Intergroup threat arises when one group’s actions challenge another group’s goal attainment or well-being.

Evidence

This article addresses aproposed cause ofintergroup bias and prejudice: intergroup threat. As a general definition, intergroup threat occurs when one group’s actions, beliefs, or characteristics challenge the goal attainment or well-being of another group. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 17

Categorization

• DEFINE: Working definition: intergroup threat as challenge to goal attainment or well-being — the umbrella concept the whole review operationalizes.
• XREF: connects to: Group threats act through intergroup emotions to reach outgroup attitudes. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 149; Each community’s insecurity targets the other as the threat; Competition over individual resources is often perceived as intergroup conflict. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1476 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Competition over individual resources is often perceived as intergroup conflict. #exemplifies (0.82) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1476
• Group threats act through intergroup emotions to reach outgroup attitudes. #expands (0.80) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 149
• Each community’s insecurity targets the other as the threat #exemplifies (0.78)
• Intergroup competition stems from pressures toward positive distinctiveness #qualifies (0.76) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2721
• Dominant groups also suffer insecurity when their status seems threatened #expands (0.73)
• Group esteem threats may combine multiplicatively with realistic threats. #expands (0.72) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 140