TY - BOOK ID - 85643609 TI - Empathy and concern with negative evaluation in intergroup relations : implications for designing effective interventions PY - 2019 SN - 1108600859 1108614922 1108587364 1108713106 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Intergroup relations. KW - Conflict, Intergroup KW - Intergroup conflict KW - Relations, Intergroup KW - Social interaction UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85643609 AB - Widespread belief in the benefits of empathy and its healing power is evident in public discourse and across diverse news and social media outlets around the world. Yet research reveals that empathy can sometimes have adverse effects on individuals' intergroup attitudes and behavior. A link between empathy and concerns with negative evaluation helps explain why empathy can backfire. Accordingly, using the minimization of evaluative concerns as an organizing principle, the author makes recommendations regarding when and how to encourage empathy in intergroup contexts, so that its potential to foster stronger social bonds across group boundaries can be fully realized. ER -