Date of Award
Winter 3-22-2024
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Verena Graupmann, PhD
Second Advisor
Ralph Erber, PhD
Abstract
The current research attempted to link misattribution of arousal with intergroup anxiety. Specifically, we linked the presence of (i.e., or lack thereof) of sound– a clear misattribute participants can blame their intergroup anxiety on– to anticipating intergroup contact by manipulating the randomly assigned interaction partner and misattribution of arousal sound condition participants were in. Participants viewed a confederate’s name and picture on a screen and anticipated an interaction. Participants’ intercultural interaction comfort was measured as well as their anxiety levels and Stroop task performance. A two-way ANOVA revealed that there was not a statistically significant interaction between the effects of interaction partner and misattribution condition for Stroop scores, although there was a statistically significant interaction between the effects of interaction partner and misattribution condition for state anxiety. Our findings suggest that anticipating intercultural interactions may not deplete attention span and executive control loss as actual intercultural interactions might, particularly for those with moderate to high intercultural interaction comfort.
Recommended Citation
Khan, Nazia, "Anticipated Intergroup Anxiety & Misattribution of Arousal" (2024). College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations. 510.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/csh_etd/510
SLP Collection
no