TY - JOUR
T1 - Backlash following a confrontation: The impact of relationship, essentialism, and trust
AU - Sasahulih, Efrata
AU - Patrianakos, Jamie
AU - Mallett, Robyn
PY - 1800
Y1 - 1800
N2 - Confronting bias can reduce prejudice (Czopp et al., 2006). But people hesitate to confront because they fear backlash (Swim & Hyers, 1999). Previously, we found that being confronted by a friend for anti-Black racism lessened perpetrators’ feelings of essentialism and reduced backlash toward the confronter. We hypothesized that trust and essentialism mediate the association between the perpetrator’s relationship with the confronter and backlash. 437 white participants experienced a 2(Relationship: Friend, Stranger) x2 (Confrontation: Racist, Rude) between-subjects design. When confronted for racism, trusting the confronter and feeling less essentialized by them decreased backlash for confronters who were friends (v. strangers).
AB - Confronting bias can reduce prejudice (Czopp et al., 2006). But people hesitate to confront because they fear backlash (Swim & Hyers, 1999). Previously, we found that being confronted by a friend for anti-Black racism lessened perpetrators’ feelings of essentialism and reduced backlash toward the confronter. We hypothesized that trust and essentialism mediate the association between the perpetrator’s relationship with the confronter and backlash. 437 white participants experienced a 2(Relationship: Friend, Stranger) x2 (Confrontation: Racist, Rude) between-subjects design. When confronted for racism, trusting the confronter and feeling less essentialized by them decreased backlash for confronters who were friends (v. strangers).
UR - https://ecommons.luc.edu/ures/2021/2021/186
M3 - Article
JO - Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium
JF - Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium
ER -