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{"title":"Testing Competing Models of Social Evaluation in Western European, Latin America and the United States","authors":"Sergio Barbosa,&nbsp;Gino Marttelo Carmona-Diaz,&nbsp;William Jiménez-Leal","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70089","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A recent adversarial collaboration on social evaluation has united a number of competing models under a bi-dimensional structure of social evaluation. This proposed structure posits that social evaluation is conducted using two independent dimensions: Horizontal and Vertical. In turn, each dimension is divided into two facets: The Horizontal dimension is composed of the Friendliness and Morality facets, and the Vertical dimension is composed of the Ability and Assertiveness facets. Although commendable, direct evidence for this proposed model remains scarce. Specifically, the literature fails to test for plausible competing models that separate Friendliness and Morality into independent dimensions. Across two preregistered studies (<i>n</i> = 681) and a re-analysis of six recently published datasets (Barbedor et al. 2024, <i>n</i> = 1265; Koch et al. 2024, <i>n</i> = 6368), we systematically compared theoretical models of social evaluation in the context of regional stereotypes (Study 1), cross-national stereotypes in Latin America (Study 2), arbitrary social groups (Studies 3–7 and 9) and individual targets (Studies 8 and 9). Preregistered results provide mixed evidence for bi-, tri- and four-dimensional models of social evaluation. We discuss the implications of these results for adversarial collaboration, specifically regarding potential moderators of the number of dimensions, such as the evaluated social target.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"1006-1021"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149219528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conspiracy Beliefs as a Metacognitive Dimension of Intergroup Attitudes: A Novel Framework for Interventions","authors":"Magdalena Adamus,&nbsp;Jais Adam-Troian,&nbsp;Maria Chayinska","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70098","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Apart from their well-established associations with individual characteristics, experiences of existential threats and either objective or perceived structural circumstances in which people live, conspiracy beliefs are now being increasingly recognised as a reflection of group-related motivations, identity-protective motives, prejudice and stereotypes. As conspiracy beliefs and intergroup attitudes share definitional characteristics as well as extensive networks of social, psychological and contextual correlates, their content and function allow us to see them as an intergroup phenomenon. To provide a more nuanced understanding of conspiracy beliefs, we situate them within the tripartite model of intergroup attitudes as an additional, metacognitive dimension. Drawing from their metacognitive character as often biased insights into outgroups’ intentions and actions, and expanding the socio-functional model of prejudice, we propose an operational research roadmap that specifies when and for which conspiracy beliefs the intergroup-based approach is likely to be effective.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"992-999"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.70098","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149219542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Honour the Light in Every Soul: Awe Reduces Objectification via Self-Transcendence","authors":"Yan Lin,&nbsp;Manqin Xiao,&nbsp;Yu Ma,&nbsp;Lili Guan","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70095","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Objectification, treating others as mere instruments while denying their intrinsic humanness, is a harmful and pervasive phenomenon, yet interventions to address it remain underexplored. We proposed that awe can reduce objectification toward general others via self-transcendence. Six multi-method studies (<i>N</i> = 1248) supported our hypotheses. We found that awe was negatively associated with, or causally reduced, objectification at both state (Studies 1–3, 5–6) and dispositional levels (Study 4). Self-transcendence (rather than self-smallness) mediated this effect (Studies 3–6). Moreover, awe-induced reduction in objectification was linked to decreased exploitative intentions. These observed effects were distinct from nature exposure or general positive emotions (Studies 2–3) and were prevalent across cultures (Study 6). Overall, the present research comprehensively demonstrates awe's unique capacity to counteract objectification, highlighting its potential for fostering humane interpersonal interactions.