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We are one and I like it: The impact of ingroup entitativity on ingroup identification

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Castano, Emanuele [New School University, USA] Yzerbyt, Vincent [UCL] Bourguignon, David [UCL]

It is argued that the entitativity of the ingroup moderates the level of identification with the ingroup. Specifically; that high levels of entitativity are conducive to strong identification, whereas low levels of entitativity reduce identification with the ingroup. These hypotheses were tested across four studies using the European Union (EU) as the reference group. The four studies manipulated four different factors that, according to Campbell (1958), impact on group entitativity: common fate (Study 1), similarity (Study 2), salience (Study 3), and boundedness (Study 4). Across the four studies, we found evidence for the impact of these factors on the level of identification with the EU among European citizens holding moderate attitudes toward the EU but not (or much less) for citizens holding more extreme attitudes towards the EU. Mediational analyses further confirmed the viability of an entitativity-based interpretation of the impact of the manipulations on the level of identification. The findings are discussed in light of the current debate on the concept of entitativity, the motives for social identification, and the reduction of ingroup bias. Copyright (C) 2003 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2003
Language Anglais
Journal information "European Journal of Social Psychology" - Vol. 33, no. 6, p. 735-754 (2003)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Chichester)
issn 0046-2772
e-issn 1099-0992
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - PSP/PSP - Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation
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Bibliographic reference Castano, Emanuele ; Yzerbyt, Vincent ; Bourguignon, David. We are one and I like it: The impact of ingroup entitativity on ingroup identification. In: European Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 33, no. 6, p. 735-754 (2003)
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