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Thanks for asking: Self-affirming questions reduce backlash when stigmatized targets confront prejudice

Stone, Jeff, Whitehead, Jessica, Schmader, Toni, Focella, Elizabeth·2011·Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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  • Arab American men were able to induce prejudiced people to consider their perspective of being unfairly treated in the wake of 9/11 when they first asked them self-affirming questions.

    “Arab American men were able to induce prejudiced people to consider their perspective of being unfairly treated in the wake of 9/11 when they first asked them self-affirming questions”
  • Reducing ego-defensiveness by encouraging people to affirm positive things about themselves sometimes helps to reduce information-processing biases.

    “In terms of research interventions, reducing ego-defensiveness by encouraging people to affirm positive things about themselves sometimes helps to reduce information-processing biases129,130.”

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Authors
Stone, J., Whitehead, J., Schmader, T., & Focella, E.
Affiliations
  • University of Arizona (US)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author
Stone, Jeff
Venue
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-05
Volume
47
Issue
3
Pages
589-598
ISSN
0022-1031 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2029386813
Cited by
86
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
FWCI
6.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation (BCS-0548405)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychology of Social Influence
Keywords
self-affirmation, backlash, confronting prejudice, Arab Americans, perspective taking, prejudice reduction, defensiveness

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