Do you get us? A multi-experiment, meta-analytic test of the effect of felt understanding in intergroup relations
Livingstone, AG; Windeatt, S; Nesbitt, L; et al.Kerry, J; Barr, SA; Ashman, L; Ayers, R; Bibby, H; Boswell, E; Brown, J; Chiu, M; Cowie, E; Doherr, E; Douglas, H; Durber, L; Ferguson, M; Ferreira, M; Fisk, I; Fleming, B; Griffiths, M; Hamilton, S; Harman, E; Hurford, G; Ingle, N; Inwood, H; Kimber, E; Kwak, W; King, HM; Mathews, L; Meehan, E; Morton, M; Murphy, L; Nissen, J; Oades, J; Plumbly, I; Price-Bish, G; Ransom, C; Sharpe, A; Shaw, JA; Szlajter, M; Tan, W; Walters, C; White, J; Wilson, H; Windeatt, G; Wu, JC
Date: 7 August 2020
Journal
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
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Elsevier
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Abstract
Felt understanding is a key determinant of positive inter-personal relations, but its role and potential benefits in intergroup relations have been neglected. In the first multi-study, pre-registered test of its intergroup effects, we manipulated intergroup felt understanding (understood vs. misunderstood by an outgroup) in six studies ...
Felt understanding is a key determinant of positive inter-personal relations, but its role and potential benefits in intergroup relations have been neglected. In the first multi-study, pre-registered test of its intergroup effects, we manipulated intergroup felt understanding (understood vs. misunderstood by an outgroup) in six studies (N = 1195) and meta-analyzed its effects. The results in most intergroup contexts supported the prediction that feeling understood (vs. misunderstood) would lead to more positive intergroup orientations (r = 0.25) and action intentions (r = 0.12). These effects were distinct from the effects of feeling liked by an outgroup, which was also manipulated in each study. An important caveat was that the felt understanding manipulation's effect reversed when the outgroup was stereotypically low in competence, but high in warmth (older adults). Overall, the findings indicate the value of incorporating felt understanding into models of intergroup relations and how those relations can be improved.
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