Addressing ongoing intergroup conflicts remains a major challenge for social psychologists. The present vignette-based experiment (N = 178) examined a historical conflict between Romanians (the majority group) and Romas (the historically disadvantaged group), exploring the effects of intergroup apologies issued by the disadvantaged group, intergroup contact, and their interaction on forgiveness and trust toward the Romas. The perceived sincerity of the apology and the perceived typicality of the apologizing representatives were examined as potential factors shaping the relationship between the apology and these outcomes. Results show that intergroup contact was positively associated with both forgiveness and trust, while apologies led to increased trust. Perceiving the apology as sincere was associated with greater forgiveness, whereas perceiving the apologizing representatives as typical of their group predicted higher levels of both forgiveness and trust, highlighting the central role of recipients’ perceptions. Present findings emphasize that low-power groups can actively contribute to reconciliation processes and provide practical insights for practitioners working in conflict-affected societies.

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7/ In conclusion, this research provides valuable information regarding intergroup relations among adolescents in multiethnic environments and the longitudinal role of threat perception.

6/Surprisingly, the authors found that this mechanism is invariant: the relationships were the same regardless of whether the participants belonged to a majority or minority group, or whether they lived in a post-conflict or non-conflict context.

5/ Results indicate a significant ethnonationalism effect: high ethnonationalism scores at T1 predicted an increase in symbolic threat at T2. Additionally, they found that intergroup anxiety leads to increased in ethnonationalism.

4/ The researchers conducted a longitudinal study over two years with a sample of 852 adolescents. Data were collected at two time points (T1 and T2) with a one-year interval.

3/ It aims to examine the role of these ingroup identfication in threat perception, with group status (majority/minority) and context (post-conflict/non-conflict) as potential moderators.

2/ The study was conducted in Croatia, a context that allows for a comparison between adolescents from post-conflict and non-conflict multiethnic communities.

1/ Ingroup identification plays an important role in determining the intensity of perceived threat and the reaction to it. In this paper, the authors investigate two distinct forms of ingroup identification: ethnic identity and ethnonationalism.

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"Understanding Ingroup Identification and Intergroup Threat Dynamics in Multiethnic Contexts" by Ena UZELAC & Margareta JELIĆ

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“‘Do Good, Expect the Worst’: The Indirect Effect of Social Cynicism on Prosocial Behavior via Empathy and Trust” by Denis Coca and Alin Gavreliuc

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”How Stereotype Threat Influences Cognitive Performance? It All Depends on How You Feel!”

Drače et al. found that emotions emerging under stereotype threat (e.g., fear) could govern motivational processes and account for the effect of stereotype threat.

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