Scientific article
OA Policy
English

Group motives in threatening contexts: When a loyalty conflict paradoxically reduces the influence of an anti-discrimination ingroup norm

Published inEuropean journal of social psychology, vol. 39, no. 2, p. 196-206
Publication date2009
Abstract

The influence of pro- versus anti-discrimination ingroup norms on Swiss nationals' attitudes towards foreigners was investigated as a function of national identification and perceived material ingroup threat. As predicted, results revealed a significant interaction between identification and threat: High identifiers showed a more negative attitude than low identifiers mainly when perceived threat was high. In other words, high identifiers conformed to the pro-discrimination norm, but showed a counter-conformity effect for the anti-discrimination norm. Additional results revealed that high identifiers actually disagreed with the anti-discrimination norm when perceived threat was high, but that they were more attached to the ingroup. These findings suggest that when the ingroup norm is not an appropriate response to an ingroup threat (i.e. anti-discrimination norm), high identifiers find themselves in a loyalty conflict: they are unable to simultaneously conform to the group norm and protect the group. This conflict was resolved through a compensatory mechanism: High identifiers distanced themselves from the ingroup norm in order to protect the group (i.e. by increasing negative attitudes towards foreigners) but reinforced other ingroup ties (i.e. by increasing attachment to the ingroup values).

Citation (ISO format)
FALOMIR PICHASTOR, Juan Manuel, GABARROT, Fabrice, MUGNY, Gabriel. Group motives in threatening contexts: When a loyalty conflict paradoxically reduces the influence of an anti-discrimination ingroup norm. In: European journal of social psychology, 2009, vol. 39, n° 2, p. 196–206. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.520
Main files (1)
Article (Published version)
accessLevelPublic
Identifiers
Journal ISSN0046-2772
669views
614downloads

Technical informations

Creation04/11/2009 09:52:00
First validation04/11/2009 09:52:00
Update time14/03/2023 15:17:35
Status update14/03/2023 15:17:35
Last indexation29/10/2024 12:33:43
All rights reserved by Archive ouverte UNIGE and the University of GenevaunigeBlack