Whether there are common features inherent to the psychology of Indigenous peoples
around the globe has been the subject of much debate. We argue that Indigenous peoples …

Changing attitudes is one of the most challenging and important endeavors social
psychologists have undertaken in order to promote better quality of life for individuals and …

Collective victimhood, which results from the experience of being targeted as members of a
group, has powerful effects on individuals and groups. The focus of this Special Issue is on …

Previous research has shown that positive intergroup contact among disadvantaged group
members may predict a so‐called sedative effect according to which positive contact is …

Groups in conflict develop strikingly different construals of the same violent events. These
clashing perceptions of past violence can have detrimental consequences for intergroup …

Literature on intergroup conflict and identity is well established; this literature includes work
on competitive victimhood—the process by which groups attempt to establish that they have …

What role does intergroup contact play in promoting support for social change toward
greater social equality? Drawing on the needs-based model of reconciliation, we theorized …

The 20th century saw the dismantling of several oppressive regimes and an international
turn toward greater social justice. Yet structural inequality and intergroup animosity persist in …

The chapter introduces a new approach to attitude change, termed paradoxical thinking. It
suggests that messages that are consistent with an individual's view, but formulated in an …

Most social psychological research on collective victimhood has examined its
consequences for intergroup relations. Less attention has been paid to individual and …