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{"title":"The Heaviness of Advantaged Members' Judgment: The Role of Meta-Dehumanization and Relative Deprivation on Ethnic Minority Members' Collective Action","authors":"Francesca Prati,&nbsp;Burak Cayir,&nbsp;Jasper Van Assche,&nbsp;Monica Rubini","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70056","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jasp.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research investigates the roles of meta-dehumanization (i.e., the belief that an outgroup holds dehumanizing views toward one's ingroup) and relative deprivation in the association between intergroup contact quality and collective action aimed at reducing inequalities. To these aims, the perspectives of Iraqi immigrants in Turkey (Study 1), African immigrants in Italy (Study 2) and North-African second-generation young adults in Belgium (Study 3) were assessed. Results showed a positive association between negative intergroup contact and collective action, both in terms of intentions and actual experiences, except for Study 3 involving second-generation students who could experience relatively lower personal discontent. However, an indirect effect of meta-dehumanization in the relationship between negative intergroup contact and collective action was consistently found across the studies. Moreover, ethnic minority members' perceived relative deprivation enhanced these associations. However, the moderation of relative deprivation in the association between positive intergroup contact and a specific form of engagement in social change, such as intergroup ex-changes about social inequalities showed inconsistent findings. Overall, the research contributed to a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanisms and interplay between intergroup contact quality and predictors of collective action in more and less inclusive contexts. Results suggested that focusing on the perceived valence and, even more, the specific content of intergroup interactions may help to disentangle its role in improving social equality.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 4","pages":"310-326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Feminists Resist Unrealistic Beauty Standards but Are Not Invulnerable to Their Negative Consequences","authors":"Joshua J. Tenn,&nbsp;Małgorzata A. Gocłowska,&nbsp;Melissa J. Atkinson","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70055","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jasp.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Unrealistic beauty standards have negative effects on women's well-being. Feminism can act as a protective barrier against these effects by promoting broader beauty standards and resistance to social/gender norms. However, such work often assumes that all feminists are alike. In contrast, a recent multiple identity perspective suggests that resistance to social norms in feminists is further qualified by their identification with women. In consequence, we explored how feminist identification and identification with women interact to predict reactions to idealised (vs. non-idealised) beauty imagery. Participants (<i>N</i> = 433) were shown idealised or non-idealised beauty imagery and completed different body image measures (resistance, beliefs about beauty, body enhancement, etc.). In partial support of the multiple identity perspective, only ‘distinctive feminists’ (high feminist identification and low identification with women) adopted broader conceptualisations of beauty in reaction to idealised imagery. Additionally, feminist identification (regardless of identification with women) was predictive of participants' reactions to idealised images, such as emotional responses and motivation to challenge women's portrayals. However, we found no direct or qualified links between feminism and body image outcomes and body enhancement behaviours, suggesting that feminists' body image is affected by unrealistic beauty standards in the same way as non-feminists'.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 4","pages":"295-309"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70055","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Say You're Sorry: How Apology Demands Undermine Reconciliation by Threatening Transgressors' Power","authors":"Carlina Conrad,&nbsp;Kelly Nault,&nbsp;Kriti Jain","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70053","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jasp.