TY - JOUR
T1 - Confrontation and beyond
T2 - Examining a stigmatized target's use of a prejudice reduction strategy
AU - Focella, Elizabeth S.
AU - Bean, Meghan G.
AU - Stone, Jeff
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - What can stigmatized individuals do to reduce stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination when they interact with a biased individual? This paper reviews the social psychological literature that examines how targets can be active agents of prejudice reduction for themselves and their group. The extant literature indicates that a target's direct confrontation of bias can reduce prejudice and discrimination against the target's group but that this strategy can also backlash in the form of increased prejudice and discrimination against the target. Other research indicates that presenting a common-identity, self-enhancing feedback, and a self-affirmation can reduce bias against the target but that they may not reliably change bias against the target's group. We conclude by discussing the need for research on the processes by which stigmatized targets decide to use a given bias-reduction strategy and on the processes by which specific strategies are effective, either alone or in combination, when delivered by a stigmatized target.
AB - What can stigmatized individuals do to reduce stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination when they interact with a biased individual? This paper reviews the social psychological literature that examines how targets can be active agents of prejudice reduction for themselves and their group. The extant literature indicates that a target's direct confrontation of bias can reduce prejudice and discrimination against the target's group but that this strategy can also backlash in the form of increased prejudice and discrimination against the target. Other research indicates that presenting a common-identity, self-enhancing feedback, and a self-affirmation can reduce bias against the target but that they may not reliably change bias against the target's group. We conclude by discussing the need for research on the processes by which stigmatized targets decide to use a given bias-reduction strategy and on the processes by which specific strategies are effective, either alone or in combination, when delivered by a stigmatized target.
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U2 - 10.1111/spc3.12153
DO - 10.1111/spc3.12153
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922502293
SN - 1751-9004
VL - 9
SP - 100
EP - 114
JO - Social and Personality Psychology Compass
JF - Social and Personality Psychology Compass
IS - 2
ER -