{"title":"“Fight like hell”: Projected moral polarisation predicts anticipated conflict and the perceived responsibility to overturn an election loss","authors":"Charlie R. Crimston, J. Jetten, H. Selvanathan","doi":"10.1177/13684302231223896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231223896","url":null,"abstract":"Losing an election can be a huge blow. As a result, most elections are associated with a mixture of trepidation and optimism (outgroup vs. ingroup political party winning, respectively). However, we propose that levels of anxiety and future dread in the context of an election are enhanced when society is characterised by deep intergroup divisions and morally charged polarisation. Across two studies spanning two national elections (the 2020 U.S. presidential election and the 2021 Dutch general election; N = 1,079), we examined support for the prediction that projected moral polarisation in the aftermath of an election would be associated with enhanced perceived negative consequences of losing that election (i.e., an outgroup political party winning power). We consistently found that projected moral polarisation when anticipating an election loss predicted enhanced anxiety concerning the future state of society (collective angst), higher perceived likelihood of civil war, and a stronger perceived obligation to fight to overturn the results of the election. Moreover, this association was mediated by the perceived breakdown of leadership in society. The current findings have important implications for understanding the societal and political consequences of moral polarisation, including the potential for enhanced intergroup conflict and threats to democracy.","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"11 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139841723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Fight like hell”: Projected moral polarisation predicts anticipated conflict and the perceived responsibility to overturn an election loss","authors":"Charlie R. Crimston, J. Jetten, H. Selvanathan","doi":"10.1177/13684302231223896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231223896","url":null,"abstract":"Losing an election can be a huge blow. As a result, most elections are associated with a mixture of trepidation and optimism (outgroup vs. ingroup political party winning, respectively). However, we propose that levels of anxiety and future dread in the context of an election are enhanced when society is characterised by deep intergroup divisions and morally charged polarisation. Across two studies spanning two national elections (the 2020 U.S. presidential election and the 2021 Dutch general election; N = 1,079), we examined support for the prediction that projected moral polarisation in the aftermath of an election would be associated with enhanced perceived negative consequences of losing that election (i.e., an outgroup political party winning power). We consistently found that projected moral polarisation when anticipating an election loss predicted enhanced anxiety concerning the future state of society (collective angst), higher perceived likelihood of civil war, and a stronger perceived obligation to fight to overturn the results of the election. Moreover, this association was mediated by the perceived breakdown of leadership in society. The current findings have important implications for understanding the societal and political consequences of moral polarisation, including the potential for enhanced intergroup conflict and threats to democracy.","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139781838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Domains of uncertainty, identification processes, and exit intentions","authors":"Joseph A. Wagoner, Marcus Chur","doi":"10.1177/13684302231215043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231215043","url":null,"abstract":"The process of leaving groups is ubiquitous. However, the motivations underlying people’s decision to exit their groups have been underexamined. Integrating uncertainty-identity theory with literature on disidentification, we conducted three studies ( NTotal = 891) to investigate how different domains of uncertainty affect group identification and disidentification, and how these identification processes predict people’s exit intentions. In Studies 1a (religious congregations) and 1b (organizations), we measured different domains of uncertainty (self, social identity) before measuring group identification, disidentification, and exit intentions. Study 2 manipulated domains of uncertainty (self, social identity) and levels of uncertainty (high, low) before measuring the same outcome variables. Results showed stronger social identity uncertainty elicited stronger disidentification and weaker group identification. Results also showed that disidentification mediated the relationship between social identity uncertainty and exit intentions. Self-uncertainty did not relate to people’s exit intentions. The results contribute to the psychological literature on group exit intentions.","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"124 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139785525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Domains of uncertainty, identification processes, and exit intentions","authors":"Joseph A. Wagoner, Marcus Chur","doi":"10.1177/13684302231215043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231215043","url":null,"abstract":"The process of leaving groups is ubiquitous. However, the motivations underlying people’s decision to exit their groups have been underexamined. Integrating uncertainty-identity theory with literature on disidentification, we conducted three studies ( NTotal = 891) to investigate how different domains of uncertainty affect group identification and disidentification, and how these identification processes predict people’s exit intentions. In Studies 1a (religious congregations) and 1b (organizations), we measured different domains of uncertainty (self, social identity) before measuring group identification, disidentification, and exit intentions. Study 2 manipulated domains of uncertainty (self, social identity) and levels of uncertainty (high, low) before measuring the same outcome variables. Results showed stronger social identity uncertainty elicited stronger disidentification and weaker group identification. Results also showed that disidentification mediated the relationship between social identity uncertainty and exit intentions. Self-uncertainty did not relate to people’s exit intentions. The results contribute to the psychological literature on group exit intentions.","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"33 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139845372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth A. Quinn-Jensen, Sara E. Burke, Brenda Major, Zoe Liberman
