Examination of the verbal behaviour of intergroup discrimination
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Gillanders, David
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Loughnan, Stephen
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Ramos, Benjamin Manuel Lacambra
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2024-02-14T12:55:34Z
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2024-02-14T12:55:34Z
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2024-02-14
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This thesis examined relationships between psychological flexibility, psychological inflexibility, prejudicial attitudes, and dehumanization across three cross-sectional studies with an additional proposed experimental study. Psychological flexibility refers to mindful attention to the present moment, willing acceptance of private experiences, and engaging in behaviours congruent with one’s freely chosen values. Inflexibility, on the other hand, indicates a tendency to suppress unwanted thoughts and emotions, entanglement with one’s thoughts, and rigid behavioural patterns. Study 1 found limited correlations between inflexibility and sexism, racism, homonegativity, and dehumanization. Study 2 demonstrated more consistent positive associations between inflexibility and prejudice. And Study 3 controlled for right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation, finding inflexibility predicted hostile sexism and racism beyond these factors. While showing some relationships, particularly with sexism and racism, psychological inflexibility did not consistently correlate with varied prejudices across studies.
The proposed randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention to reduce sexism through enhanced psychological flexibility. Overall, findings provide mixed support for the utility of flexibility-based skills in addressing complex societal prejudices. Research should continue examining flexibility integrated with socio-cultural approaches to promote equity.
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https://hdl.handle.net/1842/41446
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/4178
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en
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The University of Edinburgh
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prejudice
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dehumanization
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psychological flexibility
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psychological inflexibility
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verbal behaviour
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Examination of the verbal behaviour of intergroup discrimination
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An examination of the verbal behaviour of intergroup discrimination
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Thesis or Dissertation
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Doctoral
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PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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