The study, published in the April issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,<\/em> offers new inroads in the fight against harmful prejudices such as racism and homophobia<\/strong>, and sheds important new light on human psychology.<\/p>\n \u201cThese studies show that how we feel about ourselves directly influences how we feel about people who are different from us,\u201d says Claire Ashton-James, who led the study as a postdoctoral researcher in UBC\u2019s Dept. of Psychology. \u201cIt suggests that harmful prejudices may be more flexible than previously thought<\/strong>, and that hubristic pride can exacerbate prejudice, while a more self-confident, authentic pride may help to reduce racism and homophobia<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n The findings build on research by UBC Psychology Prof. Jessica Tracy, a co-author of the study, who has previously shown that pride falls into two categories: \u201cauthentic pride,\u201d which arises from hard work and achievement<\/strong>, and the more arrogant \u201chubristic pride,\u201d which results through status attained by less authentic means such as power, domination, money or nepotism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In this new study, Tracy and Ashton-James, a new professor at VU University Amsterdam, found that \u201cauthentic pride\u201d creates a self-confidence that boosts empathy for others<\/strong>, which in turn reduces prejudices towards stigmatized groups. In contrast, the feelings of arrogance and superiority that result from \u201chubristic pride\u201d reduce empathy<\/strong>, thereby exacerbating people\u2019s prejudices against stigmatized groups.<\/p>\n The researchers found a direct link between pride and prejudice in both participants induced into \u201cauthentic\u201d or \u201chubristic\u201d pride states, and those with predispositions towards particular forms of pride. For example, those prone to \u201chubristic pride\u201d exhibited greater levels of racism, while those prone to \u201cauthentic pride\u201d harbored less racism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n With pride as a central emotion for people with power or high social status, the findings may offer important insights into the attitudes of political and economic leaders. \u201cThe kind of pride a leader tends to feel may partly determine whether he or she supports minority-group members or disregards them,\u201d says Tracy, a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar.<\/p>\n The study involved 1,400 participants in Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n To view the full study, Pride and Prejudice: Feelings about the self influence feelings about others<\/em>, contact UBC Public Affairs or visit: http:\/\/psp.sagepub.com\/content\/38\/4\/466<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the University of British Columbia press release: A new University of British Columbia study finds that the way individuals experience the universal emotion of pride directly impacts how racist and homophobic their attitudes toward other people are. 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A new University of British Columbia study finds that the way individuals experience the universal emotion of pride directly impacts how racist and homophobic their attitudes toward other people are<\/strong>.<\/p>\n