Out-group flies in the in-group's ointment. Evidence of the motivational underpinnings of the in-group overexclusion effect.

Autor/inn/en	Rubin, Mark; Paolini, Stefania
Titel	Out-group flies in the in-group's ointment. Evidence of the motivational underpinnings of the in-group overexclusion effect.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 45 (2014) 4, S. 265-273Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000171
Schlagwörter	Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Soziale Identität; Selbstwertgefühl; Mitgliedschaft
Abstract	People tend to misclassify ambiguous individuals as members of the out-group rather than the in-group. This "in-group overexclusion effect" (IO effect) is thought to occur because people are motivated to maintain their in-group's positivity by protecting it from potential out-group intrusions. The present research tested this explanation by asking university students (N = 122) to complete a self-esteem scale and then recall the group memberships of individuals who belonged to minimal groups. Consistent with predictions, participants misassigned significantly fewer individuals to the in-group than to the out-group when the in-group was positive and the out-group was negative but not when these valences were reversed. In addition, self-esteem negatively predicted the IO effect. Alternative explanations of the IO effect are discussed. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2016/2