title: We are the opposite of you! Mirroring of national, regional and ethnic stereotypes.
abstract: The content of stereotypes can be shaped by multiple mechanisms, one of them possibly being the "mirroring effect." Mirroring describes a phenomenon whereby people rate their ingroup characteristics as opposite to characteristics typical of a relevant outgroup. The aim of our study was to explore mirroring in three intergroup contexts-in national, regional, and ethnic stereotypes. In Study 1, 2,241 participants rated national ingroup stereotype and outgroup stereotypes of five Central European countries. In Study 2, 741 Czech participants rated regional ingroup and outgroup stereotypes of people living in two distinct parts of the Czech Republic. In Study 3, 463 majority and Hungarian minority participants in Slovakia rated ethnic ingroup and outgroup stereotypes. The results showed a clear presence of mirroring in all three contexts.
authors.affiliation: a Czech Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hřebíčková
authors.affiliation: a Czech Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.affiliation: b Slovak Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tegdes
authors.affiliation: b Slovak Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brezina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005008:Ethnopsychology; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D013240:Stereotyping; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ethnic stereotypes; five-factor model; mirroring; national stereotypes; regional stereotypes