Don't Put Me in This Group

Assignment to Non-Preferred Groups Increases Disidentification and a Preference for Negative Ingroup Information

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5338915
AutoresJort De Vreeze (0000-0002-2201-6631, Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien), Christina Matschke (0000-0002-1085-3862, Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien)
Ano2019
Volume50
Fascículo2
Páginas80-93
Data de publicação2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590
EditoraHogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1027/1864-9335/a000363
OpenAlexW2904971578
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas63

Not all group memberships are self-chosen. The current research examines whether assignments to non-preferred groups influence our relationship with the group and our preference for information about the ingroup. It was expected and found that, when people are assigned to non-preferred groups, they perceive the group as different to the self, experience negative emotions about the assignment and in turn disidentify with the group. On the other hand, when people are assigned to preferred groups, they perceive the group as similar to the self, experience positive emotions about the assignment and in turn identify with the group. Finally, disidentification increases a preference for negative information about the ingroup

Group (periodic table) · In-group favoritism · Ingroups and outgroups · Negative information · Preference · Social group · Social identity theory · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology