Putting oneself in the lowest’ shoes : a multi-method investigation of empathy towards (derogated) outgroups
(2024)
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- As evidenced by decades of research on the Stereotype Content Model, groups perceived as low on competence and warmth are victims of negative stereotypes, strong derogation, dehumanization, and aggression. Taken together, these findings point towards a lack of empathy towards members of such derogated groups, but research on this issue is scarce and often limited to self-report questionnaires. Our research program aims to investigate empathy towards derogated outgroup members by relying on multiple approaches to empathy, ranging from behavioural to neural measurements. Across these multiple measures tapping into various components of empathy, we did not find evidence that membership in derogated outgroups moderates empathy. Taken together, our findings suggest that the relation between group stereotyping in terms of competence and warmth and empathy proves more complex than hypothesized. We call on future research on this issue to consider more fine-grained factors in order to better understand the link between outgroup derogation and empathy.
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Vanbeneden, A. (2024). Putting oneself in the lowest’ shoes : a multi-method investigation of empathy towards (derogated) outgroups. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/242101