Existential threat and responses to emotional displays of ingroup and outgroup members.
| Autor: | Wessler J; German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany., van der Schalk J; Cardiff University, UK., Hansen J; University of Salzburg, Austria., Klackl J; University of Salzburg, Austria., Jonas E; University of Salzburg, Austria., Fons M; University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Doosje B; University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Fischer A; University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Group processes & intergroup relations : GPIR [Group Process Intergroup Relat] 2023 Dec; Vol. 26 (8), pp. 1866-1887. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 05. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13684302221128229 |
| Abstrakt: | The present research investigates how emotional displays shape reactions to ingroup and outgroup members when people are reminded of death. We hypothesized that under mortality salience, emotions that signal social distance promote worldview defense (i.e., increased ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation), whereas emotions that signal affiliation promote affiliation need (i.e., reduced ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation). In three studies, participants viewed emotional displays of ingroup and/or outgroup members after a mortality salience or control manipulation. Results revealed that under mortality salience, anger increased ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation (Study 1), enhanced perceived overlap with the ingroup (Study 3), and increased positive facial behavior to ingroup displays-measured via the Facial Action Coding System (Studies 1 and 2) and electromyography of the zygomaticus major muscle (Study 3). In contrast, happiness decreased ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation (Study 2), and increased positive facial behavior towards outgroup members (Study 3). The findings suggest that, in times of threat, emotional displays can determine whether people move away from unfamiliar others or try to form as many friendly relations as possible. (© The Author(s) 2022.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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