2014
The 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 sampleCommunity
2013
The 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 importance
2012
Reconstruing Intolerance
Luguri J, Napier J, Dovidio J. Reconstruing Intolerance. Psychological Science 2012, 23: 756-763. PMID: 22653799, DOI: 10.1177/0956797611433877.Peer-Reviewed Original Research