Our ways will not change: Future collective continuity increases present prosocial considerations

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12847

Andrej Simić, Simona Sacchi, Marco Perugini

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Collective continuity, the perception of the ingroup as an enduring temporal entity, has been linked with ingroup favouritism, negative attitudes and prejudice towards the outgroups. However, previous studies focused mainly on the perceived connection between the past and present of the group. We proposed that the expectation of a strong similarity between the present and future of the national ingroup, future collective continuity (FCC), positively affects present intergroup relations construals. In line with the hypotheses, Study 1 (N = 202) showed a positive relation between FCC and prosocial outgroup beliefs (i.e., foreigner-related). Study 2 (N = 200) suggested that FCC negatively affects prejudice towards immigrants through lower levels of collective angst. Study 3 (N = 250; preregistered) provided experimental evidence that FCC decreased outgroup prejudice and anxiety and increased collective action intentions through collective angst. Furthermore, a moderated mediation model revealed that these effects held only for individuals who identified with their nation more. Our work suggests that believing that the ingroup will not significantly change in the future might make individuals more open towards outgroup members in the present.

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我们的方式不会改变：未来的集体连续性增加了现在的亲社会考虑。

集体连续性，即认为内部群体是一个持久的时间实体，与内部群体偏袒、消极态度和对外部群体的偏见有关。然而，以前的研究主要集中在过去和现在的群体之间的感知联系。我们提出，对民族内部群体的现在和未来之间的强烈相似性的期望，未来集体连续性（FCC），积极影响当前的群体间关系解释。与假设一致，研究1 （N = 202）显示FCC与亲社会外群体信念（即与外国人相关）呈正相关。研究2 （N = 200）表明，FCC通过降低集体焦虑水平对移民偏见产生负向影响。研究3 (N = 250；预注册)提供了实验证据，FCC减少了群体外偏见和焦虑，并通过集体焦虑增加了集体行动意愿。此外，一个适度的中介模型显示，这些影响只适用于那些更认同自己国家的个人。我们的研究表明，相信内部群体在未来不会发生重大变化可能会使个人在目前对外部群体成员更开放。

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