Who Is to Blame

The Relationship Between Ingroup Identification and Relative Deprivation Is Moderated by Ingroup Attributions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5338701
AutoresHanna Zagefka (0000-0003-1598-0059, Royal Holloway University of London, autor de correspondencia), Jens Binder (0000-0002-1083-7109, Nottingham Trent University), Rupert Brown (0000-0002-5153-6062, University of Sussex), Landon E Hancock (0000-0001-5054-5947, Kent State University), Landon Hancock
Año2013
Volumen44
Número6
Páginas398-407
Fecha de publicación2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590
EditorialHogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1027/1864-9335/a000153
OpenAlexW2160776812
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas69

Contradictory evidence can be found in the literature about whether ingroup identification and perceived relative deprivation are positively or negatively related. Indeed, theoretical arguments can be made for both effects. It was proposed that the contradictory findings can be explained by considering a hitherto unstudied moderator: the extent to which deprivation is attributed to the ingroup. It was hypothesized that identification would only have a negative impact on deprivation, and that deprivation would only have a negative impact on identification, if ingroup attributions are high. To test this, we experimentally manipulated attributions to the ingroup among British student participants (N = 189), who were asked about their perceived deprivation vis-à-vis German students, yielding support for the hypotheses

Attribution · Attribution bias · Blame · Developmental psychology · German · Identification (biology) · Ingroups and outgroups · Moderation · Relative deprivation · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology