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Intergroup Emotions and Intergroup Relations
Author(s) -
Mackie Diane M.,
Smith Eliot R.,
Ray Devin G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
social and personality psychology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.699
H-Index - 53
ISSN - 1751-9004
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2008.00130.x
Subject(s) - categorization , psychology , prejudice (legal term) , social identity theory , social psychology , group conflict , identification (biology) , identity (music) , in group favoritism , ingroups and outgroups , social group , cognitive psychology , epistemology , philosophy , botany , physics , acoustics , biology
Intergroup emotions theory seeks to understand and improve intergroup relations by focusing on the emotions engendered by belonging to, and by deriving identity from, a social group (processes called self‐categorization and identification). Intergroup emotions are shaped by the very different ways in which members of different groups see group‐relevant objects and events. These emotions come, with time and repetition, to be part and parcel of group membership itself. Once evoked, specific intergroup emotions direct and regulate specific intergroup behaviors. This approach has implications for theories of emotion as well as of intergroup relations. Because intergroup emotions derive from self‐categorization and identification and because they strongly influence intergroup behavior, intergroup emotions theory provides an innovative framework for attempts to reduce prejudice and improve intergroup relations.