{"title":"Effects of Ingroup and Outgroup Celebrities on Asian American and Hispanic Teens’ Self-Esteem and Ingroup Judgments","authors":"Marie-Louise Mares","doi":"10.1080/15213269.2023.2169467","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Do ingroup celebrities yield psychological benefits or costs for marginalized youth? Might outgroup celebrities prompt a sense of connection and thereby also yield benefits? In two experiments (the latter a replication six years later with different exemplars), Asian American (n1 = 85, n2 = 205) and US Hispanic (n1 = 135, n2 = 220) teens were randomized to see ingroup celebrity profiles, outgroup celebrity profiles, or no-exposure control. In both studies, ingroup celebrities (vs. control) increased Asian American teens’ self-esteem, but not via hypothesized effects on ingroup warmth or pride. In Study 1, Hispanic teens showed no experimental effects of ingroup celebrities; in Study 2, they showed a single moderated effect on perceptions of Hispanic school achievement. Both samples, in both studies, showed minimal effects of outgroup celebrities. Non-experimental associations with perceptions of ingroup celebrities were largely positive. Results highlight the complexity of identity-related effects, including differences between marginalized groups.","PeriodicalId":47932,"journal":{"name":"Media Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Media Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2169467","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Do ingroup celebrities yield psychological benefits or costs for marginalized youth? Might outgroup celebrities prompt a sense of connection and thereby also yield benefits? In two experiments (the latter a replication six years later with different exemplars), Asian American (n1 = 85, n2 = 205) and US Hispanic (n1 = 135, n2 = 220) teens were randomized to see ingroup celebrity profiles, outgroup celebrity profiles, or no-exposure control. In both studies, ingroup celebrities (vs. control) increased Asian American teens’ self-esteem, but not via hypothesized effects on ingroup warmth or pride. In Study 1, Hispanic teens showed no experimental effects of ingroup celebrities; in Study 2, they showed a single moderated effect on perceptions of Hispanic school achievement. Both samples, in both studies, showed minimal effects of outgroup celebrities. Non-experimental associations with perceptions of ingroup celebrities were largely positive. Results highlight the complexity of identity-related effects, including differences between marginalized groups.
期刊介绍:
Media Psychology is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to publishing theoretically-oriented empirical research that is at the intersection of psychology and media communication. These topics include media uses, processes, and effects. Such research is already well represented in mainstream journals in psychology and communication, but its publication is dispersed across many sources. Therefore, scholars working on common issues and problems in various disciplines often cannot fully utilize the contributions of kindred spirits in cognate disciplines.