Frustrated basic needs drive groups to scapegoat others for destructive fulfillment.

Evidence

Severe, persistent difficulties of life frustrate powerful needs, basic human needs that demand fulfillment. Certain “predisposing” characteristics of the culture and social organization tend to further intensify these needs (Staub, 1989a, 1996, 1999b). These include needs for security, for a positive identity, for effectiveness and control over important events in one’s life, for positive connections to other people, and for a meaningful understanding of the world or comprehension of reality. Psychological processes in individuals and social processes in groups can arise that turn the group against others as they offer destructive fulfillment of these needs. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 79

Categorization

• XREF: This basic-needs frustration mechanism is the causal substrate that Glick’s envied-outgroup scapegoating chapter builds on - connects to the reader’s stated purpose of bridging inclusion-need and powerful-minority scapegoating literatures. — connects to: Scapegoat movements exploit frustrated needs for esteem, belonging, and security.; Hardship-driven need frustration is what scapegoat movements exploit. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1598; Difficult times heighten basic needs that scapegoat movements exploit (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Scapegoat movements exploit frustrated needs for esteem, belonging, and security. #expands (0.95)
• Group violence against subgroups grows from frustrated basic human needs seeking fulfillment #corroborates (0.94) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 79
• Hardship-driven need frustration is what scapegoat movements exploit. #expands (0.93) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1598
• Shared frustrations from difficult life conditions precede collective scapegoating. #corroborates (0.92) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1591
• Difficult times heighten basic needs that scapegoat movements exploit #expands (0.90)
• Shared group-level frustrations, not individual ones, drive blame of outgroups #corroborates (0.88) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1578
• Only widely shared, large-scale frustrations produce consensual scapegoating of a group. #qualifies (0.83) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 789
• Scapegoating requires large shared frustrations plus a blaming ideology. #qualifies (0.82) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 794
• Group-level frustration explains when scapegoating starts but not who gets blamed. #qualifies (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1583
• Threatened identity and low collective self-esteem fuel out-group scapegoating. #corroborates (0.80) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 912
• Only groups perceived as powerful and hostile get scapegoated for frustrations #qualifies (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1584
• Only groups seen as powerful and intent on harm get scapegoated #qualifies (0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1584
• Groups are scapegoated for perceived power, not weakness #qualifies (0.77) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1609
• Individual frustrations produce personal blame; group frustrations produce outgroup blame. #complicates (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1578
• Individual frustrations target persons while shared frustrations target groups. #complicates (0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1578