Publications by year
In Press
Sweetman J, Maio G, Spears R, Manstead A, Livingstone A (In Press). Attitude toward protest uniquely predicts (normative and nonnormative) political action by (advantaged and disadvantaged) group members.
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2018
Stewart AL, Sweetman J (2018). Scholarship and Activism Diverge: Responding to MLK's Call with Theory and Research on Diversity, Political Action, and Resistance to Oppression.
Journal of Social Issues,
74, 204-213.
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Sweetman J (2018). When Similarities are more Important than Differences: “Politically Black”Union Members’ Experiences of Racism and Participation in Union Leadership.
Journal of Social Issues,
74, 244-264.
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2017
Sweetman JP (2017).
Evaluation of train the trainers unconscious bias training (Phase II)., Equality Challenge Unit.
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Evaluation of train the trainers unconscious bias training (Phase II)
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2016
Sweetman J, Whitmarsh LE (2016). Climate Justice: High-Status Ingroup Social Models Increase Pro-Environmental Action Through Making Actions Seem More Moral.
Top Cogn Sci,
8(1), 196-221.
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Climate Justice: High-Status Ingroup Social Models Increase Pro-Environmental Action Through Making Actions Seem More Moral.
Recent work has suggested that our cognitive biases and moral psychology may pose significant barriers to tackling climate change. Here, we report evidence that through status and group-based social influence processes, and our moral sense of justice, it may be possible to employ such characteristics of the human mind in efforts to engender pro-environmental action. We draw on applied work demonstrating the efficacy of social modeling techniques in order to examine the indirect effects of social model status and group membership (through perceptions of efficacy, pro-environmental social identity and moral judgments of how fair it is for individuals to perform particular pro-environmental actions) on pro-environmental action tendencies. We find evidence that high- (vs. low-) status models increase pro-environmental action, in part, through making such actions seem morally fairer to undertake. This effect of high-status models only occurs when they share a meaningful ingroup membership with the target of influence. Further, we find evidence that this conditional effect of high-status models may also have a direct impact on action tendencies. While the exact behaviors that are influenced may vary across student and non-student samples, we argue that a focus on the "justice pathway" to action and the social-cognitive features of models may offer a good opportunity for cognitive and behavioral scientists to integrate insights from basic research with those stemming from more applied research efforts.
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Stewart AL, Pratto F, Bou Zeineddine F, Sweetman J, Eicher V, Licata L, Morselli D, Saab R, Aiello A, Chryssochoou X, et al (2016). International support for the Arab uprisings: Understanding sympathetic collective action using theories of social dominance and social identity.
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations,
19(1), 6-26.
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International support for the Arab uprisings: Understanding sympathetic collective action using theories of social dominance and social identity
© 2015, the Author(s) 2015. Inspired by the popular Arab protests against oppressive regimes that began in 2010, people around the world protested in sympathy with the Arab peoples. The present research draws on two major theories of intergroup relations to develop an initial integrative model of sympathetic collective action. We incorporate social dominance theory’s (SDT) concept of (rejectionist) legitimizing myths with the solidarity and emotional mediation concept of the social identity model of collective action (SIMCA) to understand motivations for sympathetic collective action among bystanders. Using data from 12 nations (N = 1,480), we tested three models: (a) SIMCA (i.e. solidarity, anger, and efficacy), (b) a social dominance theory model of collective action (i.e. social dominance orientation and ideologies concerning Arab competence), and (c) an integrated model of sympathetic collective action combining both theories. Results find the greatest support for an integrated model of collective action. Discussion focuses on theoretical pluralism and suggestions for future research.
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Holroyd J, Sweetman J (2016). The Heterogeneity of Implicit Bias. In Brownstein M, Saul J (Eds.)
Philosophy and implicit bias: Metaphysics and epistemology, New York: Oxford University Press.
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The Heterogeneity of Implicit Bias
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2015
Livingstone AG, Sweetman J, Bracht EM, Haslam SA (2015). “We have no quarrel with you”: Effects of group status on characterizations of
“conflict” with an outgroup.
European Journal of Social Psychology,
45, 16-26.
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2014
Sweetman J, Leach CW, Spears R, Pratto F, Saab R (2014). "I have a dream": a typology of social change goals.