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Apologies are widely regarded as a crucial step in reconciliation, yet they are not always offered voluntarily. When transgressors do not apologize, victims may demand an apology to restore their sense of power. In this research, across four studies (total <i>N</i> = 869) we investigate how transgressors react when faced with a solicited apology. We propose that being explicitly asked to apologize decreases transgressors' feelings of power and increases transgressors' anger towards victims, ultimately leading to increased avoidance of victims. The pilot study and Study 1, utilizing a micro-narrative approach, suggested that while victims feel better after soliciting an apology, transgressors feel worse and seek to avoid the victim. In Study 2, using an experimental design, we found support for our full proposed model—transgressors have increased intentions to avoid the victim after being asked to apologize, mediated by the feeling of less power, but more anger. Study 3 replicated the significant serial mediation, this time using a dictator game design in which the real-time behavioral reactions of participants were examined. In Study 4, we tested whether transgression responsibility represents a boundary condition for the proposed serial mediation process. Together, these findings challenge the prevailing assumptions about the positive role of apologies and reveal a paradox: soliciting apologies may undermine the very reconciliation it aims to achieve, particularly when responsibility is ambiguous, contested, or not fully acknowledged by the transgressor.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 4","pages":"277-294"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Moral or Economic Arguments? Understanding Men's Responses to Workplace Gender Equality Messaging","authors":"Axel Chemke-Dreyfus,&nbsp;Charlie R. Crimston,&nbsp;Hema Preya Selvanathan,&nbsp;Jolanda Jetten","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Morally framed arguments can both motivate and deter support on contentious social issues. In three studies (<i>N</i> = 1098) we examined the impact of moral arguments on men's support for workplace gender equality and compared it to another way to motivate men: an economic argument frame. Study 1 found that morally framed arguments increased men's intentions to support workplace gender equality compared to framing that highlights the economic benefits of workplace gender equality. However, Studies 2 and 3 revealed a backlash effect among politically right-leaning men and those lower in feminist identification, who were less likely to seek information and endorse workplace gender equality when exposed to moral arguments. Notably, economically framed arguments did not cause a backlash among this group of men. Contrary to previous research, shared gender identity with the message source did not enhance the effectiveness of moral arguments. These findings highlight the complexities of argument framing and reflect the broader challenge of engaging men in gender equality efforts. While morally framed arguments can be effective in some contexts, and economically framed arguments may mitigate backlash, no single approach universally succeeds—underscoring the reality that shifting men's support for workplace gender equality is a complex and ongoing social challenge.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 3","pages":"199-217"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563982","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":"Emotional Similarity Between Immigrants and Host Societies: The Link to Intergroup Relations and Well-Being","authors":"Marta Doroszuk,&nbsp;Mirjana Rupar,&nbsp;Małgorzata Kossowska","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Emotional similarity—an overlap in emotional experience with other people—fosters a better understanding of others' emotions and an accurate perception of others' intentions and motivations. Consequently, it may contribute to improved relations with others as well as one's well-being. We examined this idea in the context of intergroup relations. We tested whether the higher emotional similarity of immigrants to the majority group is linked to immigrants' lower prejudice toward host society members, meta-prejudice (i.e., individuals' perception of what other groups feel about their group), and higher self-categorization (i.e., a process in which people categorize themselves as a part of the outgroup) as well as their higher psychological and relational well-being. To this end, we conducted three correlational studies (N_Study1 = 141; N_Study2 = 150; N_Study3 = 161) using a correlational profile method; and three experimental studies (N_Study4 = 181; N_Study5 = 198; N_Study6 = 95), where we manipulated emotional similarity as a state in real-time by exposing participants to anger-eliciting news stories. In line with our expectations, higher emotional similarity was related to lower meta-prejudice, higher self-categorization, and higher relational and psychological well-being in the correlational studies. We found no support for our hypotheses in the experimental studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 3","pages":"185-198"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147568355","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":"Conspiracy Beliefs and the “Us Versus Them” Mentality: Identity Threat and Attitudes Toward Ukrainian Refugees in Slovakia","authors":"Neophytos Georgiou,&nbsp;Jakub Šrol,&nbsp;Michela Quarisa,&nbsp;Vladimíra Čavojová,&nbsp;Radoslav Merva","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Periods of war and geopolitical conflict heighten perceptions of collective identity threat, which can increase endorsement of conspiracy beliefs and intergroup prejudice. Drawing on the Social Identity Model of Collective Psychological Responses to Threat, this research examined how symbolic identity threat structures conspiracy beliefs and prejudice in Slovakia during the Russo–Ukrainian war. