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Evidence for an intragroup origin of positive in-group regard

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6206480
AutoresLowell Gaertner (0000-0001-5696-6662, Gaertner (United States)), Jonathan Iuzzini (University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Melissa Guerrero Witt (Duke University), M Minda Oriña (Michigan State University)
Año2006
Volumen90
Número3
Páginas426-439
Fecha de publicación2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.90.3.426
PMID16594829
OpenAlexW2023188246
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31
Referencias citadas58

Four experiments examined whether group formation and positive in-group regard require interaggregate comparison as the in-group-requires-an-out-group assumption of the metacontrast principle implies. The authors fostered novel social aggregates with or without a contrasting aggregate with which members could compare and varied intra-aggregate factors (interaction or interdependence). Regardless of whether interaggregate comparison was feasible, the intra-aggregate factors increased the perceived entitativity of the aggregate and positive regard toward the aggregate (i.e., social attraction and cooperation among members). Mediation analyses were consistent with the possibility that the intra-aggregate factors promoted entitativity, which in turn promoted in-group regard. These data suggest that group formation and in-group regard have intragroup origins and do not require comparison with a contrasting social aggregate

Aggregate (composite) · Attraction · Group (periodic table) · Group structure · Mediation · Moderated mediation · Social group · Sociology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Chemistry · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology