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In D e FENCE of the I n‐Group Historical Narrative in an Intractable Intergroup Conflict: An Individual‐Difference Perspective
Author(s) -
Klar Yechiel,
Baram Hadas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
political psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-9221
pISSN - 0162-895X
DOI - 10.1111/pops.12229
Subject(s) - fence (mathematics) , narrative , recall , authoritarianism , social psychology , psychology , group conflict , perspective (graphical) , cognition , politics , political science , cognitive psychology , philosophy , law , mathematics , linguistics , democracy , geometry , combinatorics , neuroscience
Groups, particularly when immersed in an intractable intergroup conflict, place considerable value on protecting and defending their historical group narrative. However, some group members are more narrative‐protective than others. In S tudy 1, we introduce a new individual‐difference measure of motivation to achieve a F irmly E ntrenched N arrative C losur E ( FENCE ) and test it on several Israeli samples ( N = 1132). In S tudy 2 ( N = 120), we show that in‐group glorification, right‐wing political orientation, and right‐wing‐authoritarianism, but not attachment to the I n‐group, nonspecific need for cognitive closure, or need for cognition, predict FENCE motivation and B ehavioral L ack of O penness to C ounternarratives ( BLOC ). In S tudies 3 and 4, we show using international ( N = 24) and Israeli ( N = 78) samples that a belief in the zero‐sum nature of the conflict is related to FENCE and BLOC . In S tudy 5, we demonstrate that FENCE affects quality of recall of conflict information. The potential merit of FENCE in accounting for the variability among group members in protecting the group narrative is discussed.