TY - JOUR
T1 - "A threat on the ground"
T2 - The consequences of witnessing stereotype-confirming ingroup members in interracial interactions
AU - Taylor, Valerie Jones
AU - Garcia, Randi L.
AU - Nicole Shelton, J.
AU - Yantis, Caitlyn
N1 - Funding Information:
Portions of this research were supported by a National Science Foundation Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship (SMA-0905695) and National Science Foundation Grant (BCS-1226930) awarded to Valerie Jones Taylor. We thank Stacy Sinclair’s and Courtney Bonam’s lab for comments on earlier drafts and Thekia Jackson for data collection assistance. Data will be made available upon request.
Funding Information:
Portions of this research were supported by a National Science Foundation Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship (SMA-0905695) and National Science Foundation Grant (BCS-1226930) awarded to Valerie Jones Taylor. We thank Stacy Sinclair's and Courtney Bonam's lab for comments on earlier drafts and Thekia Jackson for data collection assistance. Data will be made available upon request
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Psychological Association.
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - Objectives: Three studies explored interpersonal consequences of engaging in interracial interactions after witnessing racial ingroup members' stereotypical behavior. Method: Study 1 used experiencesampling methodology to assess ethnic minority students' (n = 119) intergroup anxiety, metastereotypes, and anticipatory behaviors following one of three types of interpersonal interactions: (a) a White person and a racial ingroup member who had behaved stereotypically, (b) a White person and a nonstereotypical ingroup member, or (c) neither. Studies 2 (n = 273) and 3 (n = 379) experimentally examined whether witnessing an ingroup member's stereotypically negative behavior in interracial interactions, compared to stereotypically positive (Study 2) or nonstereotypically negative behavior (Study 3) differentially affected anxiety, metastereotypes, and anticipatory behaviors in interracial versus intraracial interactions among Black Americans. Results: In Study 1, minorities reported greater anxiety, metastereotypes, and motivation to disprove stereotypes, but less interest in future interracial contact, following interracial interactions involving stereotype-confirming ingroup members compared to other interactions. In Studies 2 and 3, adverse interaction consequences were most severe when ingroup behavior was both negative and stereotypical compared to neutral, stereotypically positive, and nonstereotypically negative ingroup behavior. Additionally, metastereotypes (and, to a lesser degree, anxiety) mediated individuals' motivation to disprove stereotypes and desire future interactions with White witnesses following stereotypically negative ingroup behavior in interracial (vs. intraracial) interactions. Conclusions: This research highlights the emotional, metaperceptual, and motivational outcomes following ingroup members' stereotypical behavior in intergroup contexts that extend beyond dyadic encounters.
AB - Objectives: Three studies explored interpersonal consequences of engaging in interracial interactions after witnessing racial ingroup members' stereotypical behavior. Method: Study 1 used experiencesampling methodology to assess ethnic minority students' (n = 119) intergroup anxiety, metastereotypes, and anticipatory behaviors following one of three types of interpersonal interactions: (a) a White person and a racial ingroup member who had behaved stereotypically, (b) a White person and a nonstereotypical ingroup member, or (c) neither. Studies 2 (n = 273) and 3 (n = 379) experimentally examined whether witnessing an ingroup member's stereotypically negative behavior in interracial interactions, compared to stereotypically positive (Study 2) or nonstereotypically negative behavior (Study 3) differentially affected anxiety, metastereotypes, and anticipatory behaviors in interracial versus intraracial interactions among Black Americans. Results: In Study 1, minorities reported greater anxiety, metastereotypes, and motivation to disprove stereotypes, but less interest in future interracial contact, following interracial interactions involving stereotype-confirming ingroup members compared to other interactions. In Studies 2 and 3, adverse interaction consequences were most severe when ingroup behavior was both negative and stereotypical compared to neutral, stereotypically positive, and nonstereotypically negative ingroup behavior. Additionally, metastereotypes (and, to a lesser degree, anxiety) mediated individuals' motivation to disprove stereotypes and desire future interactions with White witnesses following stereotypically negative ingroup behavior in interracial (vs. intraracial) interactions. Conclusions: This research highlights the emotional, metaperceptual, and motivational outcomes following ingroup members' stereotypical behavior in intergroup contexts that extend beyond dyadic encounters.
KW - Intergroup processes
KW - Interracial interactions
KW - Intraracial interactions
KW - Stereotype-confirming behavior
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U2 - 10.1037/cdp0000190
DO - 10.1037/cdp0000190
M3 - Article
C2 - 29792484
AN - SCOPUS:85047352991
SN - 1099-9809
VL - 24
SP - 319
EP - 333
JO - Cultural Diversity and Mental Health
JF - Cultural Diversity and Mental Health
IS - 3
ER -