The current work argues that expressing out-group ambivalence based on cognitive information is a strategy to justify one’s prejudice, which may ultimately “cover” the discriminatory nature of out-group-directed negative action tendencies, depending on individuals’ in-group ‘attachment’ and ‘glorification’ levels. As expected, after expressing prejudice in a normative context inducing prejudice suppression (a) high-glorification participants were more prone to out-group-directed aggression, and (b) high-attachment participants were more prone to out-group-directed avoidance, when such action tendencies were self-reported after the expression of ambivalent beliefs but not emotions concerning the out-group.

Aggressive and avoidant action tendencies towards out-groups: the distinct roles of in-group attachment vs. glorification and cognitive vs. affective ambivalence / Costarelli, S. - In: CURRENT RESEARCH IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1088-7423. - 29:(2020), pp. 1-9.

Aggressive and avoidant action tendencies towards out-groups: the distinct roles of in-group attachment vs. glorification and cognitive vs. affective ambivalence.

Costarelli, S
2020-01-01

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The current work argues that expressing out-group ambivalence based on cognitive information is a strategy to justify one’s prejudice, which may ultimately “cover” the discriminatory nature of out-group-directed negative action tendencies, depending on individuals’ in-group ‘attachment’ and ‘glorification’ levels. As expected, after expressing prejudice in a normative context inducing prejudice suppression (a) high-glorification participants were more prone to out-group-directed aggression, and (b) high-attachment participants were more prone to out-group-directed avoidance, when such action tendencies were self-reported after the expression of ambivalent beliefs but not emotions concerning the out-group.
2020
Aggressive and avoidant action tendencies towards out-groups: the distinct roles of in-group attachment vs. glorification and cognitive vs. affective ambivalence / Costarelli, S. - In: CURRENT RESEARCH IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1088-7423. - 29:(2020), pp. 1-9.
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