Group status moderates threat-attitude relationships
Evidence
Because group status moderates the relationship between intergroup threat and attitudes among groups of unequal status, it would be useful to explore these relationships among groups of equal status. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 152
Categorization
- QUESTION: Worth probing whether the status-asymmetry effect replicates across threat types and outgroup pairings in the broader literature.
- XREF: connects to: Group status determines whether advantage or disadvantage thoughts produce distress — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 438; Meta-analysis across studies quantifies how distinct intergroup threat types relate to outgroup attitudes. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 72; Four threat types explain 36 percent of variance in outgroup attitudes — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 105 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Threat effects on attitudes are stronger for low-status than high-status outgroups
#exemplifies(0.92) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 129 - Group members’ responses to threats to group image depend on how strongly they identify
#responds-to(0.75) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1052 - Ingroup identification strength moderates whether group-level or individual-level threats drive attitudes.
#qualifies(0.74) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 151 - Status insecurity triggers reflexive disparagement of outgroups
#exemplifies(0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 115 - Equality gains by subordinate groups trigger perceived threat in dominant groups
#complicates(0.71) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 151