Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

Nelson, Todd D.

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“…Throughout the decades, a number of affective, cognitive, and motivational structures and processes have been identified to underlie intergroup biases (for excellent recent overviews, see Dovidio, Hewstone, Glick, & Esses, 2010;Nelson, 2009). Although social psychological theories have been very effective in explaining prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination in adults, it is typically beyond their scope to explain the formation of these structures and processes in childhood and adolescents.…”

Section: Social Psychology's Theories Of Prejudice Formationmentioning

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The apple does not fall far from the tree, or does it? A meta-analysis of parent–child similarity in intergroup attitudes.

Degner¹,

Dalege²

2013

Psychological Bulletin

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Understanding the formation of prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination has long been a core topic of social psychology. Since the seminal theorizing by Allport in 1954, different views on childhood origins of prejudice have been discussed, in which the role of parental socialization varies on a scale from fundamental to negligible. This meta-analysis integrates the available empirical evidence of the past 60 years and critically discusses the current state of knowledge on parental socialization of intergroup attitudes. A random-effects model analysis of data from 131 studies on over 45,000 parent-child dyads indicated a significant medium-sized average effect size for the correlation between parental and child intergroup attitudes. The average effect size was related to study-specific variables, such as the source of parental attitude report (self vs. child reported), the conceptual overlap between measures, and the privacy of assessment. We also found significant moderations by ingroup status and size as well as child age. The latter was, however, mediated by measurement overlap. No significant effect size differences were found in relation to different components of intergroup attitudes (i.e., affective, cognitive, behavioral), nor to child or parent gender. The results unequivocally demonstrate that parent-child attitudes are related throughout childhood and adolescence. We discuss in detail whether and to what extent this interrelation can be interpreted as an indicator of parent-child socialization to allow a critical evaluation of the available contradicting theories. We furthermore address limitations of the available research and the current meta-analysis and derive implications and suggestions for future research.

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Section: Social Psychology's Theories Of Prejudice Formationmentioning

confidence: 98%

The apple does not fall far from the tree, or does it? A meta-analysis of parent–child similarity in intergroup attitudes.

Degner¹,

Dalege²

2013

Psychological Bulletin

235

239

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“…As expected, we did not find evidence that these groups are actively harmed, but we illustrated that they can be harmed passively, for example, by being neglected and ignored, and this happens particularly when their lack of competence "overshadows" their warmth. Stereotypes of and discrimination against groups perceived as warm and incompetent has recently received more research attention (e.g., Glick & Fiske, 2001;Jackman, 1994;Nelson, 2009), because these stereotypes help maintain social hierarchies. As our research shows, it seems important to emphasize the warmth dimension rather than the competence dimension in order to prevent harmful behaviors toward these groups.…”

Section: Implications For Groups Perceived As Warm But Incompetentmentioning

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What triggers helping versus harming of ambivalent groups? Effects of the relative salience of warmth versus competence

Becker

Asbrock

2012

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…Having had implications for people's and governments' everyday life, this worldwide phenomenon has also triggered active academic debates in different fields and disciplines. One of the most productive subfields is related to perceptions towards foreigners among the native population (Nelson, 2009;Rustenbach, 2010;Simon, 1987). In particular, great efforts have been devoted towards detecting the factors that can reduce negative reactions towards immigrant populations.…”

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Contact with immigrants in times of crisis: An exploration of the Catalan case

Rodón

Franco‐Guillén

2014

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Contact theory and threat group theory offer contradictory hypothesis regarding the effect of contact with immigrants. Does contact reduce or increases negative attitudes towards immigration? This article integrates both approaches and tests the effect of contact towards immigrants when different contexts are considered. We investigate the effect of the economic environment and the immigrant group size on modifying attitudes towards immigration in the context of Catalonia, which offers a complex environment where traditional hypotheses can be tested. Results show that close contact and family contact with immigrants reduce prejudices. However, mixed results are reported regarding the effect of the economic environment or the immigrant group size. Findings also show that Catalan identity is related to lower levels of negative attitudes towards immigrants, regardless of having experienced contact with foreigners. Results have implications on the impact of context when dealing with the impact of contact on attitudes towards immigration.

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Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

Cited by 236 publications

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The apple does not fall far from the tree, or does it? A meta-analysis of parent–child similarity in intergroup attitudes.

The apple does not fall far from the tree, or does it? A meta-analysis of parent–child similarity in intergroup attitudes.

What triggers helping versus harming of ambivalent groups? Effects of the relative salience of warmth versus competence

Contact with immigrants in times of crisis: An exploration of the Catalan case

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