Journal of Social and Political Psychology,
1, 293-320.
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Pratto F, Saguy T, Stewart AL, Morselli D, Foels R, Aiello A, Aranda M, Cidam A, Chryssochoou X, Durrheim K, et al (2014). Attitudes Toward Arab Ascendance: Israeli and Global Perspectives.
Psychological Science,
25(1), 85-94.
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Attitudes Toward Arab Ascendance: Israeli and Global Perspectives
Arab nations are decades behind many other previously colonized nations in developing stronger economies, more democratic institutions, and more autonomy and self-government, in part as a result of external interference. The year 2011 brought the potential for greater Arab autonomy through popular uprisings against autocratic governments in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, and through the Palestinian request for state recognition by the United Nations. We examined the psychology of support for Arab ascendancy among adults in 14 nations in the Balkans, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania, Europe, and North America. We predicted and found that people low on social dominance orientation endorsed forming an independent Palestinian state and desired that the Arab uprisings succeed. Rejection of ideologies that legitimize outside interference with Arabs mediated this support. Measures and model results were robust across world regions. We discuss theoretical implications regarding the advent of new ideologies and extending social dominance theory to address international relations. © the Author(s) 2013.
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2013
Sweetman J, Spears R, Livingstone AG, Manstead ASR (2013). Admiration regulates social hierarchy: Antecedents, dispositions, and effects on intergroup behavior.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,
49(3), 534-542.
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Pratto F, Çidam A, Stewart AL, Zeineddine FB, Aranda M, Aiello A, Chryssochoou X, Cichocka A, Cohrs JC, Durrheim K, et al (2013). Social Dominance in Context and in Individuals: Contextual Moderation of Robust Effects of Social Dominance Orientation in 15 Languages and 20 Countries.
Social Psychological and Personality Science,
4(5), 587-599.
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Social Dominance in Context and in Individuals: Contextual Moderation of Robust Effects of Social Dominance Orientation in 15 Languages and 20 Countries
We tested the internal reliability and predictive validity of a new 4-item Short Social Dominance Orientation (SSDO) scale among adults in 20 countries, using 15 languages (N = 2,130). Low scores indicate preferring group inclusion and equality to dominance. As expected, cross-nationally, the lower people were on SSDO, the more they endorsed more women in leadership positions, protecting minorities, and aid to the poor. Multilevel moderation models showed that each effect was stronger in nations where a relevant kind of group power differentiation was more salient. Distributions of SSDO were positively skewed, despite use of an extended response scale; results show rejecting group hierarchy is normative. The short scale is effective. Challenges regarding translations, use of short scales, and intersections between individual and collective levels in social dominance theory are discussed. © the Author(s) 2013.
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Sweetman J, Leach CW, Spears R, Pratto F, Saab R (2013). “I have a dream”: a typology of social change goals.
Journal of Social and Political Psychology,
1(1), 293-320.
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“I have a dream”: a typology of social change goals
© 2013, PsychOpen. All rights reserved. To date, there is little in the way of theorizing or empirical work on the imagined endpoint of political action aimed at social change - the type of “dream” those engaged in action are attempting to bring into fruition. We suggest that previous approaches have focused narrowly on one type of social change - amelioration of collective grievances. In contrast, we argue that social change is much richer and imaginative than this narrow focus suggests. In the present article we draw on key constructs in social psychology (e.g. goals, efficacy, legitimacy, identity, social system, and social value) in order to develop a typology of social change goals. In doing so, we explain why people might support one type of social change (e.g. revolution) versus others (e.g. separatism or amelioration). The typology is used to discuss future directions for research and to highlight the implications for psychological (and broader) approaches to social change.
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2011
Spears R, Leach C, Zomeran M, Ispas A, Sweetman JP, Tausch N (2011). Intergroup Emotions: More than the Sum of the Parts. In Nyklâiécek I, Vingerhoets AJJM, Zeelenberg M (Eds.)
Emotion Regulation and Well-Being, Springer, 121-145.
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Intergroup Emotions: More than the Sum of the Parts
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2010
Spears R, Greenwood R, de Lemus S, Sweetman J (2010). Legitimacy, social identity, and power. In Guinote A, Vescio TK (Eds.) The Social Psychology of Power, Guilford Publications, 251-283.
