The likes that bind: Even novel opinion sharing can induce opinion-based identification

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12773

Caoimhe O'Reilly, Paul J. Maher, Michael Quayle

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Research has found that psychological groups based on opinion congruence are an important group type. Previous research constructed such groups around opinions potentially connected to pre-existing identities. We strip away the socio-structural context by using novel opinions to determine whether opinion congruence alone can be a category cue which can foster identification and whether such group identification mediates the relationship between opinion exposure and opinion polarization. We assess this across two pre-registered online interactive experiments. Study 1 (N = 1168) demonstrate that opinion congruence fostered stronger identity than minimal groups. Study 2 (N = 505) demonstrate that opinion congruence fostered stronger identification than non-opinion congruence. The relationship between opinion exposure and opinion polarization occurs through group identification in both. Results demonstrate that (novel) opinions can be self-categorization cues informing identification and influencing opinion polarization.

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喜欢的束缚：即使是新颖的意见分享也能诱发基于意见的识别。

研究发现，基于观点一致的心理群体是一种重要的群体类型。以往的研究围绕可能与已有身份相关的观点构建了这类群体。我们通过使用新颖的观点来剥离社会结构背景，以确定观点一致性本身是否可以成为促进认同的类别线索，以及这种群体认同是否会介导观点接触与观点极化之间的关系。我们在两个预先注册的在线互动实验中对此进行了评估。研究 1（N = 1168）表明，舆论一致性比最小群体更能促进认同。研究 2（N = 505）表明，观点一致比非观点一致更能促进认同。在这两项研究中，观点接触与观点极化之间的关系都是通过群体认同来实现的。研究结果表明，（新颖的）观点可以作为自我归类线索，为认同提供信息并影响观点极化。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Social Psychology publishes work from scholars based in all parts of the world, and manuscripts that present data on a wide range of populations inside and outside the UK. It publishes original papers in all areas of social psychology including: • social cognition • attitudes • group processes • social influence • intergroup relations • self and identity • nonverbal communication • social psychological aspects of personality, affect and emotion • language and discourse Submissions addressing these topics from a variety of approaches and methods, both quantitative and qualitative are welcomed. We publish papers of the following kinds: • empirical papers that address theoretical issues; • theoretical papers, including analyses of existing social psychological theories and presentations of theoretical innovations, extensions, or integrations; • review papers that provide an evaluation of work within a given area of social psychology and that present proposals for further research in that area; • methodological papers concerning issues that are particularly relevant to a wide range of social psychologists; • an invited agenda article as the first article in the first part of every volume. The editorial team aims to handle papers as efficiently as possible. In 2016, papers were triaged within less than a week, and the average turnaround time from receipt of the manuscript to first decision sent back to the authors was 47 days.