Perceived warmth and competence as predictors of perceived threat and relational preference

Abstract

Poster Session 14: no.14-011Hong Kong students were asked about their desire to engage in social relations with Mainland Chinese students. Perceived warmth, competence, realistic and symbolic threat were measured. Perceived competence was found to have a positive indirect effect on relational preference through reduced realistic threat but only when Mainland Chinese students were perceived as warm. (Social - Social Cognition