Group conflict motives reduce to three measurable attitude types

Evidence

These investigations have not, however, aimed to provide a general definition of group conflict attitudes or to elaborate on the various forms that such attitudes may take. Toward this end, it is suggested that group conflict motives are attitudes directly concerned with the competitive aspects of group relations and attempts to alter those relations. They concern the distribution of scarce values and resources between social groups, as well as attempts to affect the process and pattern of their distribution. More specifically, three types of attitudes reflect group conflict motives: perceptions of incompatible group interests, perceptions and evaluations of relative group standing (fraternal deprivation), and perceived threats or challenges to group interests. Each type of attitude invokes a sense of in-group position vis-à-vis an out-group, and yet, these attitudes are not primarily expressions of intergroup affective orientations or trait beliefs about an out-group (stereotypes). — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3364 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Group conflict attitudes reduce to perceived incompatible interests, relative deprivation, and threat — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3364; Realistic conflict is a perceived group-level competition over collective consequences — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1476; Ingroup identification strength moderates whether group-level or individual-level threats drive attitudes. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 151 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Group conflict attitudes reduce to perceived incompatible interests, relative deprivation, and threat #expands (0.95) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3364