Publications

Hotchin, V., & West, K. (2021). Open to contact? Increased state Openness leads to greater interest in contact with diverse groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211030125

West, K., & Borras Guevara, M. L. (2021). When cisgender, heterosexual men feel attracted to transgender women: Sexuality-norm violations lead to compensatory anti-gay prejudice. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2021.1938467

West, K., Borras Guevara, M. L., Morton, T. A., & Greenland, K. (2021). Fragile Heterosexuality. Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000444

Wallrich, L., Palmer, S. B., & Rutland, A. (2021). Adolescents challenging discrimination: The benefits of a perspective‐taking and action‐planning intervention on self‐efficacy. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2530

Wallrich, L., West, K., & Rutland, A. (2021). Civic understanding mediates of the effect of educational tracks on voting intentions in German schools. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/2F20471734211016501

West, K., Greenland, K., & van Laar, C. (2021). Implicit racism, colour blindness, and narrow definitions of discrimination: Why some White people prefer ‘All Lives Matter’ to ‘Black Lives Matter’. British Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12458

Borras Guevara, M. L., & West, K. (2020). Masculinity threat: understanding why Jamaican men report more anti-gay prejudice than Jamaican women. Journal of Gender Studies, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2020.1842178

Hotchin, V., & West, K. (2021). Reflecting on nostalgic, positive, and novel experiences increases state Openness. Journal of Personality, 89: 258– 275. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12580

Bowman, J. W. P., & West, K. (2021). Brexit: the influence of motivation to control prejudice, willingness to disagree and attitudes to immigration. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(1), 222-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12383

West, K. (2020). I Feel Better Naked: Communal Naked Activity Increases Body Appreciation by Reducing Social Physique Anxiety. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1764470

Wallrich, L., West, K. & Rutland, A. (2020). Painting All Foreigners With One Brush? How the Salience of Muslims and Refugees Shapes Judgements. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Vol. 8(1), 246–265. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1283

Eaton, A. A., Saunders, J. F., Jacobson, R. K., & West, K. (2020). How gender and race stereotypes impact the advancement of scholars in STEM: Professors’ biased evaluations of physics and biology post-doctoral candidates. Sex Roles, 82(3-4), 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01052-w

Banton, O., & West, K. (2019). Gendered perceptions of sexual abuse: investigating the effect of offender, victim and observer gender on the perceived seriousness of child sexual abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2019.1663967

Banton, O., West, K., & Kinney, E. (2020). The surprising politics of anti-immigrant prejudice: How political conservatism moderates the effect of immigrant race and religion on infrahumanisation judgements. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(1), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12337

West, K. (2019). Interethnic bias in willingness to engage in casual sex versus committed relationships. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1546372

West, K., & Eaton, A. A. (2019). Prejudiced and unaware of it: Evidence for the Dunning-Kruger model in the domains of racism and sexism. Personality and Individual Differences, 146, 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.03.047

Saunders, J. F., Eaton, A. A., Jacobson, R. K., & West, K. (2019). How gender and race stereotypes impact the advancement of scholars in STEM: Professors’ biased evaluations of physics and biology post-doctoral candidates. Sex Roles, 82(3), 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01052-w

West, K. (2019). Testing Hypersensitive Responses: Ethnic Minorities Are Not More Sensitive to Microaggressions, They Just Experience Them More Frequently. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(11), 1619-1632. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219838790

Bowman, J.W.P., & West, K. (2018). Prime and prejudice: Brief stereotypical media representations can increase prejudicial attitudes and behaviour towards people with schizophrenia. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2392

West, K. (2020). Does contact matter?: The relative importance of contact in predicting anti-gay prejudice in Jamaica. Journal of Homosexuality, 67(4), 468-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2018.1547559

West, K. (2018). Understanding and reducing sexual prejudice in Jamaica: theoretical and practical insights from a severely anti-gay society. The Journal of Sex Research, 55(4-5), 472-485. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2017.1416055

Hotchin, V., & West, K. (2018). Openness and Intellect differentially predict Right-Wing Authoritarianism. Personality and Individual Differences124, 117-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.048

West, K. (2018). Naked and unashamed: Investigations and applications of the effects of naturist activities on body image, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. Journal of Happiness Studies19(3), 677-697. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9846-1

