Anti-American sentiment and America's perceived intent to dominate: An 11-nation study

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2006-12-01

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Glick, Peter
FISKE, Susan T.
ABRAMS, Dominic
DARDENNE, Benoit
FERREIRA, Maria Cristina
GONZALEZ, Roberto
HACHFELD, Christopher
HUANG, Li-li
HUTCHISON, Paul
KIM, Hyun-Jeong
MANGANELLI, Anna Maria
MASSER, Barbara
MUCCHI-FAINA, Angelica
OKIEBISU, Shinya
ROUHANA, Nadim
SAIZ, Jose L.
Sakallı, Nuray
VOLPATO, Chiara
YAMAMOTO, Mariko
YZERBYT, Vincent

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Perceptions of America as a powerful but malevolent nation decrease its security. On the basis of measures derived from the stereotype content model (SCM) and image theory (IT), 5,000 college students in I I nations indicated their perceptions of the personality traits of, intentions of, and emotional reactions to the United States as well as their reactions to relevant world events (e.g., 9/11). The United States was generally perceived as competent but cold and arrogant. Although participants distinguished between the United States' government and its citizens, differences were small. Consistent with the SCM and IT, viewing the United States as intent on domination predicted perceptions of lack of warmth and of arrogance but not of competence and status. The discussion addresses implications for terrorist recruitment and ally support.

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Stereotypes

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41512

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