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Do Ambiguous Normative Ingroup Members Increase Tolerance for Deviants?

Leite, Ana C., Pinto, Isabel R., Marques, José M. (2016) Do Ambiguous Normative Ingroup Members Increase Tolerance for Deviants? Swiss Journal of Psychology, 75 (1). pp. 47-52. ISSN 1421-0185. (doi:10.1024/1421-0185/a000170) (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:60571)

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Abstract

Abstract. Subjective group dynamics theory (Marques, Páez, & Abrams, 1998) proposes that deviant ingroup members who threaten the positive value of the group members’ social identity are evaluated negatively. In an experiment, we investigated whether group members evaluate deviant ingroup members less negatively when the normative member’s commitment to the ingroup is ambiguous. Participants evaluated one normative and one deviant ingroup or outgroup member. Two conditions were contrasted, in which the normative target showed high versus low commitment to the group. As predicted, the participants evaluated deviant ingroup targets more negatively and normative ingroup targets more positively than their respective outgroup counterparts – but only when the normative member’s commitment to the ingroup was unambiguous. When presented with a normative member with ambiguous commitment, the deviant ingroup member was evaluated less negatively. We discuss these results in light of subjective group dynamics theory.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000170
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Ana Castro Leite
Date Deposited: 27 Feb 2017 16:13 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 12:21 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/60571 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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