Group esteem threat can spill attitudes onto unrelated outgroups

Evidence

Although group esteem threats are likely to result in negative attitudes toward the source of the threats, there is also evidence that group esteem threat can result in negative attitudes toward other outgroups unrelated to the source of the threat (Leach, Spears, Branscombe, & Doosje, 2003). — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 57

For example, Branscombe and Wann (1994) found that when highly identified American participants viewed a film in which an American boxer was beaten by a Russian boxer it led to decreases in their collective self-esteem, which in turn increased the likelihood of derogating Russians. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 57

Categorization

• SHARE: A signal finding: felt threat to one’s own group’s image generalizes derogation to entirely uninvolved outgroups — suggesting threat-driven derogation is generalized damning, not specific targeting.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 57
• XREF: connects to: Perceived outgroup threats damage intergroup relations even without hostility — Walter G. Stephan, Oscar Ybarra, Kimberly Rios Morrison, Intergroup Threat Theory, 38

Related

• Group threats act through intergroup emotions to reach outgroup attitudes. (similarity 0.82)
• Group esteem threats may combine multiplicatively with realistic threats. (similarity 0.81)
• Perceived threat amplifies both in-group favoritism and out-group hostility (similarity 0.81)
• Perceived outgroup threats damage intergroup relations even without hostility (similarity 0.81)
• Threat effects on attitudes are stronger for low-status than high-status outgroups (similarity 0.81)
• Equal-status group threat effects remain unexplored (similarity 0.81)
• Intergroup threat and negative outgroup attitudes relate bidirectionally, not one-way. (similarity 0.79)
• Individual and collective self-esteem predict threat perception in opposite directions. (similarity 0.79)
• Negative stereotypes both accompany intergroup threats and independently predict outgroup attitudes (similarity 0.79)
• Self-image threat increases derogation of stigmatized groups as esteem repair (similarity 0.79)
• Four threat types explain 36 percent of variance in outgroup attitudes (similarity 0.79)
• Group esteem threat research omits stereotype and identification measures (similarity 0.79)
• Different intergroup threats trigger distinct emotions and behavioral responses. (similarity 0.79)
• Positive stereotypes may also induce perceived threat (similarity 0.79)
• Cross-group friendship and empathy reduce the threat behind intergroup bias. (similarity 0.79)