John Dovidio
Carl I. Hovland Professor Emeritus of PsychologyCards
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2025
Acceptability, feasibility, and factors affecting implementation of a gender-sensitivity training for HIV providers and staff in Uganda: a mixed methods, quasi-experimental controlled pilot trial
Sileo K, Wanyenze R, Anecho A, Luttinen R, Weston K, Mukasa B, Mukama S, Vermund S, Dworkin S, Dovidio J, Taylor B, Kershaw T. Acceptability, feasibility, and factors affecting implementation of a gender-sensitivity training for HIV providers and staff in Uganda: a mixed methods, quasi-experimental controlled pilot trial. BMC Public Health 2025, 25: 1925. PMID: 40413446, PMCID: PMC12102985, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-23008-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConsolidated Framework for Implementation ResearchGender sensitivity trainingHIV providersFocus groupsQuality of HIV servicesQuasi-experimental controlled trialPost-intervention focus groupsClient-centered careGender-sensitive careNational health priorityHealth system contextNegative gender normsEffective implementation strategiesExit focus groupsFactors affecting implementationPost-session surveysPeri-urban UgandaEnhancing client engagementEligible providersProvider gapsFidelity checklistHIV healthHIV servicesHIV careImplementation researchIndirect Influence of Prejudice: How and Why People Accommodate the Prejudices of Others
Vial A, Bosak J, Flood P, Dovidio J. Indirect Influence of Prejudice: How and Why People Accommodate the Prejudices of Others. Social And Personality Psychology Compass 2025, 19 DOI: 10.1111/spc3.70055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfluence of prejudiceInstrumental goalsCultural fitHiring decisionsIndirect influenceOrganizational rolesHiring professionalsPersonnel decisionsIndividual prejudiceReview evidenceHiringResearch findingsDiscriminatory outcomesGender discriminationPersonal environmentDecision-making goalsEmployment discriminationPrejudiceSocial discriminationDecision-makingMinoritized groupsDecisionAccommodationRelevant constituentsEducated people
2024
Aversive Racism and Implicit Bias
Dovidio J, Pearson A, Schellhaas F, Gaertner S, Penner L. Aversive Racism and Implicit Bias. 2024, 124-148. DOI: 10.1017/9781108885492.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-governmental organizationsInter-group conflictPolice forceMeasures of prejudicePolitical scienceConcept of implicit biasReduce implicit biasSocial groupsEvaluations of social groupsGovernment agenciesSpectrum of viewsImplicit biasNegative evaluationPoliceActivistsSociologyGovernmentBehavioral sciencesUnconscious mindConflictAgenciesPrejudiceThe Impact of Implicit Racial Bias in Racial Health Disparities: A Practical Problem with Theoretical Implications
Penner L, Dovidio J, Hagiwara N, Albrecht T. The Impact of Implicit Racial Bias in Racial Health Disparities: A Practical Problem with Theoretical Implications. 2024, 173-221. DOI: 10.1017/9781108885492.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-governmental organizationsInter-group conflictRacial health disparitiesPolice forceMeasures of prejudicePolitical scienceImplicit racial biasRacial biasConcept of implicit biasReduce implicit biasSocial groupsHealth disparitiesGovernment agenciesSpectrum of viewsEvaluations of social groupsTheoretical implicationsImplicit biasNegative evaluationPoliceActivistsSociologyRaciallyGovernmentConflictAgenciesHigh White Racial Identity Predicts Low Allyship With a Black Female Sexual Harassment Complainant: The Critical Role of the Benevolence of a White Alleged Perpetrator
Johnson J, König C, Dovidio J, Dierckx K. High White Racial Identity Predicts Low Allyship With a Black Female Sexual Harassment Complainant: The Critical Role of the Benevolence of a White Alleged Perpetrator. Sex Roles 2024, 91: 9. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-024-01548-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhite racial identityRacial identitySexual harassmentBlack womenAversive racism frameworkExperience sexual harassmentWorkplace sexual harassmentBlacks complainingFemale victimsAlleged perpetratorDevelopment of interventionsAmericans' willingnessFemale subordinationWhite AmericansBenevolent conditionsIdentity MeasureIntervention intentionsHarassmentPhysical harmViolenceEquitable treatmentPerpetratorsWhite womenAllyshipVictimsReplicating What Motivates Conflicting Groups to Engage in Competitive Victimhood: The Roles of Need for Power and Need for Morality
Halabi S, Masi N, Dovidio J. Replicating What Motivates Conflicting Groups to Engage in Competitive Victimhood: The Roles of Need for Power and Need for Morality. Journal Of Applied Social Psychology 2024, 55: 75-86. DOI: 10.1111/jasp.13078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWeight Bias and Preparedness to Treat Higher-Weight Patients: Understanding the Role of Motivation to Respond Without Weight-Based Prejudice Among Resident Physicians
Standen E, Philip S, Dovidio J, van Ryn M, Phelan S. Weight Bias and Preparedness to Treat Higher-Weight Patients: Understanding the Role of Motivation to Respond Without Weight-Based Prejudice Among Resident Physicians. Stigma And Health 2024 DOI: 10.1037/sah0000582.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher-weight patientsWeight biasLevels of weight biasInternal motivationExternal motivationSelf-rated preparednessExplicit weight biasIntervention effortsResident physiciansLongitudinal studyWeight stigmaPopulation of health care providersDemographic variablesPrejudiceHealth care providersParticipantsMotivationBody mass indexCare providersHigher-weightInferior careHealth careMedical traineesFindingsMass indexCultural Tightness-Looseness and Individual Differences in Non-Normativeness Predict Stigmatization of Out-Groups: A Multilevel Cross-Cultural Study.
Ikizer E, Fischer R, Kunst J, Dovidio J. Cultural Tightness-Looseness and Individual Differences in Non-Normativeness Predict Stigmatization of Out-Groups: A Multilevel Cross-Cultural Study. Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin 2024, 1461672241273285. PMID: 39311404, DOI: 10.1177/01461672241273285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEthnic out-groupsTightness-loosenessOut-groupCross-cultural studiesLevel of stigmaCultural tightness-loosenessSocial standardsWorld Values SurveyMacro-level influencesValues SurveyPreregistered analysesMultilevel perspectiveWave 6StigmaMultilevel approachAffect stigmaMultilevelStudy 1Study 2Non-normalitySelective cultural adoption: The roles of warmth, competence, morality and perceived indispensability in majority‐group acculturation
Kunst J, Bierwiaczonek K, Obaidi M, Fluit S, von Soest T, Sam D, Dovidio J. Selective cultural adoption: The roles of warmth, competence, morality and perceived indispensability in majority‐group acculturation. British Journal Of Social Psychology 2024, 64: e12801. PMID: 39283045, PMCID: PMC11923941, DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrigendum to “US cisgender women's psychological responses to physical femininity threats: Increased anxiety, reduced self-esteem” [Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 110(2024) 104547]
Wittlin N, LaFrance M, Dovidio J, Richeson J. Corrigendum to “US cisgender women's psychological responses to physical femininity threats: Increased anxiety, reduced self-esteem” [Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 110(2024) 104547]. Journal Of Experimental Social Psychology 2024, 113: 104627. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2024.104627.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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