Outputs (117)

Take it to the top: Imagined interactions with leaders elevates organizational identification (2017)
Journal Article
Meleady, R., & Crisp, R. J. (2017). Take it to the top: Imagined interactions with leaders elevates organizational identification. The Leadership Quarterly, 28(5), 621-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.01.008

Organizational identification is an important predictor of workplace behavior. The more strongly an individual identifies with their employing organization, the more motivated they will be to behave in ways that promote its success. In this paper we... Read More about Take it to the top: Imagined interactions with leaders elevates organizational identification.

Hope Comes in Many Forms: Out-Group Expressions of Hope Override Low Support and Promote Reconciliation in Conflicts (2016)
Journal Article
Cohen-Chen, S., Crisp, R. J., & Halperin, E. (2016). Hope Comes in Many Forms: Out-Group Expressions of Hope Override Low Support and Promote Reconciliation in Conflicts. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(2), 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616667612

In conflicts, political attitudes are based to some extent on the perception of the out-group as sharing the goal of peace and supporting steps to achieve it. However, intractable conflicts are characterized by inconsistent and negative interactions,... Read More about Hope Comes in Many Forms: Out-Group Expressions of Hope Override Low Support and Promote Reconciliation in Conflicts.

On the relationship between cultural diversity and creativity in education: The moderating role of communal versus divisional mindset. (2016)
Journal Article
Vezzali, L., Goclowska, M. A., Crisp, R. J., & Stathi, S. (2016). On the relationship between cultural diversity and creativity in education: The moderating role of communal versus divisional mindset. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 21, 152-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2016.07.001

We conducted an experimental study with the aim of testing certain conditions under which engaging with cultural diversity increases creativity among schoolchildren. Results obtained from a sample of 149 Italian elementary schoolchildren revealed tha... Read More about On the relationship between cultural diversity and creativity in education: The moderating role of communal versus divisional mindset..

Humanizing Outgroups Through Multiple Categorization: The Roles of Individuation and Threat (2016)
Journal Article
Prati, F., Crisp, R. J., Meleady, R., & Rubini, M. (2016). Humanizing Outgroups Through Multiple Categorization: The Roles of Individuation and Threat. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(4), 526-539. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216636624

In three studies, we examined the impact of multiple categorization on intergroup dehumanization. Study 1 showed that perceiving members of a rival university along multiple versus simple categorical dimensions enhanced the tendency to attribute huma... Read More about Humanizing Outgroups Through Multiple Categorization: The Roles of Individuation and Threat.

Encouraging majority support for immigrant access to health services: Multiple categorization and social identity complexity as antecedents of health equality (2016)
Journal Article
Prati, F., Crisp, R. J., Pratto, F., & Rubini, M. (2016). Encouraging majority support for immigrant access to health services: Multiple categorization and social identity complexity as antecedents of health equality. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 19(4, SI), 426-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430216629814

Health disparities between groups remain even after accounting for established causes such as structural and economic factors. The present research tested, for the first time, whether multiple social categorization processes can explain enhanced supp... Read More about Encouraging majority support for immigrant access to health services: Multiple categorization and social identity complexity as antecedents of health equality.

Psychotherapy and Social Change: Utilizing Principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Help Develop New Prejudice-Reduction Interventions (2015)
Journal Article
Birtel, M. D., & Crisp, R. J. (2015). Psychotherapy and Social Change: Utilizing Principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Help Develop New Prejudice-Reduction Interventions. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 1771. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01771

We propose that key concepts from clinical psychotherapy can inform science-based initiatives aimed at building tolerance and community cohesion. Commonalities in social and clinical psychology are identified regarding (1) distorted thinking (intergr... Read More about Psychotherapy and Social Change: Utilizing Principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Help Develop New Prejudice-Reduction Interventions.

Women's adaptation to STEM domains promotes resilience and a lesser reliance on heuristic thinking. (2015)
Journal Article
Di Bella, L., & Crisp, R. J. (2016). Women's adaptation to STEM domains promotes resilience and a lesser reliance on heuristic thinking. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 19(2), 184-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430215596074

Experiences that compel people to challenge social stereotypes can promote enhanced cognitive flexibility on a range of judgmental domains. Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields are chronically exposed to such experiences... Read More about Women's adaptation to STEM domains promotes resilience and a lesser reliance on heuristic thinking..

Comparing direct and imagined intergroup contact among children: Effects on outgroup stereotypes and helping intentions (2015)
Journal Article
Vezzali, L., Stathi, S., Crisp, R. J., & Capozza, D. (2015). Comparing direct and imagined intergroup contact among children: Effects on outgroup stereotypes and helping intentions. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 49, 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.06.009

We conducted an experimental intervention aimed at comparing the effectiveness of direct and imagined intergroup contact. Italian elementary school children took part in a three-week intervention with dependent variables assessed one week after the l... Read More about Comparing direct and imagined intergroup contact among children: Effects on outgroup stereotypes and helping intentions.

Imagined Intergroup Contact and Common Ingroup Identity An Integrative Approach (2015)
Journal Article
Vezzali, L., Stathi, S., Crisp, R. J., Giovannini, D., Capozza, D., & Gaertner, S. L. (2015). Imagined Intergroup Contact and Common Ingroup Identity An Integrative Approach. Social Psychology, 46(5), 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000242

Abstract. We conducted two studies involving two different age groups (elementary school children and adults) aimed at integrating imagined contact and common ingroup identity models. In the first study, Italian elementary school children were asked... Read More about Imagined Intergroup Contact and Common Ingroup Identity An Integrative Approach.

Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations (2015)
Journal Article
Prati, F., Crisp, R. J., & Rubini, M. (2015). Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 61, 31-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2015.06.004

In three experiments we investigated the impact that exposure to counter-stereotypes has on emotional reactions to outgroups. In Experiment 1, thinking about gender counter-stereotypes attenuated stereotyped emotions toward females and males. In Expe... Read More about Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations.