Showing papers by "Howard Giles published in 2021"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a theory-driven intervention called VOICES that was developed to improve police-community relations, which was designed based on principles derived from social psychological theories of intergroup contact and communication.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to describe a theory-driven intervention called VOICES that was developed to improve police-community relations. The intervention was designed based on principles derived from social psychological theories of intergroup contact and communication.,The authors discuss the theoretical basis for the intervention, as well as its development and implementation in the Santa Barbara Police Department. Based on this pilot testing, the authors provide preliminary evidence about its effectiveness using survey responses and qualitative feedback provided by participants.,Although the case study method used here does not allow for causal inferences about the effectiveness of the intervention, the limited evidence the authors present does suggest that participants found VOICES useful and it may have improved their perceptions of police. The next step will be to test this intervention using experimental or quasi-experimental methods that allow for causal inferences about effectiveness.,The paper shows how police can develop theory-driven interventions in an effort to improve trust between police and the public, including communities in which relationships with police have been historically strained. It also underscores how insights from the study of intergroup contact and communication can benefit policing.
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TL;DR: The Journal of Language & Social Psychology (JLSP) celebrated 40 years of publishing research in the journal as discussed by the authors, and a brief glimpse of the history of the field of language and social psychology and the emergence of JLSP within it was provided.
Abstract: In this Special Issue, we commemorate 40 years of publishing research in the Journal of Language & Social Psychology (JLSP). We first provide a brief glimpse of the history of the field of language and social psychology and the emergence of JLSP within it. This is then developed further by exploring the themes—and the relationships between them—arising over the four decades of the journal, by means of a Leximancer analysis of the titles and abstracts of all research articles since the journal’s inception. We describe our data-driven rationale for the topics selected for the Anniversary Issue and provide an overview of the articles that follow this Prologue; we highlight their unique features and contributions to the advancement of the field of language and social psychology.
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TL;DR: The use of police use of force against minorities, particularly African-Americans, has become a prominent national issue in the United States as mentioned in this paper, especially in the context of race relations.
Abstract: Police use of force against minorities, particularly African-Americans, has become a prominent national issue in the United States. In a number of controversial instances, such as the death of Geor...
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TL;DR: The authors examined how grandparents' and grandchildren's perceptions of receiving accommodation, overaccommodation, and under-commodity were indirectly associated with grandchildren's in a dyadic study.
Abstract: This dyadic study examined how grandparents’ and grandchildren’s perceptions of receiving accommodation, overaccommodation, and underaccommodation were indirectly associated with grandchildren’s in...
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TL;DR: Results suggest that trainings are successful in helping staff identify pre-violent behaviors, use newly learned de-escalation strategies, and approach patient aggression from an appropriate perspective.
Abstract: Health professionals face high rates of workplace violence from patients. This study systematically informed registration staff about pre-violent behaviors and tested its impacts on staff approache...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined if older adults sharing a group identity with third-party family members moderated how older adults' perceptions of receiving accommodation to the group identity from their romantic partner predicted older adults romantic relational satisfaction and depressive symptoms.
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study’s purpose was to examine if older adults sharing a group identity with third-party family members moderated how older adults’ perceptions of receiving accommodation to the group identity from their romantic partner predicted older adults’ romantic relational satisfaction and depressive symptoms. Two-hundred and seventy-four older adults (M Age = 62.70 years) completed a self-report survey about their romantic partner’s communication. Perceptions of the romantic partner’s group-based identity accommodation significantly predicted romantic relational satisfaction and depressive symptoms when older adults did not share their identity with third-party family members. These associations were attenuated when older adults shared their identity with third-party family members. Ways to continue probing how dynamics in the larger family may influence the implications of accommodation are offered.
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TL;DR: Giles et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a new communication model of interdependence (CMII), defined in terms of the embedded nature of groups, and tested the propositions of CMII by invoking relationships between the U.S. and Canada as they change over time.
Abstract: This paper expands the theoretical base of intergroup and intercultural communication by testing a new communication model of interdependence (CMII), defined in terms of the embedded nature of groups Giles, M., R. Pines, H. Giles, and A. Gardikiotis. 2018. “Towards a Communication Model of Intergroup Interdependence.” Atlantic Journal of Communication 26 (2): 122–130. doi:10.1080/15456870.2018.1432222. Introducing a new visual representation of it, propositions of CMII are tested, by invoking relationships between the U.S. and Canada as they change over time. Relevant self-report outcomes include: social connectedness, language attitudes, and communication accommodation. How awareness of de-interdepending, and whether explicitly invoking the construct ‘interdependence’ is associated with outcomes, was also examined. Results indicated sufficient support for tenets of the theory to excite future empirical programmatic endeavours.