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Reduced intergroup differentiation as a result of self‐categorization in overlapping categories. A quasi‐experiment
Author(s) -
Rehm Jürgen,
Lilli Waldemar,
van Eimeren Birgit
Publication year - 1988
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/ejsp.2420180408
Subject(s) - categorization , psychology , social category , social psychology , compensation (psychology) , linguistics , philosophy
A quasi‐experiment was conducted to examine the effects of self‐categorization in overlapping categories on intergroup differentiation. ‘Old aged women’ was used as the first, ‘sports’ as the additional category. It could be shown that intergroup differentiation was significantly reduced under crossed categorization conditions. Implications for social compensation strategies are discussed.