The effect of perceived interracial competition on psychological outcomes

There remains a dearth of research on causal roles of perceived interracial competition on psychological outcomes. Towards this end, this research experimentally manipulated perceptions of group-level competition between Black and White individuals in the U.S. and tested for effects on negative psychological outcomes. In Study 1 ( N = 899), participants assigned to the high interracial competition condition (HRC) reported perceiving more...