Reactions to intragroup deviance: does disidentification have a role?

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

cameira, m (Author) FPCEUP; ribeiro, ta (Author) FADEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Social Psychology

Vol. 154

Pages: 233-250

ISSN: 0022-4545

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Psychology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-9N1

DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2014.888328

Abstract (EN): In this study, we address previous evidence about the interchangeable use of derogation and disidentification in protecting the self from intragroup deviance. We argue that when the in-group stands for a valued social identity, members may disidentify from the group, but only if the immediate context provides no opportunity to derogate. In the present experiments (n = 80 and n = 79), we provided or did not provide participants with the opportunity to recommend a punishment for an in-group or an out-group deviant. We also measured in-group identification before and after exposure to deviant behavior and after judgment. The results show that participants first disidentified from the in-group but, when presented with an opportunity to judge the deviant, also derogated. Importantly, participants who could judge the deviant also recovered their initial in-group identification level. Participants' reactions to the out-group deviant suggest they used an intergroup rather than intragroup strategy.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 18