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Emotions in context : anger causes ethnic bias but not gender bias in men but not women

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Kuppens, Toon [UCL] Pollet, Thomas V. Pinto Teixeira, Càtia Noémia [UCL] Demoulin, Stéphanie [UCL] Craig Roberts, S. Little, Anthony C.

Emotions influence information processing because they are assumed to carry valuable information. We predict that induced anger will increase ethnic but not gender intergroup bias because anger is related to conflicts for resources, and ethnic groups typically compete for resources, whereas gender groups typically engage in relations of positive interdependence. Furthermore, we also predict that this increased ethnic intergroup bias should only be observed among men because men show more group-based reactions to intergroup conflict than women do. Two studies, with 65 and 120 participants, respectively, indeed show that anger induction increases ethnic but not gender intergroup bias and only for men. Intergroup bias was measured with an implicit measure. In Study 2, we additionally predict (and find) that fear induction does not change ethnic or gender intergroup bias because intergroup bias is a psychological preparation for collective action and fear is not associated with taking action against out-groups. We conclude that the effect of anger depends on its specific informational potential in a particular intergroup context. These results highlight that gender groups differ on a crucial point from ethnic groups and call for more attention to the effect of people's gender in intergroup relations research.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2012
Language Anglais
Journal information "European Journal of Social Psychology" - Vol. 42, no. 4, p. 432-441 (2012)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher JohnWiley & Sons Ltd. ((United Kingdom) Bognor Regis)
issn 0046-2772
e-issn 1099-0992
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
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Bibliographic reference Kuppens, Toon ; Pollet, Thomas V. ; Pinto Teixeira, Càtia Noémia ; Demoulin, Stéphanie ; Craig Roberts, S. ; et. al. Emotions in context : anger causes ethnic bias but not gender bias in men but not women. In: European Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 42, no. 4, p. 432-441 (2012)
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