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Missing perspective: Marginalized groups in the social psychological study of social disparities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

Jes L. Matsick Open the ORCID record for Jes L. Matsick [Opens in a new window] ,
Flora Oswald Open the ORCID record for Flora Oswald [Opens in a new window]  and
Mary Kruk Open the ORCID record for Mary Kruk [Opens in a new window]
Jes L. Matsick
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Departments of Psychology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16803, USA. jmatsick@psu.edu; https://jmatsick.wixsite.com/uplab feo5020@psu.edu; mxk724@psu.edu
Flora Oswald
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16803, USA. jmatsick@psu.edu; https://jmatsick.wixsite.com/uplab feo5020@psu.edu; mxk724@psu.edu
Mary Kruk
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16803, USA. jmatsick@psu.edu; https://jmatsick.wixsite.com/uplab feo5020@psu.edu; mxk724@psu.edu
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Abstract

Drawing on interdisciplinary, feminist insights, we encourage social psychologists to embrace the active participation of marginalized groups in social disparities research. We explain (1) how the absence of marginalized groups' perspectives in research presents a serious challenge to understanding intergroup dynamics and concomitant disparities, and (2) how their inclusion could assuage some of social psychology's “fatal flaws.”

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e82
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