Effects of threat to a valued social identity on implicit self-esteem and discrimination

Date

2006-04-01

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Smurda, Julie
Wittig, Michelle
Gökalp, Gökçe

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This research provides an experimental test of the self-esteem hypothesis that avoids potential hypothesis guessing and self-presentational concerns associated with previous research by including subtle measures of both social self-esteem and intergroup discrimination. The role of group identification and social self-esteem as determinants of ingroup bias was examined under high and low identity-threatening conditions utilizing an implicit measure of social self-esteem. Participants read a fictitious statement indicating whether their university received a good or bad evaluation relative to a rival university and then made attributions for this situation. High group identifiers had a greater decrease in implicit social self-esteem after a threat than low group identifiers did and they displayed the greatest ingroup favoritism. Greater ingroup-serving bias was associated with a subsequent increase in implicit social self-esteem.

Subject Keywords

Implicit self-esteem, Intergroup bias, Intergroup discrimination, Self-esteem hypothesis, Social identity theory

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/49150

Journal

GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430206062076

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Department of Educational Sciences, Article

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J. Smurda, M. Wittig, and G. Gökalp, “Effects of threat to a valued social identity on implicit self-esteem and discrimination,” GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS, pp. 181–197, 2006, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/49150.