Orellana, L., Totterdell, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-5335-2611 and Iyer, A. (2022) The association between transgender-related fiction and transnegativity: Transportation and intergroup anxiety as mediators. Psychology & Sexuality, 13 (2). pp. 228-239. ISSN 1941-9899
Abstract
Fictional narratives can serve as an indirect contact strategy when direct contact between two groups is not feasible. This study investigated whether exposing cisgender individuals to transgender-related fiction was associated with reduced transnegativity. Two emotion-related mediators were examined in this relationship: transportation into the story (proximal to fiction exposure) and intergroup anxiety (proximal to contact theory). Cisgender participants (N = 84) viewed or read stories involving transgender characters or read a science article. Those who encountered transgender characters reported lower transnegativity than those who read the control story. Transportation into the story and intergroup anxiety serially mediated this relationship. The findings suggest conditions under which a fictional story can expand an audience’s social world and thereby serve as a strategy for prejudice reduction.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Psychology and Sexuality. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | indirect contact; prejudice; fiction; transnegativity; intergroup anxiety |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2020 10:45 |
Last Modified: | 24 May 2024 11:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/19419899.2020.1759677 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159882 |