The Impact of Ingroup vs Outgroup Performance on Personal Values
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چکیده
Two experiments explored the effects of ingroup vs outgroup performance on the extent to which individuals value an attribute. Self-appraisals of personal standing on the attribute were examined as a potential mediator of this relationship. In both experiments, members of two groups (either experimentally created or gender groups) took a test of a bogus personality trait and received feedback about the performance of their ingroup relative to an outgroup. Feedback about personal performance was not provided. Results of both studies demonstrated that individuals valued the attribute less when their ingroup scored lower than the outgroup compared to when the ingroup scored higher than the outgroup. Relative ingroup performance also affected participants’ self-appraisals of their own standing on the attribute. These self-appraisals, however, only partially mediated the effects of group performance on personal valuing. The implications for selective devaluing as a self-protective strategy used by stigmatized groups are discussed. r 1999 Academic Press
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