Cultural individualism-collectivism and autonomous-relational orientation moderate the identification-bias link.

Evidence

One solution favored by Hinkle and Brown (1990) was to propose two variables that might moderate the identification–bias relationship and hence delineate the conditions under which the identity processes specified by Social Identity Theory would and would not apply. They suggested that individualism– collectivism and autonomous–relational orientation could help to distinguish among group contexts, groups, and even group members. The individualism–collectivism dimension is well known (Triandis, 1995). The autonomous–relational dimension refers to a tendency to evaluate ingroups and their achievements autonomously (i.e. against some absolute or temporal standard), or in relation to other groups and their achievements. Hinkle and Brown (1990) predicted that the strongest correlations between identification and bias might be expected in collectivist–relational combinations and the weakest in the individualist–autonomous one. Some support for this model has been found (Brown et al., 1992), although there have also been some striking disconfirmations (Capozza, Voci, & Licciardello, 2000). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 442

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the autonomous-versus-relational orientation dimension distinguishing how ingroups evaluate themselves.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 442