Books and Articles
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Books & Book Chapters
West, K.(2025). The Science of Racism: Everything you need to know but probably don't - yet. Picador; Main Market edition
Franklyn, C & West, K.(2022). Skewed: Decoding Media Bias. Howes Publishing.
Stathi, S., Crisp, R. J., Turner, R. N., West, K., & Birtel, M. (2012). Using mental imagery to promote positive intergroup relations. In D.W. Russel & C.A. Russel (Eds.), The psychology of prejudice: Interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary issues (pp. 235-250). Nova.
Journal Articles
Note: *Indicates that the author was one of my research students or research assistants.
West,
K.
(2023). Being asked to dance: Evidence of racial bias in audience voting behavior on the television show Strictly Come Dancing. Psychology of Popular Media.
Borras Guevara, M. L., & West, K. (2023). Fragile Heterosexuality: Do Sexual Minorities also Perceive Heterosexuality as Fragile?. Sexuality & Culture, 27(5), 1697-1711.
West, K. (2023). Think of the children!: Relationships between nudity‐related experiences in childhood, body image, self‐esteem and adjustment. Children & Society, 37(4), 1187-1202.
West, K. (2022). Threshold-Resistance: Adding a historical perspective to Hodson’s (2021) observations on the “Microaggressions Pushback”. Perspectives on Psychological Science; manuscript accepted for publication.
West,
K.,
Greenland, K., & van Laar, C. (2022). It's only discrimination
when they do it to us: When White men use ingroup‐serving double
standards in definitional boundaries of discrimination. European
Journal of Social Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2849
West,
K.,
& Kukawska*, E. (2022). Good nudes and bad nudes: How naturism,
casual stripping, and sexting predict social physique anxiety and
body appreciation. Sexuality & Culture.
https://doi.org/10.1007/S12119-022-09990-6
Francis*,
J.,
& West, K.
(2022). Physical Activity Message Framing and Ethnicity Before and
During COVID-19. Health
Communication;
manuscript
accepted for publication.
https://doi.org/10.1007/S12119-022-09990-6
Wallrich*,
L., West,
K.,
& Rutland, A. (2022). Valuing diversity: an undervalued mediator
of intergroup contact.
European Journal of Social Psychology,
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2822.
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
West,
K.
(2021). I feel better naked: Communal naked activity increases body
appreciation by reducing social physique anxiety. Journal
of Sex Research,
58 (8), 958 - 966.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1764470
Hotchin*,
V., & West,
K.
(2021). Open to Contact? Increased state Openness can lead 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,
https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2021.1938467
West, K., Borras Guevara*, M. L., Morton, T. A., & Greenland, K. (2021). Fragile Heterosexuality. Social Psychology, 52 (3), 143 – 161. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000444
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/10.1177/20471734211016501
Borras
Guevara*, M. L., & West,
K.
(2021). Masculinity threat: understanding why Jamaican men report
more anti-gay prejudice than Jamaican women. Journal
of Gender Studies,
30 (3), 292 – 305,
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 (2), 258-275,
https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12580
Bowman*,
J. W., & West,
K.
(2021). Brexit: The influence of motivation to respond without
prejudice, willingness to disagree, and attitudes to
immigration. British
Journal of Social Psychology,
e12383;
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12383
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,
8(1), 246-265;
https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1283
West,
K.
(2020). Interethnic bias in willingness to engage in casual sex
versus committed relationships. The
Journal of Sex Research,
57 (4) 409 - 420,
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1546372
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
Eaton,
A. A., Saunders, J. F., 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,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01052-w
West,
K.
(2020). A nudity-based intervention to improve body image,
self-esteem, and life satisfaction. International
Journal of Happiness and Development 6 (2), 162-172,
ISSN: 2049-2790 eISSN: 2049-2804,
https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJHD.2020.111202
Banton*,
O., West,
K.,
& Kinney, E. (2019). The surprising politics of anti‐immigrant
prejudice: How political conservatism moderates the effect of
immigrant race and religion on infrahumanization judgements. British
Journal of Social Psychology;
59 (1), 157 - 170,
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12337
West,
K.,
& Eaton, A. A. (2020). 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.
