2024
Integration policies shape ethnic-racial majorities’ threat reactions to increasing diversity
Kende J, Jacobs D, Green E, Tropp L, Huo Y, Dovidio J, Jiménez T, Schildkraut D, Klein O. Integration policies shape ethnic-racial majorities’ threat reactions to increasing diversity. Science Advances 2024, 10: eadk8556. PMID: 38809972, PMCID: PMC11135425, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk8556.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary analysis of survey dataAnalysis of survey dataFeelings of threatIncreasing diversityIntegration policiesPolicy contextThreat perceptionRacial diversitySurvey dataMinority positionWhite American participantsPolicyEuropean countriesThreat reactionsMajor participantsLesser threatAttitude of nationalismUnited StatesAmerican participantsThreatImmigrantsSecondary analysisNarrativesCountriesParticipants
2022
“Master” of None: Institutional Language Change Linked to Reduced Gender Bias
Bailey A, Dovidio J, LaFrance M. “Master” of None: Institutional Language Change Linked to Reduced Gender Bias. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Applied 2022, 28: 237-248. PMID: 34014722, DOI: 10.1037/xap0000326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage policy changeGeneric languageLanguage policesIncidence of menLanguage changeFace recognition taskActual menMale exemplarsLanguageGender biasGender inequityRecognition taskMore exemplarsLeadership rolesYale UniversityApplied contextExemplarsGeneric termMemoryPrevious experimental researchMindStudentsRange of processesReal-world policiesMen
2021
Individual variation in role construal predicts responses to third-party biases in hiring contexts
Vial A, Bosak J, Flood P, Dovidio J. Individual variation in role construal predicts responses to third-party biases in hiring contexts. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0244393. PMID: 33534837, PMCID: PMC7857582, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-existing beliefsStudy 2Presence of cuesFemale job candidatesRole demandsStudy 1Job candidatesHR professionalsBias influencesPreliminary evidencePractical implicationsEndorsementIndividual variationActor perspectiveBiasesLower preferenceGroup characteristicsEmployment discriminationManager roleContextCuesProfessionalsBiasPerspectiveAccommodation
2020
Ambivalent Effects of Positive Contact Between Women and Men on Collective Actions for Women’s Rights
Vázquez A, López-Rodríguez L, Gómez Á, Dovidio J. Ambivalent Effects of Positive Contact Between Women and Men on Collective Actions for Women’s Rights. Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin 2020, 47: 1358-1373. PMID: 33272116, DOI: 10.1177/0146167220974162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotion Malleability Beliefs and Coping With the College Transition
Kneeland E, Dovidio J. Emotion Malleability Beliefs and Coping With the College Transition. Emotion 2020, 20: 452-461. PMID: 30702309, DOI: 10.1037/emo0000559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion malleability beliefsMalleability beliefsEmotion regulationCognitive reappraisalEmotion regulation strategiesStudents’ beliefsFirst-year students' beliefsMental health adjustmentFirst-year college studentsSelf-report questionnairesMalleable viewRegulation strategiesStressful transitionHealth adjustmentCollege transitionLess depressionCollege studentsMental healthFall semesterEmotionsRuminationBeliefsFirst-year studentsCurrent studyLess use
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 researchViolencePartisansMuslimsFollowersPersecutionOpponentsThe Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas
Stangl A, Earnshaw V, Logie C, van Brakel W, C. Simbayi L, Barré I, Dovidio J. The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas. BMC Medicine 2019, 17: 31. PMID: 30764826, PMCID: PMC6376797, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1271-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Factors influencing medical student self‐competence to provide weight management services
Doshi R, Gudzune K, Dyrbye L, Dovidio J, Burke S, White R, Perry S, Yeazel M, van Ryn M, Phelan S. Factors influencing medical student self‐competence to provide weight management services. Clinical Obesity 2018, 9: e12288. PMID: 30358159, PMCID: PMC6411289, DOI: 10.1111/cob.12288.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Visual portrayals of obesity in health media: promoting exercise without perpetuating weight bias
