Examination of religious identity meta-stereotypes when defying its relevant source through outgroup helping.

Palace, M and Seol, KO (2015) Examination of religious identity meta-stereotypes when defying its relevant source through outgroup helping. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 7 (1). pp. 80-89. ISSN 1941-1022

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Abstract

The present paper addresses a deficit in research on indirect and direct sources of threat to meta-stereotypes in strategic outgroup helping. In Study 1 (N = 70), where the source of threat to participants’ own religious identities was directly relevant, offers of help were made only if the available forms of help were pertinent to negating the negative religious stereotypes or if such offers could put the stereotypes in favorable light. This pattern also held in Study 2 (N = 97), where the source of threat to participants’ religious identities was peripheral and therefore indirect. Taken together, it appears that it is not so much the directness of sources of threat to meta-stereotypes as the possibility of meaningfully rebutting the negative stereotype or presenting it in favorable terms that matters in strategic outgroup helping.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
Divisions:	Natural Sciences and Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19)
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
Date of acceptance:	4 August 2014
Date of first compliant Open Access:	31 May 2018
Date Deposited:	31 May 2018 11:35
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2024 12:00
DOI or ID number:	10.1037/a0037622
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/8750

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