Backlash following a confrontation: The impact of relationship, essentialism, and trust

Efrata Sasahulih; Jamie Patrianakos; Robyn Mallett

Backlash following a confrontation: The impact of relationship, essentialism, and trust

Efrata Sasahulih, Jamie Patrianakos, Robyn Mallett

Department of Psychology

Loyola University Chicago

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<p> <blockquote> </blockquote></p><p> 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).</p>

Original language	American English
Journal	Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium
State	Published - 1800

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Backlash following a confrontation: The impact of relationship, essentialism, and trust

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