Effects of threat to a valued social identity on implicit self-esteem and discrimination

Smurda J., Wittig M., Gökalp G.

GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS, cilt.9, sa.2, ss.181-197, 2006 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/1368430206062076
  • Dergi Adı: GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.181-197
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: implicit self-esteem, intergroup bias, intergroup discrimination, self-esteem hypothesis, social identity theory, ULTIMATE ATTRIBUTION ERROR, ASSOCIATION TEST, INTERGROUP DIFFERENTIATION, INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES, EXPLICIT MEASURES, PREJUDICE, ATTITUDES, CONSEQUENCES, COGNITION, MALLEABILITY
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This research provides an experimental test of the self-esteem hypothesis that avoids potential hypothesis guessing and self-presentational concerns associated with previous research by including subtle measures of both social self-esteem and intergroup discrimination. The role of group identification and social self-esteem as determinants of ingroup bias was examined under high and low identity-threatening conditions utilizing an implicit measure of social self-esteem. Participants read a fictitious statement indicating whether their university received a good or bad evaluation relative to a rival university and then made attributions for this situation. High group identifiers had a greater decrease in implicit social self-esteem after a threat than low group identifiers did and they displayed the greatest ingroup favoritism. Greater ingroup-serving bias was associated with a subsequent increase in implicit social self-esteem.