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"1080-1098"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149219546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘Working Through’ Interpersonal Transgressions: The Role of Narration (and Re-Narration) in the Self-Forgiveness Processes of Wrongdoers","authors":"Christiana Harous,&nbsp;Michael Wenzel,&nbsp;Lydia Woodyatt","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70100","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research examines how wrongdoers may use narration to ‘work through’ a transgression committed, towards self-forgiveness and reconciliation. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 30), reflexive thematic analysis was used to identify narrative types observable in wrongdoers’ storying of a recent interpersonal transgression, informing our conceptual framework. We developed a quantitative tool for assessing wrongdoers’ narration—the Interpersonal Offense Narration Scale (IONS) and, in Study 2 (<i>N</i> = 349), used linear mixed modelling to examine how wrongdoers’ narrative processes develop over 72 h post-transgression. Results indicate that past-contextualization (contextual explanations) was related to genuine self-forgiveness and willingness to reconcile; self-contextualization (exploring identity (in)congruence) was related to self-punishment and self-exoneration; self-distancing (big-picture abstraction) was related to down-regulating self-punishment and self-exoneration; and redemption (moral learning) was related to genuine self-forgiveness and willingness to reconcile, and reduced self-exoneration. The findings thus highlight the differential functions of distinct narrative processes for interpersonal wrongdoers working-through their wrongdoing toward self-forgiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"1129-1146"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.70100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149219541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Community as Medicine: A Qualitative Exploration of Meaningful Social Support and Health for Trans- and Gender-Diverse People in England","authors":"Chase Staras,&nbsp;Juliet Wakefield,&nbsp;Daragh McDermott,&nbsp;Bethany Jones","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70093","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The poor mental and physical health of trans- and gender-diverse (TGD) young people is well established and commonly attributed to gender minority stress. Although recent research has shown that social support can mitigate these effects, less attention has been paid to the psychological processes through which this occurs. We argue that the Social Identity Approach to Health (SIAH) provides a useful framework for understanding these mechanisms. Using the SIAH, we analysed qualitative data from 20 TGD young people aged 18–26 and eight health, social and voluntary care professionals. Our analysis shows that although loss of prior social group memberships (e.g., family) is common, new connections with other TGD people formed during the development of an authentic self often outweigh these losses. These relationships foster felt understanding and provide access to key psychological resources, including safety, meaning and emotional reassurance. Although intragroup discrimination can undermine these benefits, we outline ways such challenges may be addressed and consider implications for more holistic models of TGD healthcare.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"1058-1079"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.70093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149219547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Longitudinal Comparison of the Effects of Election Outcomes on System Legitimacy in the United Kingdom and United States","authors":"Evan A. Valdes,&nbsp;Rosalind Searle,&nbsp;James H. Liu,&nbsp;Cornelia Sindermann","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70084","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using three-wave panel data from the United Kingdom (<i>N</i> = 604) and the United States (<i>N</i> = 512), we examined changes in system-legitimization across the 2024 electoral cycle and whether trajectories