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Intergroup evaluation and self‐esteem motivations: Self‐enhancement and self‐protection
Author(s) -
VERKUYTEN MAYKEL
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199701)27:1<115::aid-ejsp794>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - derogation , ingroups and outgroups , psychology , social psychology , outgroup , self esteem , ethnic group , self affirmation , self enhancement , prejudice (legal term) , self , anthropology , sociology
According to Crocker et al . (1993) people with high collective self‐esteem would be primarily concerned with enhancing the self leading to positive ingroup evaluation rather than derogation of outgroups. In contrast, people with low collective self‐esteem would be primarily concerned with protecting the self making outgroup derogation more likely than positive ingroup evaluation. These predictions were confirmed among Dutch youth evaluating ethnic minorities. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.