and Trauma: A Social Psychological Perspective. 2021, 62-85. DOI: 10.4324/9781315783345-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial psychological perspectiveSocial psychological literatureSocial comparison processesPsychological literaturePsychological perspectiveExperience of lossProsocial behaviorTraumatic eventsComparison processSocial learningPerson's willingnessPersonal lossOwn situationAppropriate responseTime of lossPeopleCurrent behaviorVictimsTraumaExperienceParticular kindWillingnessLearningBehaviorPersons
2019
Enhancing the salience of free speech rights increases differential perceived free speech protections for criminal acts against Black versus White targets
Roussos G, Dovidio J. Enhancing the salience of free speech rights increases differential perceived free speech protections for criminal acts against Black versus White targets. Journal Of Applied Social Psychology 2019, 49: 519-533. DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCrime chargesCriminal actsAnti-Black prejudiceFree speech protectionsFree speech rightsSpeech protectionSpeech rightsCulture-specific valuesLess supportACT targetRightsRights increasesPrejudiceDifferential perceptionsSalienceTargeted groupTarget groupActsInfluence applicationsJustification processSupportBlacksVictimsWhite targetsProtection
2009
Promoting Reconciliation Through the Satisfaction of the Emotional Needs of Victimized and Perpetrating Group Members: The Needs-Based Model of Reconciliation
Shnabel N, Nadler A, Ullrich J, Dovidio J, Carmi D. Promoting Reconciliation Through the Satisfaction of the Emotional Needs of Victimized and Perpetrating Group Members: The Needs-Based Model of Reconciliation. Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin 2009, 35: 1021-1030. PMID: 19498070, DOI: 10.1177/0146167209336610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial exchange interactionsModel of reconciliationNeeds-based modelOne's ingroupPerpetrator groupTheoretical implicationsEmotional needsParties' willingnessIngroupGreater willingnessGroup membersPerpetratorsVictimsWillingnessVictimizedSatisfactionReconciliationImplicationsMembersEmpowermentGroupAcceptanceOpposite effectNeed