{"title":"Was that discrimination? Perceptions of bisexual people’s relative status inform attributions of discrimination","authors":"Elizabeth A. Quinn-Jensen, Sara E. Burke, Brenda Major, Zoe Liberman","doi":"10.1177/13684302231219676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231219676","url":null,"abstract":"Current models of discrimination fail to account for the fact that many people belong to intermediate identity groups, that is, groups that share characteristics with both a low-status minority and a high-status majority group (e.g., biracial, bisexual), and thus do not occupy one clear position on a status hierarchy. We investigated bisexual targets to test whether perceivers rely on perceived status differentials to determine whether someone faced discrimination. As predicted, whether bisexual people were perceived as victims of discrimination depended on contextual cues about their relative status. Participants expected both gay/lesbian and bisexual individuals to face more discrimination than heterosexual individuals. But they were more likely to say that a bisexual woman who had lost out to a heterosexual woman competitor had faced discrimination compared to a bisexual woman who had lost out to a lesbian woman. These results may help make sense of how real-world discrimination claims are adjudicated.","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"40 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139880435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to Issue","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/13684302231225740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231225740","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139884944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth A. Quinn-Jensen, Sara E. Burke, Brenda Major, Zoe Liberman
{"title":"Was that discrimination? Perceptions of bisexual people’s relative status inform attributions of discrimination","authors":"Elizabeth A. Quinn-Jensen, Sara E. Burke, Brenda Major, Zoe Liberman","doi":"10.1177/13684302231219676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231219676","url":null,"abstract":"Current models of discrimination fail to account for the fact that many people belong to intermediate identity groups, that is, groups that share characteristics with both a low-status minority and a high-status majority group (e.g., biracial, bisexual), and thus do not occupy one clear position on a status hierarchy. We investigated bisexual targets to test whether perceivers rely on perceived status differentials to determine whether someone faced discrimination. As predicted, whether bisexual people were perceived as victims of discrimination depended on contextual cues about their relative status. Participants expected both gay/lesbian and bisexual individuals to face more discrimination than heterosexual individuals. But they were more likely to say that a bisexual woman who had lost out to a heterosexual woman competitor had faced discrimination compared to a bisexual woman who had lost out to a lesbian woman. These results may help make sense of how real-world discrimination claims are adjudicated.","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"866 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139820512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to Issue","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/13684302231225740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231225740","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"295 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139825124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Kenworthy, Lauren Coursey, Jubilee J. Dickson, Paul B. Paulus, B. Rozich, L. Marusich
{"title":"The impact of intergroup idea exposure on group creative problem-solving","authors":"J. Kenworthy, Lauren Coursey, Jubilee J. Dickson, Paul B. Paulus, B. Rozich, L. Marusich","doi":"10.1177/13684302231216047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231216047","url":null,"abstract":"Intragroup and intergroup network creativity were assessed in an experiment varying the degree of access to ideas generated by other groups. In an open-access condition, all members of two concurrent groups had access to the other group’s ideas. In the brokered condition, one member of each group had access to the other group’s ideas. In the control condition, two groups performed independently. Following three phases of idea generation and elaboration, groups developed their final plan for surviving a zombie apocalypse. The brokered condition led to the highest level of intergroup activity, and the final product novelty across all conditions was influenced by the novelty of the ideas and elaborations in the prior session. The effect of experimental condition on the integrative complexity of the final product was mediated by the degree of lexical similarity between the two groups’ documents. Final product novelty was negatively predicted by lexical similarity. Theoretical advances, implications, and future directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"36 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139532238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Junker, J. Häusser, A. Mojzisch, Louisa Theisges, R. van Dick
{"title":"Unholy alliances: When achievement norms and group identification negatively affect objective task performance and well-being","authors":"N. Junker, J. Häusser, A. Mojzisch, Louisa Theisges, R. van Dick","doi":"10.1177/13684302231219683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231219683","url":null,"abstract":"Group identification can be both beneficial (a “social cure”) and detrimental (a “social curse”) for performance and well-being, which makes it crucial to explore its boundary conditions. Building on the norm enactment hypothesis and the influence hypothesis, we propose the group’s achievement norms as one such boundary condition. We argue that group identification predicts higher well-being and task performance if achievement norms are average, but lower well-being and task performance if achievement norms are very high. The results of a laboratory experiment ( N = 163) partially supported our propositions for task-related stress, but not for task performance and other well-being indicators. Additionally, exploratory analyses showed a moderated indirect effect on task performance such that group identification predicted more task-related stress when achievement norms were very high (but not when they were average), which, in turn, predicted lower task performance. We discuss the theoretical and practical relevance of these findings.","PeriodicalId":108457,"journal":{"name":"Group Processes & Intergroup Relations","volume":"12 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139532793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}