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Group identification and outgroup attitudes in four South African ethnic groups: a multidimensional approach

Duckitt, J., Callaghan, J. and Wagner, C. (2005) Group identification and outgroup attitudes in four South African ethnic groups: a multidimensional approach. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 31(5), pp. 633-646. 0146-1672.

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Abstract: Although Sumner’s ethnocentrism hypothesis, which expects stronger group identification to be associated with more negative outgroup attitudes, has been widely accepted, empirical findings have been inconsistent. This research investigates the relationship of four dimensions of ethnocultural group identification previously proposed by Phinney, that is, salience, evaluation, attachment, and involvement, with attitudes to ethnic outgroups in four South African ethnocultural groups (Africans, Afrikaans Whites, English Whites, Indians). The findings supported the factorial independence of the four identification dimensions and indicated that only one, ethnocultural evaluation (ingroup attitudes), was systematically related to outgroup attitudes, but the association could be positive, negative, or zero. Both functionalist and similarity-dissimilarity approaches to intergroup relations seemed to provide plausible explanations for the pattern of relationships obtained between ingroup and outgroup attitudes
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM1001 Social psychology > HM1106 Interpersonal relations. Social behavior
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT1501 Races. Race relations
Creators: Duckitt, John, Callaghan, Jane and Wagner, Claire
Publisher: Sage
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Group > Social and Cultural Research in Psychology Group
Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology
Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences
Date: May 2005
Date Type: Publication
Page Range: pp. 633-646
Journal or Publication Title: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Volume: 31
Number: 5
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167204271576
ISSN: 0146-1672
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/3522

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