Threats to a person’s ingroup are experienced as threats to the self itself

Evidence

Ingroup control is fundamental in that threats to the ingroup operate as threats to self. People treat the ingroup as an extension of self, protecting it as they do the self. Vicarious dissonance, the finding that individuals change their attitudes when ingroup members engage in inconsistent behavior, is a clear example (Norton, Monin, Cooper, & Hogg, 2003). Just as with individual dissonance, vicarious dissonance appears to be mediated by vicarious discomfort (in this case resulting from the ingroup member’s dissonant behavior). Thus, protecting the integrity of the ingroup operates by way of emotional discomfort. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 338

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to social identity theory and the group-as-extension-of-self tradition, and to Allport’s own work on ingroup loyalty this chapter builds on. — connects to: Ways of life are threatened because they are devalued, an issue of recognition — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 309; Negative self-definition against an enemy precedes group violence — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 196; Group-level threats trigger bias even absent direct threat to the self. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 28 (+1 more)