Bowman,
J*., & West,
K.,
(2019). Prime and prejudice: Brief stereotypical media
representations can increase prejudicial attitudes and behaviour
towards people with schizophrenia. Journal
of Community and Applied Social Psychology,
29 (3), 167 - 177,
https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2392
West,
K.
(2019). Testing hypersensitive responses: Ethnic minorities are not
more sensitive to microagressions, they just experience them more
frequently. Personality
and Social Psychology
Bulletin,
https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219838790
West,
K.
(2018). Does contact matter?: The relative importance of contact in
predicting anti-gay prejudice in Jamaica. Journal
of Homosexuality,
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.
Annual
Review of Sex Research: 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 Differences, 124,
117-123.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.048
West,
K.
(2018) Naked and unashamed: Investigating and applying the effects of
naturist activities on body image, self-esteem, and
life-satisfaction. Journal
of Happiness Studies,
19
(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 Labelling and Bias in the
Portrayals of Acts of “Terrorism”: Media Representations of
Muslims vs. Non-Muslims. Journal
of Muslim Minority Affairs,
37(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
Roles,
1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-016-0679-x
West,
K.
(2017). 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.,
& Greenland, K. (2016). 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.
(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.,
Turner, R. N., & 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. (2015). Predictors of prejudice against gays and
lesbians in Jamaica. The
Journal of Sex Research, 52 (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 Policy, 12(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. Journal
of Social Psychology,
154 (3),
217 – 232.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2014.888327
West,
K.,
& Turner, R. N. (2014). Using extended contact to improve
physiological responses and behaviour 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). Outgroup trust, intergroup anxiety, and
outgroup attitude as mediators of the effect of imagined intergroup
contact on intergroup behavioural tendencies. Journal
of Applied Social Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12019
Evans-Lacko,
S., Malcolm, E., West,
K.,
Rose, D., London, J., Rüsch, N., Little, K., Henderson, C., &
Thornicroft, G., (2013). Influence of Time to Change’s social
marketing interventions on stigma in England 2009-2011. The
British Journal of Psychiatry,
202(s55),
s77-s88.
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.126672
West,
K.,
& Bruckmuller, S. (2013). Nice and easy does it: How perceptual
fluency moderates the effects of imagined contact. Journal
of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 254–262.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.007
West,
K.,
& Hewstone M. (2012). Relatively socially acceptable prejudice
within and between societies. Journal
of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 22, 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 and Intergroup Relations, 15 (2), 193
– 202.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430211418699
West,
K.,
& Hewstone M. (2012). Culture and contact in the promotion and
reduction of anti-gay prejudice: Evidence from Jamaica and Britain.
Journal
of Homosexuality, 59, 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 and Intergroup Relations,
14, 407 - 428.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430210387805
West,
K.,
(2011) Book
Review: H. Giles, S. Reid, and J. Harwood (Eds.) The Dynamics of
Intergroup Communication New York, NY: Peter Lang, 2010. 344 pp. IBSN
978-1-4331-0398-8 (hardcover), 978-1-4331-0397-1 (paperback).
Journal
of Language and Social Psychology,
30 (2), 240 - 243.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X10397159
West,
K.,
Hewstone, M., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Rethinking ‘mental health
stigma’. European
Journal of Public Health, 20, 131
- 132.
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckq015
Keynote Presentations at Major Conferences
West,
K. (2021). What
heterosexuality means (and why it matters), Keynote delivered at the
British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual
Conference,
August
26, 2021.
West,
K. (2021). Asking the right questions. Keynote
(Presidential Address) delivered at the Society for the Psychological
Study of Social Issues Annual Meeting,
August 03, 2021.
West,
K. (2021). Lessons about sexual prejudice from Jamaica. Keynote
delivered at the International Academy of Sex Research Annual
Conference,
July
29, 2021.
West,
K. (2021). Mistakes that Well-Meaning People Make Concerning Bias and
Bias Reduction. Keynote delivered at the Psi
Chi SEPA Annual Meeting,
March 19, 2021.
