Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 426-433.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.04.06

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Meta-Stereotype Threat Effects on Intergroup Relations among Impoverished Undergraduates: A Moderated Mediation Model of Intergroup Anxiety and Self-esteem

XU Lulu, WU Peipei, HE Wen   

  1. College of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234
  • Online:2018-07-15 Published:2018-07-15

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Abstract: Meta-stereotype threat refers to the psychosocial predicament and cognitive dissonance experienced by individuals under the negative meta-stereotype. It could induce the experience of stress and fear, leading to the detriment of performance. Based on the Intergroup Anxiety Model, the current study aimed to explore the effects of negative meta-stereotype on intergroup relations in impoverished college students. We also explored intergroup anxiety as the mediator and self-esteem as the moderator in this relationship. A sample of 158 impoverished undergraduates from a university in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province participated in the present study. Participants were randomly assigned to either the meta-stereotype threat (MST) condition or the non-MST condition. We found that:(1) Intergroup anxiety under the MST condition was higher than that of the non-MST condition, while intergroup relations under the non-MST condition were worse than those under the MST condition; (2) The relationship between meta-stereotype threat and intergroup relations was mediated by intergroup anxiety. Self-esteem moderated the path from meta-stereotype threat to intergroup anxiety as well as the path from intergroup anxiety to intergroup relations. These results suggested that the deleterious effects of negative meta-stereotype activation on intergroup relations among impoverished undergraduates.

Key words: meta-stereotype threat, intergroup relations, intergroup anxiety, self-esteem, impoverished undergraduates

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  • B844

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