In a series of three studies, I investigated Lebanese perceptions about their moral world and the influence of moral distancing on intergroup relations in the Lebanese context. In Study 1 and 2, Autonomy, Community and Divinity emerged as meaningful abstract moral domains, with …
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The extended contact hypothesis states that contact with an ingroup member, who has an outgroup friend, facilitates favorable outgroup attitudes (Wright, Aron, McLaughlin-Volpe, & Ropp, 1997). An experimental manipulation examined the hypothesis’ assumption that ingroup identity…
Though there is some evidence that many values have implications for intergroup relations (Rokeach, 1973), research has tended to focus on the impact of valuing equality and individualism. The purpose of the present research was to investigate the impact of making the value of n…
Three studies investigated the effects of self-categorization on outgroup directed emotion. Study 1 demonstrated that self-categorization as an American or as a student changed emotion about police and Muslims. Studies 2 and 3 replicated Study 1 and investigated two mechanisms, …
Though studies of collective action date back to at least the 1890's, in recent years there have been a number of developments in the social identity and collective action literatures clarifying how and why collective action emerges. Bandura's concepts of self-efficacy and colle…
This dissertation examines the potential dark side of organizational identification, by showing how identification by organizational members can interact with members' social dominance orientation (SDO) to predict mistreatment of constituents outside of an organization. I presen…
While South Asians are among the fastest growing immigrant groups in the country, there is a dearth of empirically based research on their identity and intergroup relations. This dissertation examines racial, ethnic, and religious identity, intergroup attitudes and relations, an…