Stereotype content model explains prejudice for an envied outgroup: Scale of anti-Asian American Stereotypes.
The Stereotype Content Model hypothesizes anti-Asian American stereotypes differentiating two dimensions: (excessive) competence and (deficient) sociability. The Scale of Anti-Asian American Stereotypes (SAAAS) shows this envious mixed prejudice in six studies. Study 1 began with 131 racial attitude items. Studies 2 and 3 tested 684 respondents on a focused 25-item version. Studies 4 and 5 tested the final 25-item SAAAS on 222 respondents at three campuses; scores predicted outgroup friendships, cultural experiences, and (over)estimated campus presence. Study 6 showed that allegedly low sociability, rather than excessively high competence, drives rejection of Asian Americans, consistent with system justification theory. The SAAAS demonstrates mixed, envious anti-Asian American prejudice, contrasting with more-often-studied contemptuous racial prejudices (i.e., against Blacks).
Lin
Monica H
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University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA.
Kwan
Virginia S Y
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Cheung
Anna
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Fiske
Susan T
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001213:Asian / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D012919:Social Behavior