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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018

Uncovering Pluralistic Ignorance to Change Men's Communal Self-descriptions, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions.

Sanne Van Grootel, Colette Van Laar, Loes Meeussen, Toni Schmader, Sabine Sczesny

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sanne Van GrootelCenter for Social and Cultural Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Colette Van LaarCenter for Social and Cultural Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Loes MeeussenCenter for Social and Cultural Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Toni SchmaderDepartment of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancover, BC, Canada.
Sabine SczesnyInstitute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
KU Leuven · BEUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gender norms can lead men to shy away from traditionally female roles and occupations in communal HEED domains (Healthcare, Early Education, Domestic sphere) that do not fit within the social construct of masculinity. But to what extent do men underestimate the degree to which other men are accepting of men in these domains? Building on research related to social norms and pluralistic ignorance, the current work investigated whether men exhibit increased communal orientations when presented with the true norms regarding men's communal traits and behaviors vs. their perceived faulty norms. Study 1 (

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changing normscommunal attitudesgender segregationmen in HEEDpluralistic ignorancestereotypes

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PMID30147664
PMCPMC6095955
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