differed for electoral winners and losers. In both countries, system-legitimization increased after the election, suggesting that elections function as legitimacy-relevant events once outcomes become known. Winner–loser dynamics qualified these patterns. In both countries, electoral winners showed clear post-election increases in system legitimization. Among losers, responses depended on how political alignment was operationalized. In the United Kingdom, right-leaning losers increased in system legitimization when defined by ideology, but Conservative Party supporters showed no substantive post-election change. In the United States, left-leaning losers showed little ideological change overall, whereas Democratic Party supporters exhibited a short-term decline that was not sustained 1 month later. These findings suggest that elections shape system attitudes, but loser responses are contingent on political context and how electoral alignment is defined.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 5","pages":"922-938"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.70084","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148696372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Passing the Torch: Reflections on 3 Years at the Helm of the EJSP","authors":"Marco Brambilla,&nbsp;Kai Epstude,&nbsp;Kim Peters","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70088","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;At the beginning of our term, in “Continuity and Change” (Epstude et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;), we reflected on how the &lt;i&gt;European Journal of Social Psychology&lt;/i&gt; (EJSP) could maintain its traditions while adapting to a rapidly changing academic context. We outlined a vision centred on stronger theoretical integration, open research practices, broader diversity, and a sustainable review process. As our editorial term ends, it is worth considering what those ambitions meant in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A key goal of our editorial term was to create more space for theoretical integration and reflection within the journal. Our discipline advances not only through the accumulation of findings but also through synthesis: connecting across studies, resolving inconsistencies, and building new frameworks. In a field defined by a high volume of empirical papers, this theoretical work is essential. It was with this in mind that we introduced Outlook articles. This new article type is designed to afford reflection and debate, allowing colleagues at any career stage to review the state of a research area, surface unresolved tensions, and propose new directions. For instance, a recent outlook paper examined how academic freedom can be preserved in illiberal political contexts (Kende and Pántya &lt;span&gt;2026&lt;/span&gt;). As such, it showed how attacks on academic institutions are often a central feature of democratic erosion. By connecting social psychological theory with urgent societal concerns, the paper raised concrete suggestions for strengthening democratic resilience in academia. Similarly, another paper addressed the role of intergroup conflict in slowing global progress on climate change (Hornsey et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;). By linking social psychological theory to one of the most pressing global challenges, this contribution shows that Outlook papers are not meant simply to summarize existing knowledge but to encourage broader theoretical reflection. We are pleased to see growing use of this format.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Registered Reports complement this by supporting theory development earlier in the process. Evaluating submissions on the quality of research questions, theoretical rationale, and study design, before results are known, encourages conceptual clarity. Whether findings confirm or reject the original hypotheses, they are still useful, helping researchers to refine theories, capture complexity, and generate new questions. Registered Reports also make the research process more transparent. When hypotheses, methods, and analytical plans are explicit from the outset, contributions can be evaluated for their quality rather than the direction of their findings. While the adoption of this format has been gradual, we are convinced of its importance for both the long-term credibility and the theoretical development of the field.