| Autor: |
Dietz-Uhler, Beth |
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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Jan1999, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p17, 13p |
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The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that possession of a strong social identity would motivate people to arrive at a conclusion which supported their previous beliefs when responding to information that threatened their group. In a pre-measure, participants were classified as either weak or strong in social identity. After reading a threatening or non-threatening (fictitious) report about their group, participants were asked to evaluate the report. The results showed that participants with a strong social identity evaluated the threatening information more negatively than those with a weak social identity. Participants who had a strong social identity evaluated the non-threatening information more positively than those with a weak social identity. These results are discussed in the context of motivated reasoning and social identity theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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