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Recategorization and subgroup identification: Predicting and preventing threats from common ingroups

Crisp, Richard J., Stone, Catriona H., Hall, Natalie R. (2006) Recategorization and subgroup identification: Predicting and preventing threats from common ingroups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32 (2). pp. 230-243. ISSN 0146-1672. (doi:10.1177/0146167205280908) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4210)

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Abstract

Much work has supported the idea that recategorization of ingroups and outgroups into a superordinate category can have beneficial effects for intergroup relations. Recently, however, increases in bias following recategorization have been observed in some contexts. It is argued that such unwanted consequences of recategorization will only be apparent for perceivers who are highly committed to their ingroup subgroups. In Experiments 1 to 3, the authors observed, on both explicit and implicit measures, that an increase in bias following recategorization occurred only for high subgroup identifiers. In Experiment 4, it was found that maintaining the salience of subgroups within a recategorized superordinate group averted this increase in bias for high identifiers and led overall to the lowest levels of bias. These findings are discussed in the context of recent work on the Common Ingroup Identity Model.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/0146167205280908
Uncontrolled keywords: recategorization; identification; intergroup bias
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Rosalind Beeching
Date Deposited: 05 Sep 2008 15:59 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4210 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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