2021
Signaling hostility: The relationship between witnessing weight‐based discrimination in medical school and medical student well‐being
Meadows A, Barreto M, Dovidio J, Burke S, Wittlin N, Herrin J, van Ryn M, Phelan S. Signaling hostility: The relationship between witnessing weight‐based discrimination in medical school and medical student well‐being. Journal Of Applied Social Psychology 2021, 53: 215-230. DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12847.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedical schoolsSchool burnoutSchool belongingHigher-weight patientsUS medical schoolsPsychological healthWeight stigmaSense of belongingStudents' psychological healthInstitutional culture changeMedical educationMedical studentsStudentsSchoolsFourth yearAnti-fat attitudesDerogatory humorWeight-based discriminationGeneral healthBelongingMarginalized groupsFirst yearReduced feelingsDiscriminatory behaviorBurnout
2014
Psychosocial 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 predictors
1994
The Contact Hypothesis
Gaertner S, Rust M, Dovidio J, Bachman B, Anastasio P. The Contact Hypothesis. Small Group Research 1994, 25: 224-249. DOI: 10.1177/1046496494252005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive representationsAffective reactionsContact hypothesisCommon ingroup identity modelIntergroup biasIdentity modelCooperative interdependenceWeak representationRacial identityEgalitarian normsHigh schoolSurvey studyEqual statusRepresentationBiasSchoolsIngroupFavorabilityAmerican identityThefeaturesHypothesisIdentityStudent bodyDifferent groupsStudents
1984
The Relationship between Stressful Life Events and School-Related Performances of Type a and Type b Adolescents
A. A, Dovidio J. The Relationship between Stressful Life Events and School-Related Performances of Type a and Type b Adolescents. Behavioral Medicine 1984, 10: 50-55. PMID: 6470475, DOI: 10.1080/0097840x.1984.9934959.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStressful life eventsLife eventsLife stressUncontrollable stressful life eventsDifferent coping mechanismsHigh school studentsDelinquent behaviorStressful eventsCoping mechanismsSport involvementIndividual stylePrevious researchSchool studentsExtracurricular activitiesNegative relationshipAdolescentsStylePresent studyRelationshipGradepointStudentsStressPerformanceSchoolsFindings