According to the extended contact hypothesis, knowing that in-group members have cross-
group friends improves attitudes toward this out-group. This meta-analysis covers the 20 …

Highlights•Recent research has added to the range of factors contributing to dehumanizing
perceptions of others.•There has been an increased attention to 'mechanistic' …

Research in social psychology has provided impressive evidence that intergroup contact
reduces prejudice. However, to the extent that strategies based on direct contact are …

Abstract Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) are frequently present in the general
population as patients age with approximately a third of individuals experiencing LUTS …

Compared to monogamous relationships, consensual non-monogamous (CNM)
relationships are stigmatized. Similarly, compared to heterosexual individuals, gay men are …

Highlights•Intergroup contact enhances the humanization of outgroup members.•
Humanization of outgroup members enhances the desire for intergroup interaction.•The link …

This research investigates age-diverse friendship and its complex relation to job satisfaction
and turnover intentions. Based on self-expansion theory, we argue that age-diverse …

Outgroup dehumanisation, the denial of full humanity to outgroups relative to ingroups, is
pervasive in many contemporary societies. The aim of the present work is to review effective …

Dehumanization is an everyday, pervasive phenomenon in health contexts. Given its
detrimental consequences to health care, much research has been dedicated to …

Guided by Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) and Communication Theory of
Identity (CTI), the purpose of this study was to investigate how families communicatively …