Strong ingroup identification need not produce outgroup derogation and may heighten intragroup focus instead.

Evidence

Allport may well have been correct in suggesting that strong ingroup identification does not necessarily go hand in hand with heightened competitiveness and outgroup derogation. Some evidence has been obtained that strong identification might instead lead to a heightened intragroup focus. However, naturally, not all of Allport’s predictions have yielded straightforward support. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 468

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the vault’s contact-theory and ingroup-bias claims; corroborates that ingroup identity disconnects from chauvinism. — connects to: High group identification alone need not produce ingroup bias or discrimination — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 862; Raising identification with a high-status group need not lower lower-status identification. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 80
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 468