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The development of subjective group dynamics: Children’s judgments of normative and deviant in-group and out-group individuals.

Abrams, Dominic, Rutland, Adam, Cameron, Lindsey (2003) The development of subjective group dynamics: Children’s judgments of normative and deviant in-group and out-group individuals. Child Development, 74 (6). pp. 1840-1856. ISSN 0009-3920. (doi:10.1046/j.1467-8624.2003.00641.x) (KAR id:4116)

Abstract

Abstract: A developmental model of subjective group dynamics suggests that social identity is sustained first by intergroup biases and later by intragroup biases. In this study 476 English children 5 to 11 years old evaluated the English and German soccer teams, and judged in-group or out-group members whose attitudes toward the teams was normative versus antinormative. Children of all ages expressed intergroup bias. Differential evaluation against in-group deviants and in favor of out-group deviants strengthened with age. Understanding of targets' relative acceptability (differential inclusion) among in-group and out-group members mediated the effects of age and intergroup bias on intragroup bias. Identification with the in-group moderated the effects only among older children.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1046/j.1467-8624.2003.00641.x
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Lindsey Cameron
Date Deposited: 01 Sep 2008 05:24 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4116 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Abrams, Dominic.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2113-4572
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Rutland, Adam.

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Cameron, Lindsey.

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