Chloe M Nguyen, Samantha L Moore-Berg, Boaz Hameiri
{"title":"When victimhood threatens democracy: competitive victimhood predicts anti-democratic policy support through dehumanization for Republicans and Democrats.","authors":"Chloe M Nguyen, Samantha L Moore-Berg, Boaz Hameiri","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2502818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2502818","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Both Republicans and Democrats claim that they are victimized by the out-party, yet little is understood about whether and how this competition is associated with toxic polarization. The current work aims to illuminate the psychological processes through which competition for victimhood promotes support for anti-democratic policies among partisans. To do this, we conducted a nationally representative survey (<i>N</i> = 2000) to examine whether partisans' levels of competitive victimhood was associated with support for anti-democratic policies. Both Republicans and Democrats evidenced high levels of competitive victimhood, which was significantly correlated with support for anti-democratic policies. This relationship was mediated by dehumanization, but not prejudice, for Democrats, whereas both dehumanization and prejudice mediated the relationship between competitive victimhood and support for anti-democratic policies for Republicans.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Individual differences in responses to hedonic versus utilitarian advertisements.","authors":"Sneha Gupta, Melanie C Green","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2501536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2501536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current study sought to extend an understanding of how individual differences related to hedonic (pleasure-oriented) purchase goals affect persuasion and ad liking. Specifically, we investigated the effect of differences in consumers' hedonic versus utilitarian goals and the desire to engage in purchase-related conversations (conversational tendencies) on responses to advertisements with either a hedonic or utilitarian focus. We also examined feelings of missing out as a factor that leads to a preference for hedonic messaging. Our experiment (<i>N</i> = 286) measured consumer goals and conversational tendencies and then randomly assigned participants to see either a hedonic or utilitarian ad. Hedonic goal seekers and those with a greater fear of missing out showed a higher preference for hedonic advertisements, but conversational tendencies (the tendency to talk about the purchase category) did not create a difference in ad preference.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I, Too, Am America: displaying national symbols on clothing increases the perceived ethnic and civic nationalism of Latinx Americans.","authors":"Gabriel Camacho, Achraf Abouras","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2503007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2503007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Latinx Americans are often stereotyped as perpetual foreigners, perceived as low in both ethnic nationalism (shared heritage and language) and civic nationalism (commitment to national ideals). We examine whether displaying national symbols on clothing affects perceptions of their nationalism. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 302), participants rated images of a White or Latinx man wearing a U.S. Army symbol or no symbol. The Latinx man was rated lower in both types of nationalism compared to the White man. However, displaying a national symbol increased perceptions of civic nationalism for both, and ethnic nationalism specifically for the Latinx man. Study 2 (<i>N</i> = 301) replicated these results, showing that a Latinx man wearing an American flag was perceived as higher in ethnic and civic nationalism than without a symbol. These findings demonstrate that trait-related symbols can influence the traits and behaviors attributed to members of groups stereotypically perceived as lacking them.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144053057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The fearful mind of artificial intelligence: fear and perceived existential threat of artificial intelligence as a function of its cognitive and emotional capabilities.","authors":"Michael B Kitchens, Brian P Meier","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2503006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2503006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this research was to examine people's fear and perception of threat toward artificial intelligence (AI) as a function of various psychological features attributed to it. To investigate this, participants (Exp. 1, <i>N</i> = 206) read descriptions of AI with high or low cognitive and emotional capabilities. They were most (least) averse to AI described as having the strongest (weakest) of these capabilities (Exp. 1). Similarly, in Experiment 2, a representative U.S. sample (<i>N</i> = 686) was more afraid of and threatened by AI described as having equally strong cognitive and emotional capabilities than AI described as with weaker capabilities (weak cognition, strong emotion), but that pattern was reversed when the faculties were attributed to pharmacologically altered humans. These findings provide evidence for competing predictions about the configuration of these faculties to evoke negateve responses. Furthermore, they provide a novel test of these competing predictions applied to AI.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johanna K Blomster Lyshol, Rafael Valdece Sousa Bastos, Peder Mortvedt Isager, Magnus H Blystad
{"title":"What is empathy for laypeople? - A replication study of Hall, Schwartz, and Duong (2021).","authors":"Johanna K Blomster Lyshol, Rafael Valdece Sousa Bastos, Peder Mortvedt Isager, Magnus H Blystad","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2482014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2482014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To understand how laypeople define empathy, Hall, Schwartz, and Duong (2021) asked U.S. participants to rate how well items from various empathy measures matched their own definitions. The current paper (<i>N</i> = 549) is a replication of Hall, Schwartz, and Duong (2021, Study 2) using a highly similar study procedure, with a small extension consisting of items from an emotional contagion scale. We conducted a multi-group CFA to test the replicability of Hall et al.'s model, but the factor structure was not replicated. As an extension, we conducted an exploratory graph analysis (EGA), that revealed a similar factor structure, though some items were discarded due to poor fit. Additionally, the ranking of the items (i.e. what the participants saw as closest to their definition of empathy) shows the same pattern as in the original study. We consider this to be a successful partial replication of Hall et al.'s (2021) findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online information sharing: how secondhand information and credibility level influence the perceived validity of information.","authors":"Greggory M Hundt, John J Seta","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2482018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2482018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two experiments examined online information sharing. Specifically, we explored a situation in which a proximate secondhand source repeated information of an obscure factual nature that was derived from an originating source with a discrepant or similar credibility level. Secondhand information did not always increase or decrease the perceived validity of information. Rather, the perceived validity of secondhand information depended on the relationship between the credibility level of the secondhand source and its originating source. We used a weighted averaging model as an overarching account of our results. We also discuss differences between information sharing and research findings in the attitude, rumor, and truth effect literatures as well as future research directions and implications for social media and online information sharing.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When empathy goes wrong: the perceived cost of empathy reduces empathic reactions to a friend.","authors":"Reina Takamatsu, Wenzhen Xu, Akiko Matsuo","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2480742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2480742","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Empathy is susceptible to contextual cues that alter empathic reactions. When empathy is associated with unbearable discomfort, anticipated emotional pain, or financial burden, people tend to downregulate it. Reduced empathy has destructive consequences, but to date, the contextual antecedents of reduced empathy in close relationships due to perceived costs remain unexplored. In three studies (<i>N</i> = 733), we examined how the perceived cost of empathy influenced empathic responses toward close friends. When empathizing with a friend involved sharing negative emotions or where the friend hindered a valuable opportunity, participants consistently showed reduced empathy for friends. Moreover, they allocated less time to spend with their friends. These findings suggest that the perceived cost undermines empathic experiences in friendship. When people perceive a downside of empathy, their close friends may no longer be within the sphere of empathic concern.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Labeling effects for the poor: the role of labels on dehumanization of the poor and opposition to welfare policies.","authors":"Erica L Granz Nack, Mason D Burns","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2480196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2480196","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Numerous terms are frequently used to refer to poor people (i.e. \"needy,\" \"impoverished\"). Despite ostensibly used to refer to the same social category, little research has investigated how different labels impact perceptions of the poor. Three studies investigated how different labels for poor people differentially predicted dehumanization of the poor and, in turn, opposition to welfare. Study 1 identified (from 20) labels that participants indicated similar familiarity and referred to the same social category but differed in valence. Studies 2 and 3 had participants indicate their dehumanizing perceptions of poor people varying in label and indicate their support for welfare programs. Results indicated that \"Broke\" people were dehumanized more than \"In Need\" people despite referring to the same social category. In turn, greater dehumanization predicted less support for welfare policies designed to benefit the poor. Discussion surrounds the importance of understanding the language surrounding discussions of the poor and welfare.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relation of implicit age bias based on negative age stereotypes to the American state prevalence of older adult Alzheimer's disease.","authors":"Stewart J H McCann","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2479777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2479777","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study determined the relation of Implicit Age Bias among respondents aged 20-59 years of age to the 2020 Alzheimer's disease (AD) prevalence among residents 65 years and over with the 48 contiguous American states as analytic units. This implicit measure of state ambient ageism correlated .69 with state AD prevalence and persisted in multiple regression equations considering several controls including older adult poverty rate, high school graduation, bachelor's degree attainment, and multiple chronic conditions. Based on stereotype embodiment theory, the assumption is that the influence of external state-level age bias combined with the personal experiences of state residents leads to the general internalization of negative age stereotypes and ultimately to higher state AD prevalence. The <i>speculation</i> is that such internalization at the individual level leads to adoption of unhealthy behaviors and stress accumulation that eventually produces immunological deficiencies, infections, and inflammation conducive to AD onset and progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143671491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta Rogoza, Marta Marchlewska, Radosław Rogoza, Zuzanna Molenda, Dagmara Szczepańska, Oliwia Maciantowicz, Dominika Maison
{"title":"Emotional processes underlying national narcissism.","authors":"Marta Rogoza, Marta Marchlewska, Radosław Rogoza, Zuzanna Molenda, Dagmara Szczepańska, Oliwia Maciantowicz, Dominika Maison","doi":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2479783","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224545.2025.2479783","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Within the current manuscript, we assumed that national narcissism should be linked to poor emotion recognition skills and negative emotionality. In a series of four mixed-methodology studies, we found positive relations between national narcissism and one's own impairment of emotion recognition, lower levels of facial emotion recognition, and higher levels of antagonistically oriented emotions. We also demonstrated that an inability to recognize emotions of others (characteristic for national narcissism) may, in turn, translate into dehumanization of in-group and out-group. By highlighting these relations, we argue that group defensiveness can be linked to a specific form of emotionality.</p>","PeriodicalId":48205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}