Dr Michael Thai
Dr

Michael Thai

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Dr Michael Thai is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

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50 works between 2013 and 2025
All (50) Journal Article (42) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (7)

41 - 50 of 50 works

2018

Journal Article

Bareback sexually explicit media consumption and men who have sex with men’s responses to sexual partners who prefer anal intercourse with or without condoms

Thai, Michael and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2018). Bareback sexually explicit media consumption and men who have sex with men’s responses to sexual partners who prefer anal intercourse with or without condoms. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48 (4), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10508-018-1182-y

Bareback sexually explicit media consumption and men who have sex with men’s responses to sexual partners who prefer anal intercourse with or without condoms

2017

Journal Article

Is the racial composition of your surroundings associated with your levels of social dominance orientation?

Radke, Helena R. M., Hornsey, Matthew J., Sibley, Chris G., Thai, Michael and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2017). Is the racial composition of your surroundings associated with your levels of social dominance orientation?. PloS One, 12 (10) e0186612, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186612

Is the racial composition of your surroundings associated with your levels of social dominance orientation?

2016

Other Outputs

From opposition to alliance: Asian Westerners’ drive to fit in to a White society

Thai, Michael (2016). From opposition to alliance: Asian Westerners’ drive to fit in to a White society. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.395

From opposition to alliance: Asian Westerners’ drive to fit in to a White society

2016

Journal Article

Friends with moral credentials: minority friendships reduce attributions of racism for majority group members who make conceivably racist statements

Thai, Michael, Hornsey, Matthew J. and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2016). Friends with moral credentials: minority friendships reduce attributions of racism for majority group members who make conceivably racist statements. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7 (3), 272-280. doi: 10.1177/1948550615624140

Friends with moral credentials: minority friendships reduce attributions of racism for majority group members who make conceivably racist statements

2016

Journal Article

Fifty shades flipped: effects of reading erotica depicting a sexually dominant woman compared to a sexually dominant man

Harris, Emily Ann, Thai, Michael and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2016). Fifty shades flipped: effects of reading erotica depicting a sexually dominant woman compared to a sexually dominant man. Journal of Sex Research, 54 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1131227

Fifty shades flipped: effects of reading erotica depicting a sexually dominant woman compared to a sexually dominant man

2016

Journal Article

The Whitewashing Effect: Using racial contact to signal trustworthiness and competence

La Macchia, Stephen T., Louis, Winnifred R., Hornsey, Matthew J., Thai, Michael and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2016). The Whitewashing Effect: Using racial contact to signal trustworthiness and competence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42 (1), 118-129. doi: 10.1177/0146167215616801

The Whitewashing Effect: Using racial contact to signal trustworthiness and competence

2015

Journal Article

Perpetrator groups can enhance their moral self-image by accepting their own intergroup apologies

Barlow, Fiona Kate, Thai, Michael, Wohl, Michael J. A., White, Sarah, Wright, Marie-Ann and Hornsey, Matthew J. (2015). Perpetrator groups can enhance their moral self-image by accepting their own intergroup apologies. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 60, 39-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.05.001

Perpetrator groups can enhance their moral self-image by accepting their own intergroup apologies

2015

Journal Article

An Investigation of Positive and Negative Contact As Predictors of Intergroup Attitudes in the United States, Hong Kong, and Thailand

Techakesari, Pirathat, Barlow, Fiona Kate, Hornsey, Matthew J, Sung, Billy, Thai, Michael and Chak, Jocelyn L. Y (2015). An Investigation of Positive and Negative Contact As Predictors of Intergroup Attitudes in the United States, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46 (3), 454-468. doi: 10.1177/0022022115570313

An Investigation of Positive and Negative Contact As Predictors of Intergroup Attitudes in the United States, Hong Kong, and Thailand

2014

Journal Article

(Deviant) friends with benefits the impact of group boundary permeability on minority group members’ responses to ethnic deviance

Thai, Michael, Barlow, Fiona Kate and Hornsey, Matthew J. (2014). (Deviant) friends with benefits the impact of group boundary permeability on minority group members’ responses to ethnic deviance. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5 (3), 360-368. doi: 10.1177/1948550613499939

(Deviant) friends with benefits the impact of group boundary permeability on minority group members’ responses to ethnic deviance

2013

Journal Article

The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members

Barlow, Fiona Kate, Hornsey, Matthew J., Thai, Michael, Sengupta, Nikhil K. and Sibley, Chris G. (2013). The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members. PloS One, 8 (12) e82228, 2152-2178. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082228

The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2028
    A comprehensive investigation of intergroup contact and ideology
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    The social psychology of minority experiences of interracial contact
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021
    An investigation of the motivated prejudice behind the 'perpetual foreigner syndrome'
    Australian National University
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Michael Thai is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    My Early Life is an Open Digital Book - Sharenting, Attachment, Identity, and Mental Health Outcomes in Adult Life

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kana Imuta

  • Doctor Philosophy

    When minorities are expected to experience and cure prejudice: Improving techniques for targeting racism by understanding the hidden costs of interracial contact

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Fiona Barlow

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Sexual Health Misinformation: Psychological Predictors, Health Impacts, and Effective Debunking Strategies

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Fiona Barlow

  • Doctor Philosophy

    An Examination of the Impact of Minority Status Stress, Perceived University Curriculum and Impostor Feelings on the Mental Health of Diverse Ethnic Minority College Students

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Fiona Barlow

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Public Perceptions of Climate Change Protests

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Matthew Hornsey

Completed supervision

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