Past research has demonstrated the negative impact of race-based rejection sensitivity (RS-race) on institutional belonging and satisfaction among minority-group students in predominantly White universities. Given research documenting the benefits of cross-group friendship for intergroup attitudes, we tested whether friendships with majority-group peers would attenuate the effects of RS-race wi...

Intergroup conflicts are often regulated by negotiating group representatives, who are influenced by constituent pressures. We examined how within-constituent disagreement influences representative negotiations. In a 2 x 2 experiment, the majority of constituents was either hawkish or dovish vis-àvis the out-group, and the minority had either low or high status. After being exposed to constitue...

Research on media effects has documented the media’s infl uence on beliefs and behavior while cross-cultural psychology has documented the effects of the language used in communication on identifi cation with the ingroup and the outgroup. Media usage in the outgroup language should, therefore, affect identifi cation patterns. This research investigates media effects in the acculturation process...

BACKGROUND Middle age and older (mean = 58.7 y), racial/ethnic minority women report low levels of physical activity. Recommendations to change the social and built environments to promote physical activity in this group are underdeveloped. Two research questions guided this study: What environmental changes are recommended by racial/ethnic minority women? What policies are related to the envir...

To explore the eVects of various categorization strategies on intergroup bias within and beyond a contact situation, two experiments were conducted involving groups of diVerent size and/or status that worked together on a cooperative task. Three categorization strategies (decategorization, recategorization, and dual identity) were compared, and bias was measured through symbolic reward allocati...

Obesity remains a persistent public health and health disparity concern in the United States. Eliminating health disparities, particularly among racial/ethnic minority groups, is a major health priority in the US. The primary aim of this review was to evaluate representation of racial/ethnic sub-group members in behavioral weight loss interventions conducted among adults in the United States. T...

Three studies were conducted to examine the impact of being a numeric majority or minority in Hawai’i and U.S. mainland on the ethnic identity and self-esteem of Asian and European Americans. Results of Study 1 (N=214, M age=19.85 years) and Study 2 (N=215,M age=18.20 years) showed that Asian Americans who grew up on the U.S. mainland, where they are a numeric minority, reported higher ethnic i...

background: human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) epidemic is spreading and what is a serious concern is that there is mounting evidence that the hiv that causes aids is spreading rapidly among teenagers worldwide. if this fast spread is to be halted, the knowledge, attitude and behavior of them should change. purpose: to understand knowledge, attitudes, and practices (kap) of minority youth metho...

The fast-growing demographic group of Asian Americans is often perceived as a “model minority.” This paper establishes empirical evidence this stereotype in the context education and then analyzes its consequences. We show that teachers rate students’ academic skills more favorably than observationally similar White students same class, even after accounting for test performance behavior. contr...