PostDoctoral Research Fellowship

博士后研究奖学金

• 批准号: 0706749
• 负责人: Mary Murphy
• 金额: $ 12万
• 依托单位: Murphy Mary C
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0706749&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PostDoctoral; Research; Fellowship

Proposal # 6632920PI: Murphy, MaryUnderstanding Interracial Interactions: How Social Identity Threat Influences Affect, Cognition, and Behavior during Intergroup ContactAbstract: Why are interracial interactions so difficult for many people to navigate? What are people's concerns during interracial interactions that keep them from going smoothly? This research takes a social identity threat approach to examine how two factors regulatory focus and situational cuesinfluence people's affective, cognitive and behavioral experiences during interracial interactions. Five experimental studies are proposed under the sponsorship of Dr. Jennifer Richeson at Northwestern University. These studies test causal hypotheses about how identity threat influences affective, cognitive and behavioral outcomes during interracial interactions. The proposed studies will investigate two potential influences on the experiences of social identity threat among Whites and ethnic/racial minorities during interracial interaction: 1) individuals' self-regulatory focus, and 2) situational cues within the interaction context. Ethnic minority and Whites' anxiety before the interactions, behavior during the interactions, and cognitive depletion and satisfaction resulting from the interracial interactions will be measured. Furthermore, we will test whether shifts in regulatory focus and/or particular situational cues in the interaction context can reduce identity threat, opening the door for more positive interracial contact in the future. Taking a relational view of interracial interactions, this work examines the processes by which regulatory focus and situational cues affect experiences of identity threat and its affective, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes from the perspectives of both majority and minority group members. This research will make novel theoretical contributions to the existing literatures on interracial interactions and social identity threat, as well as provide practical guidance about how interracial interactions might be structured to reduce identity threat and facilitate smooth exchange and more enjoyment for both minority and majority group members. In addition, this research will allow the PI to broaden her research focus and learn new methodology and skills under the mentorship of the premier investigator of interracial interactions. Learning interaction methodology and theory from this expert will be a key objective of her training. This research will expand and contribute to identity threat theory and provide a better understanding of the processes by which cues affect the psychology and behaviors present during interracial interactions. Finally, the fellowship will support an underrepresented minority scientist in behavioral science.

提案#6632920PI：Murphy，Mary了解种族间互动：社会身份威胁如何影响群体间接触期间的认知和行为摘要：为什么种族间互动对许多人来说如此困难？在跨种族互动中，人们担心什么会阻碍他们的顺利进行？本研究采用社会认同威胁的方法，考察调节焦点和情境线索这两个因素在种族间互动中如何影响人们的情感、认知和行为体验。在西北大学詹妮弗·里奇森博士的赞助下，提出了五项实验研究。这些研究测试了关于身份威胁如何在种族间互动中影响情感、认知和行为结果的因果假设。本研究将探讨在种族间互动中，白人和少数族裔的社会认同受到威胁的两种潜在影响：1)个体的自我调节焦点；2)互动环境中的情景线索。将测量少数民族和白人在互动前的焦虑，互动中的行为，以及跨种族互动导致的认知枯竭和满意度。此外，我们将测试监管重点的转移和/或互动环境中的特定情景线索是否可以减少身份威胁，为未来更积极的种族间接触打开大门。本研究从种族间互动的关系视角，从多数群体成员和少数群体成员两个角度考察了调节焦点和情境线索影响身份威胁体验及其情感、认知和行为结果的过程。这项研究将对现有的种族间互动和社会认同威胁的研究做出新的理论贡献，并为如何构建种族间互动以减少身份威胁、促进少数族裔和多数群体成员的顺利交流和更多享受提供实践指导。此外，这项研究将使PI能够拓宽她的研究重点，并在主要种族间相互作用调查员的指导下学习新的方法和技能。从这位专家那里学习交互方法和理论将是她培训的主要目标。这项研究将对身份威胁理论进行扩展和贡献，并有助于更好地理解线索影响种族间互动中的心理和行为的过程。最后，该奖学金将支持行为科学领域中代表性不足的少数族裔科学家。