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 397), Western- and Eastern-aligned identity threat corresponded to distinct conspiracy narratives and prejudice targets, indicating that conspiracy endorsement was organized by identity threat rather than reflecting a general tendency toward conspiratorial thinking. In Study 2 (<i>N</i> = 690), a distinct longitudinal pathway emerged in which identity threat predicted subsequent endorsement of both conflict-specific and general conspiracy beliefs, which in turn predicted later prejudice toward Ukrainians. Together, these findings provide preliminary evidence for how conspiracy beliefs function within active geopolitical conflicts and why their prejudicial consequences depend on both the form of identity threat and the conflict context in which they arise. Future research in this context may benefit from experimentally varying identity-based threat appraisals and examining how changes in threat relate to conspiracy endorsement and prejudice over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 3","pages":"233-250"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147569012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond Prototypicality: Identity Leadership Is About Shaping and Embedding a Sense of Social Identity, Not Just Representing It","authors":"Jérémy E. Wilson-Lemoine,&nbsp;Martyna D. Swiatczak,&nbsp;Niklas K. Steffens,&nbsp;Rolf van Dick,&nbsp;Rudolf Kerschreiter,&nbsp;Serap Arslan Akfirat,&nbsp;Lorenzo Avanzi,&nbsp;Christine Joy A. Ballada,&nbsp;Bita Barghi,&nbsp;Tahir Bazarov,&nbsp;John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta,&nbsp;Aldijana Bunjak,&nbsp;Matej Černe,&nbsp;Kitty Dumont,&nbsp;Charlotte M. Edelmann,&nbsp;Olga Epitropaki,&nbsp;Katrien Fransen,&nbsp;Cristina García-Ael,&nbsp;Steffen R. Giessner,&nbsp;Ilka H. Gleibs,&nbsp;Dorota Godlewska-Werner,&nbsp;Ronit Kark,&nbsp;Ana Laguia Gonzalez,&nbsp;Hodar Lam,&nbsp;Jukka Lipponen,&nbsp;Anna Lupina-Wegener,&nbsp;Yannis Markovits,&nbsp;Mazlan Maskor,&nbsp;Fernando J. Molero Alonso,&nbsp;Lucas Monzani,&nbsp;Juan A. Moriano Leon,&nbsp;Pedro Neves,&nbsp;Gábor Orosz,&nbsp;Diwakar Pandey,&nbsp;Daniela Pauknerová,&nbsp;Sylwiusz Retowski,&nbsp;Christine Roland-Lévy,&nbsp;Adil Samekin,&nbsp;Sebastian C. Schuh,&nbsp;Tomoki Sekiguchi,&nbsp;Lynda Jiwen Song,&nbsp;Joana Story,&nbsp;Jeroen Stouten,&nbsp;Liliya Sultanova,&nbsp;Srinivasan Tatachari,&nbsp;Daniel Valdenegro,&nbsp;Lisanne van Bunderen,&nbsp;Dina Van Dijk,&nbsp;Viktor Vörös,&nbsp;Sut I. Wong,&nbsp;Farida Youssef,&nbsp;Xin-an Zhang,&nbsp;S. Alexander Haslam","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Research inspired by the social identity theory of leadership has focused predominantly on the importance of a leader being seen to be representative of the groups they lead. However, beyond this, research suggests that leaders also need to create, advance, and embed a sense of shared social identity in those groups. In the present research, we explore how these different facets of identity leadership combine to form distinct leader profiles. We draw on two heterogeneous independent samples from the Global Identity Leadership Development project (<i>N</i> = 7682; <i>N</i> = 7855) to explore profiles of leaders’ engagement in identity leadership. In both studies, a latent profile analysis of the results of a CFA using a bifactor-(<i>S</i> − 1) model was conducted. In each case, the analysis identified two different predominant identity leadership profiles: ‘engaged identity leaders’ and ‘moderate-inconsistent identity leaders’. Employees working with engaged identity leaders reported substantially more positive job-related attitudes. The results were very similar across the two studies and suggest that this profile analysis is generalizable. The findings support suggestions that identity leadership is multidimensional rather than solely a matter of identity prototypicality.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 3","pages":"251-270"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563288","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 Reputational Impact of Wrongness Admission by a Politician Depending on Their Party Affiliation and Participant Ideology","authors":"Perla R. Henderson,&nbsp;Nicholas D. Evans,&nbsp;Carter D. Baker,&nbsp;Adam K. Fetterman","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70047","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Politicians often face situations in which they were previously factually incorrect. And, it seems that politicians are reluctant to admit that they were wrong in these situations. However, recent work suggests that wrongness admission, or the public act of stating that one has held an inaccurate attitude or belief, confers reputational benefits. In four studies (<i>N</i>_total = 736), we investigated the impact of political ideology and partisanship on perceptions of politicians who engage in wrongness admission. In each study, participants read a fabricated story where a made-up (Study 1: Republican vs. Democrat) or real (Studies 2–4: Biden vs. Trump) politician engages in wrongness admission or refuses to do so. They then rated the politician's communion, competence, their support for the politician, and their own political ideology. Communion, competence, and support were higher in the admission (vs. refusal) condition across studies. Neither the politician's party nor participant ideology significantly impacted admission results. These findings suggest that regardless of party or ideology, wrongness admission confers reputational benefits for politicians.