Pearl R, Dovidio J, Puhl R. Visual portrayals of obesity in health media: promoting exercise without perpetuating weight bias. Health Education Research 2015, 30: 580-590. PMID: 26116585, DOI: 10.1093/her/cyv025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeight statusHealth education campaignsNon-overweight participantsWeight-biased attitudesWeight biasNegative health consequencesHealth education materialsParticipants' weight statusLean womenUS womenObesityAnalysis of covarianceExercise imagesHealth consequencesLow expressionWomenExercise behaviorEducation campaignsHealth mediaExerciseEducation materialsStatusHigher reportsParticipants
2014
Racial Attitudes and Visual Cues in Political Judgments: Support for Obama During the 2008 Presidential Election
West T, Pearson A, Dovidio J, Johnson B, Phills C. Racial Attitudes and Visual Cues in Political Judgments: Support for Obama During the 2008 Presidential Election. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 2014, 20: 583-590. PMID: 25090140, DOI: 10.1037/a0036947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRacial attitudesPresidential electionU.S. presidential electionPolitical orientationPolitical judgmentAmerican responseObamaMore egalitarianDark skinnedElectionsAttitudesPersistent influenceRacePrior researchPoliticsPostelectionEgalitarianLongitudinal studyComplex roleVisual representationImplicationsSupportWhitesResearchPsychosocial predictors of attitudes toward physician empathy in clinical encounters among 4732 1st year medical students: A report from the CHANGES study
van Ryn M, Hardeman R, Phelan S, Burke S, Przedworski J, Allen M, Burgess D, Ridgeway J, White R, Dovidio J. Psychosocial predictors of attitudes toward physician empathy in clinical encounters among 4732 1st year medical students: A report from the CHANGES study. Patient Education And Counseling 2014, 96: 367-375. PMID: 25065328, PMCID: PMC4195739, DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.06.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical students' attitudesMedical schoolsStudents' attitudesMedical studentsFirst-year medical students' attitudesPhysician empathyMedical school curriculumFirst-year studentsUS medical schoolsYear medical studentsEmpathic careSchool curriculumStudent factorsEffective curriculumYear studentsClinical encountersDispositional empathyCurriculumStudentsDispositional characteristicsPsychosocial predictorsSchoolsEmpathyOnline questionnaireIndividual predictorsLost in the Categorical Shuffle: Evidence for the Social Non-Prototypicality of Black Women
Thomas E, Dovidio J, West T. Lost in the Categorical Shuffle: Evidence for the Social Non-Prototypicality of Black Women. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 2014, 20: 370-376. PMID: 24730367, DOI: 10.1037/a0035096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias
Kang Y, Gray J, Dovidio J. The Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias. Journal Of Experimental Psychology General 2014, 143: 1306-1313. PMID: 23957283, DOI: 10.1037/a0034150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStigmatized social groupsImplicit attitudesImplicit biasImplicit intergroup biasSocial groupsStigmatized outgroupsIntergroup biasIntergroup relationsMeditation trainingSocial outgroupsLovingkindness meditationWaitlist controlPsychological stressPractice conditionsPersonal benefitsNonhomeless adultsMeditationOutgroupAttitudesBiasPeopleHomeless peopleBlack peopleBroad impactTrainingHIV prevention interventions to reduce sexual risk for African Americans: The influence of community-level stigma and psychological processes
Reid A, Dovidio J, Ballester E, Johnson B. HIV prevention interventions to reduce sexual risk for African Americans: The influence of community-level stigma and psychological processes. Social Science & Medicine 2014, 103: 118-125. PMID: 24507916, PMCID: PMC3920181, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite attitudesResidential segregationCommunity-level stigmaCondom use practicesAmerican National Election StudiesNational Election StudiesStructural factorsAfrican AmericansElection StudyCommunity-level educationSocial identityAfrican Americans' mistrustIntergroup disparitiesCondom useParticipants' valuesHIV prevention interventionsUnited StatesSexual riskMistrustAttitudesUse practicesAmericansMore African AmericansRepresentative sampleCommunityImplicit and explicit weight bias in a national sample of 4,732 medical students: The medical student CHANGES study
