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Titles listA regulatory fit perspective in majority versus minority support to attitudes toward homosexuals
Titles listA regulatory fit perspective in majority versus minority support to attitudes toward homosexuals
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A regulatory fit perspective in majority versus minority support to attitudes toward homosexuals |
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| Published in | Group processes & intergroup relations. 2011, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 45-62 | |
| Abstract | Three studies examined the attitude toward homosexuals as a function of regulatory focus and social support for non-discrimination. Regulatory orientation toward non-discrimination was measured by differentiating promotion and prevention emotions when anticipating a non-discriminatory (studies 1 and 2) and a discriminatory interaction with homosexuals (study 2). Study 3 assessed attitude toward non-discrimination through a social dominance orientation (SDO) scale and manipulated experimentally regulatory focus. Across the three studies, social support was manipulated by informing participants that either a majority or a minority of the Swiss population supported non-discrimination in general (study 1), or specifically toward homosexuals (studies 2 and 3). Results showed more positive attitudes toward homosexuals when non-discriminatory participants were regulated in terms of prevention focus and non-discrimination was supported by a majority, and when non-discriminatory participants were regulated in terms of promotion focus and non-discrimination was supported by a minority. These findings are consistent with a regulatory fit perspective on the interplay between regulatory focus and social support. | |
| Keywords | Intergroup attitudes — Regulatory fit — Regulatory focus — Social support — Sexual prejudice | |
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| Research group | Groupe de recherche sur l'influence sociale (GRIS) | |
| Citation (ISO format) | FALOMIR PICHASTOR, Juan Manuel et al. A regulatory fit perspective in majority versus minority support to attitudes toward homosexuals. In: Group processes & intergroup relations, 2011, vol. 14, n° 1, p. 45-62. doi: 10.1177/1368430210376077 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:20276 |
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