Negative Interethnic Contact and the Consequences of Ethnic Neighbourhood Composition for Trust, Cohesion, and Prejudice. Kros, M. (Utrecht University, the Netherlands), Hewstone, M. (The University of Newcastle) Results on the relationship between ethnic neighbourhood composition and cohesion, trust, and prejudice remain inconclusive. Recent studies have gone beyond direct, neighbourhood-level effects of composition, and included positive […]

 Stereotype threat, Disengagement, and Wellbeing von Hippel, C. (University of Queensland), Kalokerinos, E. (The University of Newcastle), Zacher, H. (Leipzig University) Stereotype threat can lead to acute performance decrements and reduced engagement. The current research examined stereotype threat among older and younger employees, age groups that are the target of negative age-based stereotypes. Study 1 […]

Perceived Association of Religion and Nation, and More Secular Ideology, Can Improve Political Tolerance Amongst the Muslim Majority in Indonesia Wibisono, S. (University of Queensland), Yustisia, W. (University of Indonesia), Louis, W. (University of Queensland) The study examines political tolerance amongst Muslims in Indonesia and its association with ideology and identity factors. A survey was […]

Barriers to Meat Reduction Thai, H. (University of Queensland), Fielding, K. (University of Queensland), Louis, W. (University of Queensland) The current research draws on the social identity approach to investigate how group membership relates to reducing meat consumption. Two studies were conducted that investigated how individuals who violate group norms by engaging in meat reduction […]