The effect of intergroup contact on solidarity‐based collective action is mediated by reductions in SDO

Meleady, Rose; Vermue, Marieke

doi:10.1111/jasp.12586

Cited by 30 publications

(24 citation statements)

References 56 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Although prior research has shown that SDO (Meleady & Vermue, 2018) and system justification (Osborne et al, 2019) are associated with resisting BLM, we uniquely examined (a) the process by which ideologies and racial system justification contribute to prejudicial outcomes and (b) the prominence of social Darwinism as an ideological basis for defending the racial status quo in Study 2. Having supported our hypotheses in the domains of racial and gender prejudice, we next turned our attention to classism (i.e., prejudice against or in favor of people belonging to a particular social class).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, our findings may be circumscribed to the United States. Key tenets of system justification theory have been supported cross-culturally (for a review, see Jost, 2019), and both SDO and system justification were associated with resisting BLM movement in England (Meleady & Vermue, 2018) and in New Zealand (Osborne et al, 2019). Nonetheless, future research is necessary to generalize our findings to other cultures.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yet, even when exposed to images depicting police violence, only 7% of U.S. participants agreed to sign a petition calling for President Obama to formally support the movement (Casas & Webb Williams, 2018). Prior research in England showed that resisting BLM positively covaried with SDO and negatively covaried with racial contact (Meleady & Vermue, 2018). In a representative sample, system justification positively correlated with resisting BLM for both Maori and European New Zealanders (Osborne et al, 2019).…”

Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Justifying Social Inequalities: The Role of Social Darwinism

Rudman

Saud

2020

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Three studies supported a model whereby associations between ideologies that share roots in biological determinism and outcomes that reinforce inequality (based on gender, race, or class) were mediated by system justification beliefs (SJB). Outcomes included support for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton as president (Study 1), justifying police brutality (Study 2), and support for a White House budget that slashed the social safety net to endow the wealthy with tax cuts (Study 3). These findings provoke a vital question: How do people deem unequal systems worthy of defense? Each study compared social Darwinism, social dominance orientation (SDO), and biological essentialism. We expected social Darwinism to account for the most variance in SJB because it provides both the rationale for social hierarchies (natural selection) and defends them as required for human welfare. This prediction was supported in each study. Implications for the psychology of legitimacy are discussed.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Justifying Social Inequalities: The Role of Social Darwinism

Rudman

Saud

2020

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Contact also impacts outcomes via lowered SDO. Meleady and Vermue (2019) found that White participants' positive contact with Blacks, and British participants' positive contact with immigrants, predicted increased support for the Black Lives Matters movements and EU rights via lower SDO. Moreover, Meleady, Crisp, Dhont, Hopthrow, and Turner (2019) found, across several studies (one longitudinal), that positive contact predicted greater environmental concern and pro‐environmental behaviors via lower SDO.…”

Section: Contact Effects On Individual Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of individual differences in understanding and enhancing intergroup contact

Turner

Hodson

Dhont

2020

Social & Personality Psych

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In a world characterized by divisive rhetoric, heightened xenophobia, and other forms of prejudice, it is increasingly important to find effective ways of promoting functional intergroup relations. Research on the relationship between intergroup contact and individual differences substantially contributes to achieving this goal. We review research considering the role played by individual differences in moderating the relationship between contact and prejudice and predicting contact, but also as an outcome of contact. We then outline potential directions for future research, including identifying underlying mechanisms, examining the role of context at an intergroup and societal level, and considering how positive-negative contact asymmetry may be influenced by individual differences. We then call for a broader range of individual difference and contact outcomes to be explored and encourage utilization of new methodological advances in the study of intergroup contact.

show abstract

“…Contact research has, however, shown that improving outgroup attitudes does not equate to fostering collective action (Saguy et al., 2017). The role of negative intergroup contact as an instigator of collective action is of particular interest and has recently started to be examined (Meleady & Vermue, 2019). In the present research, therefore, we focus on examining negative (media) vicarious contact, testing whether it can lead advantaged group members to actively support the disadvantaged group, using both correlational and experimental methodologies.…”

Section: Media Vicarious Contactmentioning

confidence: 99%

May the odds be ever in your favor: The Hunger Games and the fight for a more equal society. (Negative) Media vicarious contact and collective action

Vezzali

McCauley

Stathi

et al. 2020

J Applied Social Pyschol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Various studies have found that reading books about positive interactions between ingroup and outgroup characters, known as media vicarious contact, can reduce prejudice. Focusing on the fantasy saga of The Hunger Games, we examined the effects of negative vicarious contact on collective action across two studies. Specifically, we tested whether reading about fantasy characters living in a postapocalyptic conflictual society with large social disparities between advantaged and disadvantaged groups leads advantaged group members to display greater willingness to engage in collective action on behalf of the disadvantaged group. Results from Study 1 (correlational survey in the United Kingdom and United States) and Study 2 (experimental intervention in Italy) revealed that reading The Hunger Games is indirectly associated with greater collective action intentions via increased anger toward injustice. In both studies social dominance orientation (SDO) acted as a moderator, but in opposite directions: mediation was significant for low‐SDOs in Study 1, and for high‐SDOs in Study 2. Results are discussed in relation to the importance of media vicarious contact via book reading for social change, and to the need to identify the contextual conditions allowing to anticipate the specific moderation pattern that is more likely to emerge.

show abstract

The effect of intergroup contact on solidarity‐based collective action is mediated by reductions in SDO

Cited by 30 publications

References 56 publications

Justifying Social Inequalities: The Role of Social Darwinism

Justifying Social Inequalities: The Role of Social Darwinism

The role of individual differences in understanding and enhancing intergroup contact

May the odds be ever in your favor: The Hunger Games and the fight for a more equal society. (Negative) Media vicarious contact and collective action

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About