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Are people more prejudiced towards groups that are perceived as coherent? A meta‐analysis of the relationship between out‐group entitativity and prejudice
Author(s) -
Agadullina Elena R.,
Lovakov Andrey V.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/bjso.12256
Subject(s) - psychology , prejudice (legal term) , social psychology , conceptualization , scale (ratio) , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science
A meta‐analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between out‐group entitativity and prejudice. A quantitative analysis of 85 effect sizes from 33 independent samples showed a significant positive relationship between entitativity and prejudice (Fisher's z = .414, 95% CI [0.272, 0.557], p < .0001). Three possible moderators of the relationship between entitativity and prejudice were tested: conceptualization of the entitativity (essence‐based entitativity scale, agency‐based entitativity scale, common entitativity scale), the target of the prejudice, and the measures of prejudice (attitudes, emotions, behaviour towards out‐group). Results demonstrated that out‐group entitativity correlated with prejudice only when entitativity was conceptualized as an essence‐based or common‐based scale, and prejudice was measured as the attitude to the out‐group. The target of prejudice does not moderate the relationship between entitativity and prejudice.