Phelan S, Dovidio J, Puhl R, Burgess D, Nelson D, Yeazel M, Hardeman R, Perry S, van Ryn M. Implicit and explicit weight bias in a national sample of 4,732 medical students: The medical student CHANGES study. Obesity 2014, 22: 1201-1208. PMID: 24375989, PMCID: PMC3968216, DOI: 10.1002/oby.20687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExplicit weight biasWeight biasExplicit biasAnti-Fat Attitudes TestMedical Student CHANGE StudyImplicit Association TestImplicit weight biasImplications of biasesStudent factorsNational sampleExplicit attitudesLarge national sampleWeight biasesBias scoresAttitudes TestRacial minoritiesAssociation TestLongitudinal studyFeeling thermometerYear medical studentsFuture researchMedical studentsTest interventionsBiasesStudents
2013
How Affectively-Based and Cognitively-Based Attitudes Drive Intergroup Behaviours: The Moderating Role of Affective-Cognitive Consistency
Zhou J, Dovidio J, Wang E. How Affectively-Based and Cognitively-Based Attitudes Drive Intergroup Behaviours: The Moderating Role of Affective-Cognitive Consistency. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e82150. PMID: 24244751, PMCID: PMC3828264, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAffective-cognitive consistencyAttitude-behavior consistencyInstrumental behaviorSupportive behaviorsIntergroup contextIntergroup behaviorCognitive componentsIntergroup relationsBest predictorModerating RoleStudy 1Study 2Supervisory groupReciprocal implicationsPresent researchConsummatory behaviorGeneral attitudesAttitudesWeak relationshipAffectivelyConsistencyPredictorsBehaviorConsummatoryModeratesThe Dynamics of Intergroup Helping: The Case of Subtle Bias Against Latinos
Abad-Merino S, Newheiser A, Dovidio J, Tabernero C, González I. The Dynamics of Intergroup Helping: The Case of Subtle Bias Against Latinos. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 2013, 19: 445-452. PMID: 23914744, DOI: 10.1037/a0032658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubtle biasGroup-based disparitiesAutonomy-oriented helpModern Racism ScaleRole of prejudicePsychological studiesRacism ScalePresent researchPrejudiceConcrete social problemsSocial problemsParticipantsAfrican AmericansLatinosBiasIntergroupLatinasLatino populationDiscriminationPeopleAmericansFindingsSupportResearchTraditional importanceInsecure Status Relations Shape Preferences for the Content of Intergroup Contact
Saguy T, Dovidio J. Insecure Status Relations Shape Preferences for the Content of Intergroup Contact. Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin 2013, 39: 1030-1042. PMID: 23719622, DOI: 10.1177/0146167213487078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-status group membersIntergroup contactStatus legitimacyStatus differencesStatus stabilitySocial identity theoryGroup membersLow-status groupsHigh-status ethnic groupIdentity theoryStudy 1Study 2Group statusShape preferencesMembers' willingnessU.S. sampleGreater desireCurrent researchCommonalitiesWillingnessRecent workPreferencesEthnic groupsRacial attitudes, physician–patient talk time ratio, and adherence in racially discordant medical interactions
Hagiwara N, Penner L, Gonzalez R, Eggly S, Dovidio J, Gaertner S, West T, Albrecht T. Racial attitudes, physician–patient talk time ratio, and adherence in racially discordant medical interactions. Social Science & Medicine 2013, 87: 123-131. PMID: 23631787, PMCID: PMC3677202, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResponses to Endorsement of Commonality by Ingroup and Outgroup Members: The Roles of Group Representation and Threat
Gómez Á, Dovidio J, Gaertner S, Fernández S, Vázquez A. Responses to Endorsement of Commonality by Ingroup and Outgroup Members: The Roles of Group Representation and Threat. Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin 2013, 39: 419-431. PMID: 23456560, DOI: 10.1177/0146167213475366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOne-group representationPositive intergroup orientationsIntergroup orientationsOutgroup membersCommon identityIngroup membersSymbolic threatExperiment 1Experiment 2Positive orientationIngroupSocial normsEndorsementRepresentationIdentityOrientationThreatMembersCommonalitiesGroup representationsNorms