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, p. 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