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Threats to group value, domain‐specific self‐esteem and intergroup discrimination amongst minimal and national groups
Author(s) -
Hunter John A.,
Cox Sarah L.,
O'Brien Kerry,
Stringer Maurice,
Boyes Mike,
Banks Mike,
Hayhurst Jillian G.,
Crawford Maria
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1348/014466604x17939
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , self esteem , group (periodic table) , prejudice (legal term) , value (mathematics) , social group , chemistry , organic chemistry , machine learning , computer science
The research reported in this investigation sought to examine the self‐esteem hypothesis (SEH) using measures of domain‐specific and public collective self‐esteem (CSE). Two studies were conducted. Each tested both propositions of the SEH. The first study revealed that minimal group members (a) experienced an increase in that domain of self‐esteem judged to be relatively more important to the in‐group, following the display of in‐group favouritism and (b) that minimal group members with low public CSE (and who thus believed that the in‐group was negatively evaluated by the out‐group) showed enhanced levels of in‐group favouritism. The second study, which utilized the members of real social categories (i.e. New Zealanders and Australians) and negative outcome allocations (i.e. white noise) revealed identical findings. The theoretical implications of these results are discussed.