Religious Affiliation and Attitudes Towards Gay Men: On the Mediating Role of Masculinity Threat

in Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology (in press)

Interindividual differences in responses to global inequality

in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (in press)

One of humanity’s most pressing problems is the inequality between people from “developed” and “developing” countries, which counteracts joint efforts to combat other large scale problems. Little is known ... [more ▼]

One of humanity’s most pressing problems is the inequality between people from “developed” and “developing” countries, which counteracts joint efforts to combat other large scale problems. Little is known about the psychological antecedents that affect the perception of and behavioral responses to global inequality. Based on, and extending, Duckitt’s (2001) dual-process model, the current research examines psychological antecedents that may explain how people in an industrialized Western country respond to global inequality. In two studies (N1 = 116, N2 = 117), we analyzed the relationship between the Big Five and justice constructs, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), social dominance orientation (SDO), and behavioral intentions to reduce global inequality. Two-group path analysis revealed support for the dual-process model in that RWA and SDO were important predictors of behavioral intentions and partially acted as mediators between personality and such intentions. Moreover, justice sensitivity explained variance beyond the “classic” DPM variables. In Study 2, we additionally assessed individuals’ global social identification and perceived injustice of global inequality that explained additional variance. Extending previous work on the dual-process model, these findings demonstrate that individual and group-based processes predict people’s responses to global inequality and uncover potentials to promote behavior in the interest of global justice. [less ▲]

ATLG - Attitudes towards Lesbians and Gay men

in Strauß, B.; Brähler, E.; Richter, D. (Eds.) Diagnostische Verfahren in der Sexualwissenschaft (2014)

When black sheep make us think: information processing and devaluation of in- and outgroup norm deviants

in Social Cognition (2013), 31(4), 482-503

We are the world – and they are not: Prototypicality for the world community, legitimacy, and responses to global inequality.

in Political Psychology (2012), 33

Das schwarze Schaf unter uns - Warum Menschen negativ auf Nestbeschmutzer reagieren

in In-Mind Magazin - Psychologie für Alle (2010), 1(4), 1-5

Haben Sie sich auch schon gefragt, warum Sie es unangenehm finden, wenn jemand aus Ihrer eigenen Gruppe Mist verzapft, Sie aber völlig gelassen sind, wenn jemand aus einer anderen Gruppe dasselbe tut ... [more ▼]

Haben Sie sich auch schon gefragt, warum Sie es unangenehm finden, wenn jemand aus Ihrer eigenen Gruppe Mist verzapft, Sie aber völlig gelassen sind, wenn jemand aus einer anderen Gruppe dasselbe tut? Dann ist es ziemlich wahrscheinlich, dass dieser Jemand aus Ihrer Gruppe irgendwie an ihrer sozialen Identität gerüttelt hat, die ihnen - gegeben der Regeln, Werte und Normen, für die Sie ihre Gruppe schätzen - sehr wichtig ist. Im folgenden Artikel soll erklärt werden, warum mit eigenen Gruppenmitgliedern härter ins Gericht gegangen wird als mit Mitgliedern anderer Gruppen. [less ▲]