Caillaud, Sabine Haas, Valérie Castro, Paula
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The British journal of social psychology
This paper explores how a new French law incorporating a new conceptualization of disability formulated at the international level by the WHO is appropriated at the local level by multidisciplinary teams of professionals in charge of the assessment of disability. Drawing on social representations theory, its concept of cognitive polyphasia and its ...
Vine, Megan Greenwood, Ronni Michelle
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The British journal of social psychology
In Ireland, displaced people experience segregation, discrimination, and disempowering regulations within the Direct Provision system. Community solidarity initiatives (CSI) aim to address the segregation and discrimination displaced people face through collaborative contact with residents/nationals of Ireland. However, asymmetric power relations m...
Miao, Xiao-Yan Chan, Kai Qin Gao, Cong Lv, Sa-Sa Zhu, Yuxi Wang, Zuo-Jun
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The British journal of social psychology
Social rejection research has largely focused on the consequences of rejection when individuals experience rejection alone. Yet little is known about the reaction of those co-experiencing rejection. We tested the hypothesis that the co-experience of rejection increases cooperation between the co-experiencers. Three experiments provided supporting e...
Hult Khazaie, Daniella Khan, Sammyh S
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The British journal of social psychology
Previous research concerning mass gathering-associated health risks has focused on physical factors while largely neglecting the role of psychological factors. The present research examined the effect of experiencing shared social identification on perceptions of susceptibility to health risks in mass gatherings. Participants in Study 1 were asked ...
Keil, Tina F Koschate, Miriam
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The British journal of social psychology
Intergroup contact encompasses a wide range of contact situations. Yet, how 'contact' is conceptualized by those involved has rarely been examined. We argue that understanding the range of subjective definitions of contact is important for intergroup contact measurement and wider impact work. In Study 1, 17 participants completed a 3-day diary and ...
Dixon, John Tredoux, Colin Sturgeon, Brendan Hocking, Bree Davies, Gemma Huck, Jonny Whyatt, Duncan Jarman, Neil Bryan, Dominic
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The British journal of social psychology
Institutional structures of segregation typically entrench social inequality and sustain wider patterns of intergroup conflict and discrimination. However, initiatives to dismantle such structures may provoke resistance. Executive proposals to dismantle Northern Ireland's peace walls by 2023 provide a compelling case study of the nature of such res...
Oeberst, Aileen von der Beck, Ina Matschke, Christina Ihme, Toni Alexander Cress, Ulrike
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The British journal of social psychology
Individuals tend to present their own group (the ingroup) in a systematically more favourable way (ingroup bias). By examining socially negotiated and publicly accessible Wikipedia articles about intergroup conflicts, we investigated ingroup bias at a collective level. Specifically, we compared articles about the same intergroup conflicts (e.g., th...
Wilson, Stuart Mansour, Jamal K
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The British journal of social psychology
We argue that perceivers associate collective directional movement - groups moving from one place to the next - with higher levels of social cohesion. Study 1 shows that pairs are rated as being more cohesive when described as engaging in directional movement compared to non-directional activities. Study 2 replicates this finding using film clips. ...
Schneider, Iris K Novin, Sheida van Harreveld, Frenk Genschow, Oliver
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The British journal of social psychology
Ambivalence refers to the experience of having both positive and negative thoughts and feelings at the same time about the same object, person, or issue. Although ambivalence research has focused extensively on negative consequences, recently, scholars turned their lens to the positive effects of ambivalence, demonstrating beneficial effects on jud...
Morgenroth, Thekla Ryan, Michelle K Rink, Floor Begeny, Christopher
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The British journal of social psychology
Women's concerns about work-life balance are cited as a key factor underlying their continued underrepresentation in particular domains and roles. This gendered pattern is often attributed to factors in the home, such as women's disproportionate share of domestic work and childcare responsibilities. We offer an additional explanation that focuses o...
