Hello colleagues,

We are conducting a meta-analysis of the dehumanization literature. Specifically, we are investigating the relationships between (a) the dehumanization of a target and violence toward this target and (b) dislike toward a target and violence toward this target.

Terminology
• By target, we mean an individual person or social group.
• By dehumanization, we mean measures of explicit and blatant dehumanization of a target (e.g., the “Ascent of Man” scale; Kteily et al., 2015).
• By dislike, we mean measures of general negative sentiment toward a target (e.g., cold feelings on a feeling thermometer; Haddock et al., 1993).
• By violence, we mean inflicting severe physical harm on, or killing, a target. Measures can include general support for violence toward a target, support for specific violent actions or policies toward the target, willingness to engage in violence toward the target, or actual violent/aggressive behavior toward the target.

Inclusion Criteria
We are looking for correlational OR experimental studies that include measures of:
• Dehumanization AND/OR dislike
• (Support for) violence

You can view our full inclusion criteria and protocol here: https://osf.io/k28zq

If you have data (published or unpublished) that may meet these criteria, we would love to include your work in our meta-analysis! Please send any studies and/or raw data to alandry@stanford.edu.

Sincerely,

Alexander Landry, Wim Van Den Noortgate, Anya Ragnhildstveit, and Paul Seli