Mirona Gheorghiu

TL;DR: This paper found that nostalgia about an encounter with a person with mental illness improves attitudes toward the mentally ill, and that this effect was mediated by greater inclusion of the outgroup in the self (IOGS).

TL;DR: This article provided arguments for the validity of assessed national mean trait levels as criteria for evaluating stereotype accuracy and reported new data on national character in 26 cultures from descriptions (N = 3323) of the typical male or female adolescent, adult, or old person in each.

TL;DR: This article provided arguments for the validity of assessed national mean trait levels as criteria for evaluating stereotype accuracy and reported new data on national character in 26 cultures from descriptions (N= 3323) of the typical male or female adolescent, adult, or old person in each.

TL;DR: This paper examined how both contact quality and exposure to intergroup conflict predict attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors relevant for intergroup reconciliation, and found that contact of higher quality predicted more positive intergroup attitudes, trust, more positive perceptions of outgroup intentions in working toward peace, and greater engagement in reconciliation efforts.

TL;DR: The authors found that Protestants and unionists experience a higher level of perceived cultural threat than Catholics and nationalists in the province of Northern Ireland, on account of the parity of esteem principle of the Belfast Agreement of 1998.