Prejudice and discrimination toward immigrants

VM Esses - Annual review of psychology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Prejudice and discrimination toward immigrants, and the consequences of these negative
attitudes and behavior, are key determinants of the economic, sociocultural, and civic …

The global refugee crisis: Empirical evidence and policy implications for improving public attitudes and facilitating refugee resettlement

VM Esses, LK Hamilton… - Social issues and policy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The number of refugees across the globe is at an alarming high and is expected to continue
to rise for the foreseeable future. As a result, finding durable solutions for refugees has …

Xenophobia and anti-immigrant attitudes in the time of COVID-19

VM Esses, LK Hamilton - Group Processes & Intergroup …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nations and individuals has almost
certainly led to increased feelings of threat and competition, heightened uncertainty, lack of …

The consequences of economic threat for motivated social cognition and action

I Fritsche, P Jugert - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Economic threat occurs under objectively or subjectively low or endangered
SES.•Responses to economic threat target the maintenance of control and self …

A leak in the academic pipeline: Identity and health among postdoctoral women

R Ysseldyk, KH Greenaway, E Hassinger… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Several challenges (eg, sexism, parental leave, the glass ceiling, etc.) disproportionately
affect women in academia (and beyond), and thus perpetuate the leaky pipeline metaphor …

The acceptance of Covid-19 tracking technologies: The role of perceived threat, lack of control, and ideological beliefs

A Wnuk, T Oleksy, D Maison - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
New technological solutions play an important role in preventing the spread of Covid-19.
Many countries have implemented tracking applications or other surveillance systems …

Agency through the we: Group-based control theory

I Fritsche - Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
How do people maintain a sense of control when they realize the noncontingencies in their
personal life and their strong interdependence with other people? Why do individuals …

Investigating the identification-prejudice link through the lens of national narcissism: The role of defensive group beliefs

P Bertin, G Marinthe, M Biddlestone… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The identification-prejudice link describes the defensive stance toward immigrants held by
strong national identifiers. Recent research refined this relationship by suggesting that …

Personal control decreases narcissistic but increases non‐narcissistic in‐group positivity

A Cichocka, AG De Zavala, M Marchlewska… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We examined the effects of control motivation on in‐group positivity. Past research
suggests that people compensate for low personal control by increasing support for social in …

Why it is so hard to teach people they can make a difference: climate change efficacy as a non-analytic form of reasoning

MJ Hornsey, CM Chapman, DM Oelrichs - Thinking & Reasoning, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
People who believe they have greater efficacy to address climate change are more likely to
engage in pro-environmental behaviour. To confront the climate crisis, it will therefore be …