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Anxiety perseverance in intergroup interaction: When incidental explanations backfire.

Tessa V West¹, Adam R Pearson², Chadly Stern¹

¹Department of Psychology, New York University.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

|October 28, 2014

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Perceiving anxiety in others can negatively impact intergroup interactions, even when the anxiety has an unrelated cause. This effect hinders relationship building and increases social distance between groups.

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Area of Science:

Social Psychology
Intergroup Relations
Anxiety Research

Background:

Intergroup interactions often induce anxiety, leading to avoidance behaviors in both majority and minority groups.
While the effects of experiencing intergroup anxiety are known, the impact of perceiving anxiety in others is less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how the perception of anxiety in interaction partners affects intergroup dynamics.
To examine if attributing a partner's anxiety to an incidental source influences interaction quality and perceptions.

Main Methods:

Three experiments were conducted involving participants interacting with partners whose anxiety was either explained by an incidental source (evaluation, caffeine) or not.
Measures included interest in continuing interaction, self-disclosure, physical proximity, and accessibility of anxiety-related concepts.

Main Results:

Participants perceiving a partner's anxiety (even with an incidental explanation) showed less interest in future interaction, reduced self-disclosure, and increased physical distance.
Incidental explanations for partner anxiety led perceivers to view outgroup partners as more anxious, enhancing the accessibility of intergroup anxiety concepts.

Conclusions:

The perception of anxiety in others can detrimentally affect intergroup interactions, regardless of the anxiety's source.
Incidental source information can amplify intergroup anxiety effects, highlighting a potential barrier to positive intergroup contact.