Different threat types may yield different behavioral responses beyond attitudes.

Evidence

Additionally, the overreliance on self-report measures neglects potential behavioral responses to intergroup threat. Although all of the threats may result in negative outgroup attitudes, different threats may lead to different behavioral outcomes. For example, anxiety may cause avoidance, whereas realistic threat may lead to aggressive retaliation. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 138

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the aggression-vs-avoidance behavioral distinction latent in the MOC’s threat taxonomy — worth reconciling with effect sizes that collapse all threats onto attitude measures. — connects to: Control loss, uncertainty, and meaninglessness are conceptually distinct threats. — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending…, 40; Distinctiveness threat shifts behavior more than judgment, though its effect size is tiny. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 64; Different threat types trigger distinct emotions that shape reactions — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 66 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Different intergroup threats trigger distinct emotions and behavioral responses. #expands (0.95) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 66
• Each intergroup threat type predicts its own distinct emotional and behavioral response. #expands (0.95) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 68
• Individual threat evokes fear while group threat evokes anger #exemplifies (0.88) — Walter G. Stephan, Oscar Ybarra, Kimberly Rios Morrison, Intergroup Threat Theory, 19
• Different threat types trigger distinct emotions that shape reactions #expands (0.85) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 66
• Threat can spur overfriendly behavior aimed at proving non-prejudice #exemplifies (0.85) — Walter G. Stephan, Oscar Ybarra, Kimberly Rios Morrison, Intergroup Threat Theory, 21
• Group-level threats and individual-level threats trigger systematically different responses #exemplifies (0.82) — Walter G. Stephan, Oscar Ybarra, Kimberly Rios Morrison, Intergroup Threat Theory, 23
• Different types of threat may drive authoritarianism differently #exemplifies (0.78) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 833
• Experimentally manipulated realistic threat shows far weaker attitude effects than measured threat #complicates (0.75) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 119