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The same logic shaped our approach to open research practices. We strengthened expectations around sharing materials, data, and analytic scripts","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 5","pages":"793-794"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.70088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148696558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Collective Grievance Promotes Collective Action and Aggressive Intergroup Inclinations Through Dehumanization Among Conservative Members of Dominant Groups","authors":"Beatriz Alba,&nbsp;Alexandra Vázquez","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70087","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Previous research has focused on disadvantaged groups seeking social change, overlooking how dominant groups mobilize to preserve the status quo. Across three studies (two correlational, one experimental), we explored how collective grievance—the feeling of being or having been collectively wronged by an outgroup—drives system-preserving collective actions and aggressive intergroup tendencies. Additionally, we examined whether conservative orientations moderate and dehumanization mediates these effects. Study 1 found that grievance was linked to outgroup dehumanization, non-normative collective action intentions and aggressive inclinations more than other predictors, such as identity fusion and moral convictions. Studies 2 and 3 revealed that collective grievance increased outgroup dehumanization, strengthening non-normative collective action dispositions and aggressive tendencies, but only among conservative individuals. This research highlights how majority group members, particularly with conservative ideologies, can be motivated by collective grievances to mobilize in defence of the status quo and exhibit aggressive intentions towards outgroups through their dehumanization.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 5","pages":"959-978"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.70087","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148695801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Race-Based Rejection Sensitivity and Intergroup Anxiety Across the Adult Lifespan: Examining Age, Cohort, and Period Effects Among Ethnic Majority and Minority Groups","authors":"Kumar Yogeeswaran,&nbsp;Maykel Verkuyten,&nbsp;Kieren J. Lilly,&nbsp;Jessica Gale,&nbsp;Danny Osborne,&nbsp;Fiona Kate Barlow,&nbsp;Chris G. Sibley","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70085","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Intergroup interactions are often fraught with fear of rejection and intergroup anxiety—emotional reactions that undermine efforts to build inclusive societies. The current research investigates how race-based rejection sensitivity and intergroup anxiety evolve across the adult lifespan. Drawing on 15 annual waves of longitudinal data from a national sample of 60,967 ethnic majority and minority adults, we used cohort-sequential latent growth modelling to examine age, period and cohort effects on race-based rejection sensitivity and intergroup anxiety. Results reveal that changes in race-based rejection sensitivity largely emerge as a result of normative ageing (i.e., age effects) among both ethnic majorities and minorities, whereas changes in intergroup anxiety among both ethnic majority and minority groups are best explained by specific societal events (i.e., period effects). Collectively, this study provides novel insights into how concerns over race-based rejection and intergroup anxiety change across the lifespan.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 5","pages":"939-958"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.70085","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148696551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘Free to Be Me?’: Gender Role Norms Constrain Career Interests Less for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People Than for Heterosexual People","authors":"Katharina Block,&nbsp;Jia Yue He,&nbsp;Maria I. T. Olsson,&nbsp;Sanne Van Grootel,&nbsp;Sarah E. Martiny,&nbsp;Toni Schmader,&nbsp;Colette Van Laar,&nbsp;Carolin Schuster,&nbsp;Loes Meeussen,&nbsp;Tabea Hässler,&nbsp;Alyssa Croft,&nbsp;Sheila X. R. Wee,&nbsp;Molly Shuyi Sun,&nbsp;Mare Ainsaar,&nbsp;Lianne Aarntzen,&nbsp;Magdalena Adamus,&nbsp;Ciara Atkinson,&nbsp;Mohamad Avicenna,&nbsp;Przemysław Bąbel,&nbsp;Markus Barth,&nbsp;Tessa M. Benson-Greenwald,&nbsp;Edona Maloku,&nbsp;Jacques Berent,&nbsp;Hilary B. Bergsieker,&nbsp;Monica Biernat,&nbsp;Andreea G. Bîrneanu,&nbsp;Blerta Bodinaku,&nbsp;Janine Bosak,&nbsp;Jennifer Bosson,&nbsp;Marija Branković,&nbsp;Julius Burkauskas,&nbsp;Vladimíra Čavojová,&nbsp;Sapna Cheryan,&nbsp;Eunsoo Choi,&nbsp;Incheol Choi,&nbsp;Carlos C. Contreras-Ibáñez,&nbsp;Andrew Coogan,&nbsp;Ivan Danyliuk,&nbsp;Ilan Dar-Nimrod,&nbsp;Nilanjana Dasgupta,&nbsp;Soledad de Lemus,&nbsp;Thierry Devos,&nbsp;Marwan Diab,&nbsp;Amanda B. Diekman,&nbsp;Léïla Eisner,&nbsp;Anja Eller,&nbsp;Rasa Erentaitė,&nbsp;Denisa Fedáková,&nbsp;Renata Franc,&nbsp;Leire Gartzia,&nbsp;Alin Gavreliuc,&nbsp;Dana Gavreliuc,&nbsp;Julija Gecaite-Stonciene,&nbsp;Adriana L. Germano,&nbsp;Ilaria Giovannelli,&nbsp;Renzo Gismondi Diaz,&nbsp;Lyudmila Gitikhmayeva,&nbsp;Abiy Menkir Gizaw,&nbsp;Biljana Gjoneska,&nbsp;Omar Martínez González,&nbsp;Roberto González,&nbsp;Isaac David Grijalva,&nbsp;Derya Güngör,&nbsp;Marie Gustafsson Sendén,&nbsp;William Hall,&nbsp;Charles Harb,&nbsp;Bushra Hassan,&nbsp;Diala R. Hawi,&nbsp;Levke Henningsen,&nbsp;Annedore Hoppe,&nbsp;Keiko Ishii,&nbsp;Ivana Jakšić,&nbsp;Alba Jasini,&nbsp;Jurgita Jurkevičienė,&nbsp;Kaltrina Kelmendi,&nbsp;Teri A. Kirby,&nbsp;Yoko Kitakaji,&nbsp;Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka,&nbsp;Inna Kozytska,&nbsp;Clara Kulich,&nbsp;Eva Kundtová-Klocová,&nbsp;Filiz Kunuroglu,&nbsp;Christina Lapytskaia Aidy,&nbsp;Albert Lee,&nbsp;Anna Eneroth,&nbsp;Wilson López-López,&nbsp;Liany Luzvinda,&nbsp;Fridanna Maricchiolo,&nbsp;Delphine Martinot,&nbsp;Rita Anne McNamara,&nbsp;Alyson Meister,&nbsp;Tizita Lemma Melka,&nbsp;Narseta Mickuviene,&nbsp;María Isabel Miranda-Orrego,&nbsp;Thadeus Mkamwa,&nbsp;James Morandini,&nbsp;Thomas Morton,&nbsp;David Mrisho,&nbsp;Jana Nikitin,&nbsp;Sabine Otten,&nbsp;Maria Giuseppina Pacilli,&nbsp;Elizabeth Page-Gould,&nbsp;Ana Perandrés-Gómez,&nbsp;Jon Pizarro,&nbsp;Nada Pop-Jordanova,&nbsp;Joanna Pyrkosz-Pacyna,&nbsp;Samir Qouta,&nbsp;TamilSelvan Ramis,&nbsp;Nitya Rani,&nbsp;Sandrine Redersdorff,&nbsp;Isabelle Régner,&nbsp;Emma A. Renström,&nbsp;Adrian Rivera-Rodriguez,&nbsp;Tania E. Rocha-Sánchez,&nbsp;Rim Saab,&nbsp;Kiriko Sakata,&nbsp;Adil Samekin,&nbsp;Tracy Sánchez-Pachecho,&nbsp;Carolin Scheifele,&nbsp;Marion K. Schulmeyer,&nbsp;Sabine Sczesny,&nbsp;David Sirlopú,&nbsp;Vanessa Smith-Castro,&nbsp;Kadri Soo,&nbsp;Federica Spaccatini,&nbsp;Jennifer R. Steele,&nbsp;Melanie C. Steffens,&nbsp;Ines Sucic,&nbsp;Joseph Vandello,&nbsp;Laura Maria Velásquez-Díaz,&nbsp;Melissa Vink,&nbsp;Eva Vives,&nbsp;Turuwark Zalalam Warkineh,&nbsp;Iris Žeželj,&nbsp;Xiaoxiao Zhang,&nbsp;Xian Zhao,&nbsp;Joel Anderson","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.70083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70083","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Societal gender role norms play a crucial role in shaping men's and women's career aspirations. However, prior research documenting this key role of gendered norms has primarily focused on heterosexual women and men in the global North-West. Previous studies documenting differences in career interests by sexual orientation suggest that gender role norms might affect lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) women and men less strongly than heterosexuals. This large-scale, preregistered study sought to document group differences in norm perceptions, career interests and their relationship. To this end, 18,351 university students (<i>n</i> = 3318 LGB, <i>n</i> = 15,033 heterosexual) from 46 countries completed a self-report survey about their gender, sexual orientation, perceptions of societal gender role norms, as well as their personal gender role beliefs and career interests. Analyses revealed that, compared to heterosexual individuals, LGB individuals reported significantly less stereotypical career interests and endorsed less traditional gender role beliefs about careers. As predicted, perceptions of societal gender role norms predicted career interests for heterosexual but not for LGB participants. Moreover, LGB participants showed a weaker relationship between societal gender role norms and own gender role beliefs than straight participants did. Interestingly, we found no evidence that this effect was conditional on the level of LGBT acceptance in different countries sampled. We discuss implications of this new evidence for understanding occupational gender segregation from an intersectional perspective.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"56 5","pages":"903-921"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.70083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148696371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}