What goes around comes around? Holding racist attitudes predicts increased psychological distress over time
These findings suggest that people who hold prejudiced beliefs are at increased risk of psychological distress over time. This challenges common claims that it is mental ill-health that leads to prejudiced beliefs. Implications are discussed with an emphasis on the potentially undervalued contribution of positive social connection as a counterforce to both prejudice and mental ill-health.
Authors
- Iain Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-5873)
- Tegan Cruwys (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5296-3480)
- Katherine J. Reynolds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-7290)
- Olivia Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0453-7679)
- Hema Preya Selvanathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-0951)
- Catherine Haslam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0124-9601)
- Michael J. Platow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1721-0827)
- S. Alexander Haslam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9523-7921)
- Christienne Javier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0287-8696)
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Comprehensive Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2025.152644
- Primary Topic
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00