Group Empathy Theory
The Effect of Group Empathy on US Intergroup Attitudes and Behavior in the Context of Immigration Threats
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6395331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cigdem V Sirin (0000-0002-3445-7047, The University of Texas at El Paso), Nicholas A Valentino (0000-0001-6767-4841, University of Michigan), José D Villalobos (0000-0001-7619-0494, The University of Texas at El Paso) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 893-908 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/685735 |
| OpenAlex | W2341010238 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 63 |
| References cited | 48 |
Group Empathy Theory posits empathy felt by members of one group can boost support for another even when the groups are in direct competition for rights, security, and resources. We employ our theory to explain divergent reactions of majority versus minority groups to immigration threats. We conduct a two-wave national survey experiment with 1,799 participants consisting of a randomized sample of Anglos and randomized, stratified oversamples of African Americans and Latinos. The experiment manipulates racial/ethnic cues in a vignette depicting an ambiguous yet potentially threatening incident at an immigrant detention center. African Americans and Latinos are significantly more likely to side with minority detainees and support pro–civil rights policies and actions. The theory's presumed causal mechanism—group empathy—is substantially stronger among African Americans and Latinos and has a significant mediating effect on such distinct reactions
Competition (biology · Context (archaeology · Empathy · Ethnic group · Geography · Immigration · Ingroups and outgroups · Minority group · Political science · Vignette · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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Social Empathy Attitudes
| Unique citing works | 63 |
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| Citations per year | 6,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 61 |