Threatening Intergroup Relationships: Personal Versus Group-Related Moderators of Conformity as a Function of the Level of Self-Categorization

Falomir Pichastor, Juan Manuel; Mugny, Gabriel

doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000082

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Title		Threatening Intergroup Relationships: Personal Versus Group-Related Moderators of Conformity as a Function of the Level of Self-Categorization
Authors		Falomir Pichastor, Juan Manuel Mugny, Gabriel
Published in		Social psychology. 2011, vol. 42, no. 4, 279–291
Abstract		Five experiments investigated among nonsmokers with initial antismoking attitudes conformity to a norm of intergroup tolerance and nondiscrimination (i.e., a counterattitudinal norm) as a function of the personal versus categorical referent used in intergroup comparisons (self-categorization level), the motivation to respond without prejudice, and the perceived ingroup threat. Results showed that conformity (i.e., a reduction of support for antismoking actions) was moderated by the ingroup threat in the category-referent condition (i.e., conformity was observed only when the perceived threat was low), but by the internal motivation to respond without prejudice in the personal-referent condition. These findings suggest the existence of different moderators of conformity as a function of the self-categorization level.
Keywords		Social influence — Self-categorization — Ingroup threat — Tolerance norm — Antismoking attitude — Internal motivation
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000082
Full text		Article (Published version) (219 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE Other version: http://psycontent.metapress.com/content/u4l6257185182400/fulltext.pdf
Structures		Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie
Research group		Groupe de recherche sur l'influence sociale (GRIS)
Citation (ISO format)		FALOMIR PICHASTOR, Juan Manuel, MUGNY, Gabriel. Threatening Intergroup Relationships: Personal Versus Group-Related Moderators of Conformity as a Function of the Level of Self-Categorization. In: Social psychology, 2011, vol. 42, n° 4, p. 279–291. doi: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000082 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:21472