Flags on fire: Consequences of a national symbol’s desecration for intergroup relations

Article Article scientifique Article Flags on fire: Consequences of a national symbol’s desecration for intergroup relations eng 2019-08-12 2019-08-12 author Marinthe Gaëlle 0000-0002-1969-1783 Université Rennes 2, France 872120 author Falomir Pichastor Juan Manuel 0000-0002-2177-8511 University of Geneva, Switzerland 90787 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Testé Benoit Université Rennes 2, France author Kamiejski Rodolphe Université Rennes 2, France 744-760 10.1177/1368430219853352 1368-4302 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1368430219853352 <p>Desecrating a national symbol is a powerful means of protest or of showing antipathy for a national group, but how do such actions impact ingroup favoritism? We investigated this issue via two field studies conducted prior to the France versus Ireland (Study 1, N = 72) and France versus Germany (Study 2, N = 165) matches at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. We asked French participants to imagine the ingroup/competition outgroup flag being burnt by ingroup/competition outgroup perpetrators. Imagining the ingroup flag being burnt increased proingroup bias through increase in either ingroup favoritism (Study 1) or outgroup derogation (for all outgroups, including those unconnected with the threat; Study 2). Perpetrators’ group membership did not have the expected moderating effect. We discuss the implications of these results for social identity defense strategies and for the consequences of intragroup versus intergroup threats.</p> Dewey 150 108 Section de psychologie 71 false 600 Groupe de recherche sur l'influence sociale (GRIS) Group processes & intergroup relations 23 5 a16d72c7-09a7-4b57-9de8-155fa513e6a7 Article (Published version) Public Article-scientifique-from-crossref.pdf 746890 application/pdf 4525fbd0be0d2168113afcd193b014c68c8725e0d4e7a4270109429d50d7a7de openAccess Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

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