Intergroup Threat Theory

By Walter G. Stephan, Oscar Ybarra, K. Morrison. 2011

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism (2018, background): “Realistic threats refer to threats to the group’s power, resources, and welfare; symbolic threats are threats to one’s world view, belief system, and values (Stephan and Mealy 2011).”
Positive intergroup contact, negative intergroup contact, and threat as predictors of cognitive and affective dimensions of prejudice (2015, background): “For example, empathy is an established mediator of positive contact–prejudice relationship (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008) and individuallevel threats such as self-esteem and identity threat are proposed mediators in intergroup threat theory (W. G. Stephan et al., 2009).”
PARENTAL ALIENATION AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE ENMESHED PARENT–CHILD DYAD: ADULTIFICATION, PARENTIFICATION, AND INFANTILIZATION (2011, positive): “…constitute the tools of afﬁliation (Garber, 2004a): those mechanisms with which groups at every level of organization, from international politics to playground cliques, distinguish who is “in” and who is “out” (Dovidio, Saguy, & Shnabel, 2009; Riek, Mania & Gaertner, 2006; Stephan et al., 2009).”
Introduction to the Section: Ageism—Concept and Origins (2018, background): “Realistic threats refer to threats to the group’s power, resources, and welfare; symbolic threats are threats to one’s world view, belief system, and values (Stephan and Mealy 2011).”
Foreign Language Exposure, Cultural Threat, and Opposition to Immigration (2012, neutral): “…perceptual variables (e.g., subjective economic evaluations and perceived economic and cultural threats, etc.) on immigration policy attitudes (Burns & Gimpel, 2000; Citrin et al., 1990; Espenshade & Hempstead, 1996; Esses, Jackson, & Armstrong, 1998; Sniderman et al., 2004; Stephan et al., 2009).”
Intergroup contact and intergroup conflict. (2014, positive): “Stephan, Ybarra, and Morrison (2009) emphasized the importance of perceived threats to the ingroup as predictors of prejudice (by distinguishing symbolic threats [e.g., threats to the ingroup’s value system, belief system, or worldview] from realistic threats [e.g., threats to the ingroup’s…”
Measuring Realistic and Symbolic Threats of COVID-19 and Their Unique Impacts on Well-Being and Adherence to Public Health Behaviors (2020, background): “Our work is also one of the first papers to demonstrate the validity of applying theories of intergroup threat (Stephan et al., 2009) to understand how people perceive threats from an agent or entity other than another social group (also see Gamez-Djokic & Waytz, in press).”
The overlooked minority: Mental health of International students worldwide under the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond (2020, positive): “Given that perceived threats breed discrimination (Stephan et al., 2016), tailored measures are urgently required for local governments to target schools and communities as a whole and create a more inclusive environment for international students during and after the pandemic.”
An experimental approach to Intergroup Threat Theory: Manipulations, moderators, and consequences of realistic vs. symbolic threat (2018, background): “intelligent) in valence—are one antecedent of perceived threat (Stephan et al., 2015).”
Morality and intergroup relations: Threats to safety and group image predict the desire to interact with outgroup and ingroup members☆ (2013, background): “Similarly, there is empirical evidence (Cottrell & Neuberg, 2005; Stephan et al., 2009; see also Stephan & Renfro, 2002; Stephan & Stephan, 2000) showing that the experience of threat raises hostility against the group that is seen as the source of threat.”