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 3","pages":"218-232"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566686","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":"Weakness or Strength? The Perceived and Actual Utility of Expressing Sadness in Inter Group Context","authors":"Tamar Gur,&nbsp;Shahar Ayal,&nbsp;Confino Dan,&nbsp;Kinneret Endevelt,&nbsp;Eran Halperin","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70044","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jasp.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Mass media allows groups to convey messages to many outgroup members simultaneously. Unfortunately, such messages are often overlooked, hindering intergroup communication. This is unfortunate, since maintaining openness to outgroup messages is a key component in advancing communication and promoting group goals and intergroup reconciliation. One factor that influences openness to other groups is the expression of emotions. This research examines the impact of personal sadness expressions depicting one's misfortune, on openness between groups in power asymmetry conditions. Across three studies, we explore both expectations and actual responses to such emotional expressions in intergroup contexts. Study 1 examined individuals' expectations about how they would respond to a sad outgroup member themselves. Study 2 assessed how participants believed members of an outgroup would respond to a member of their own group expressing personal sadness. In both cases, participants expected sadness to foster greater openness only when expressed by a low power group member. Yet surprisingly, in Study 3, we found that actual reported responses revealed a similar increase in openness following outgroup sadness expression for both low and high power groups. These results suggest that there may be a disjunction between expected and actual social consequences of expressing sadness in intergroup contexts. While people anticipate that sadness will only increase openness when coming from a low power group member, actual responses suggest a broader receptiveness. The results underscore the nuanced social utility of personal emotional expression as a tool for increasing openness to the outgroup.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 2","pages":"164-179"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146129939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Shifting the Scale: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach to Reducing Explicit and Implicit Anti-Fat Bias in Premedical Students","authors":"Justin Shields,&nbsp;Joel Cooper","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70043","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jasp.70043","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Over the past two decades, weight stigma has remained a pervasive form of bias. Healthcare providers are among the most frequent sources of weight-based discrimination, with significant consequences for patient trust, healthcare utilization, and outcomes. To address these biases early in professional development, the present study tested a brief, theory-driven intervention targeting both implicit and explicit anti-fat attitudes in premedical undergraduates. Grounded in cognitive dissonance theory and integrating principles from attribution theory, social identity theory, and sociocultural theory, components of the intervention included educational materials, a counterattitudinal essay, and a public pledge. Participants (<i>N</i> = 51) were randomly assigned to an intervention or control condition and completed pre- and posttest measures of implicit and explicit bias via an implicit association test (IAT) and surveys. Results indicated significant reductions in both implicit and explicit anti-fat bias among participants in the intervention condition, with medium–large effect sizes. Moderation analyses showed that intervention effects on implicit attitudes were strongest among individuals low in weight bias internalization. These findings suggest that dissonance-based interventions, particularly when supplemented with bias-relevant content, can reduce weight stigma at both explicit and automatic levels. The present study demonstrates a single-session strategy capable of reducing bias in pre-health populations, with implications for early intervention in healthcare training.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 2","pages":"155-163"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146130270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}