West, K., Hotchin, V., & Wood, C. (2017). Imagined contact can be more effective for participants with stronger initial prejudices. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 47(5), 282-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12437

West, K., & Lloyd, J. (2017). The Role of Labeling and Bias in the Portrayals of Acts of “Terrorism”: Media Representations of Muslims vs. Non-Muslims. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs37(2), 211-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2017.1345103

Taschler, M., & West, K. (2017). Contact with counter-stereotypical women predicts less sexism, less rape myth acceptance, less intention to rape (in men) and less projected enjoyment of rape (in women). Sex roles76(7-8), 473-484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-016-0679-x

West, K. (2016). Jamaica, Three Years Later: Effects of Intensified Pro-Gay Activism on Severe Prejudice Against Lesbians and Gay Men. The Journal of Sex Research, 53(9), 1107-1117. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1221028

West, K. (2016). Sexual restrictions beyond anti-gay prejudice: Anal sex, oral sex, masculinity and sexual prejudice in Jamaica. International Journal of Sexual Health, 28 (4), 278-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2016.1223251

West, K., & Greenland, K. (2015). Beware of ‘reducing prejudice’: Imagined contact may backfire if applied with a prevention focus. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 46(10), 583-592. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12387

West, K., Husnu, S., & Lipps, G. (2015). Imagined contact works in high-prejudice contexts: Investigating imagined contact’s effects on anti-gay prejudice in Cyprus and Jamaica. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 12(1), 60-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-014-0172-7

West, K., Turner, R., & Levita, L. (2015). Applying imagined contact to improve physiological responses in anticipation of intergroup interactions and the perceived quality of these interactions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 45(8), 425-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12309

West, K., & Cowell, N. M. (2015). Predictors of prejudice against lesbians and gay men in Jamaica. The Journal of Sex Research52(3), 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2013.853725

West, K., Husnu, S., & Lipps, G. (2015). Imagined contact works in high-prejudice contexts: Investigating imagined contact’s effects on anti-gay prejudice in Cyprus and Jamaica. Sexuality Research and Social Policy12(1), 60-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-014-0172-7

West, K., Hewstone, M., & Lolliot, S. (2014). Intergroup contact and prejudice against people with schizophrenia. The Journal of social psychology, 154(3), 217-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2014.888327

West, K., & Turner, R. (2014). Using extended contact to improve physiological responses and behavior toward people with schizophrenia. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 50, 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2013.06.009

Turner, R. N., West, K., & Christie, Z. (2013). Out‐group trust, intergroup anxiety, and out‐group attitude as mediators of the effect of imagined intergroup contact on intergroup behavioral tendencies. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43(S2), E196-E205. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12019

Evans-Lacko, S., Malcolm, E., West, K., Rose, D., London, J., Rüsch, N., … & Thornicroft, G. (2013). Influence of Time to Change’s social marketing interventions on stigma in England 2009-2011. The British Journal of Psychiatry202(s55), s77-s88. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.126672

West, K., & Bruckmüller, S. (2013). Nice and easy does it: How perceptual fluency moderates the effectiveness of imagined contact. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology49(2), 254-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.007

Evans-Lacko, S., Malcolm, E., West, K., Rose, D., London, J., Japhet, S., … & Thornicroft, G. (2013). 3016 – How can we use social contact interventions to reduce stigma and discrimination against people with mental health problems? European Psychiatry, 28, 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(13)77522-9

West, K., & Hewstone, M. (2012). Relatively socially acceptable prejudice within and between societies. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology22(3), 269-282. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.1112

Turner, R. N., & West, K. (2012). Behavioural consequences of imagining intergroup contact with stigmatized outgroups. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations15(2), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1368430211418699

West, K., & Hewstone, M. (2012). Culture and contact in the promotion and reduction of anti-gay prejudice: Evidence from Jamaica and Britain. Journal of homosexuality59(1), 44-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2011.614907

West, K., Holmes, E., & Hewstone, M. (2011). Enhancing imagined contact to reduce prejudice against people with schizophrenia. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations14(3), 407-428. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1368430210387805

West, K., Hewstone, M., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Rethinking ‘mental health stigma’. European journal of public health20(2), 131-132. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckq015