“Poisoning the Consciences of the Fortunate”: The Experience of Relative Advantage and Support for Social Equality

Leach, Colin Wayne; Snider, Nastia; Iyer, Aarti

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“…As holding the in-group responsible for a calamitous event should challenge individuals' positive feelings about their in-group membership (Leach et al, 2002), we expected the component of satisfaction to predict disagreement with perceived in-group responsibility for terrorism. A final question asked participants whether they wanted "Muslims" to "integrate better" in the Netherlands.…”

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“…One response to this threat is to view the in-group as wrong and to feel self-critical emotions such as guilt (e.g., Doosje, Branscombe, Spears, & Manstead, 1998; for a review, see Leach et al, 2002). Recent theorizing suggests that identification with an in-group serves as the basis for such group-based emotions (for a review, see Mackie, Silver, & Smith, 2004).…”

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Group-level self-definition and self-investment: A hierarchical (multicomponent) model of in-group identification.

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Zomeren²,

Zebel³

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Recent research shows individuals' identification with in-groups to be psychologically important and socially consequential. However, there is little agreement about how identification should be conceptualized or measured. On the basis of previous work, the authors identified 5 specific components of in-group identification and offered a hierarchical 2-dimensional model within which these components are organized. Studies 1 and 2 used confirmatory factor analysis to validate the proposed model of self-definition (individual self-stereotyping, in-group homogeneity) and self-investment (solidarity, satisfaction, and centrality) dimensions, across 3 different group identities. Studies 3 and 4 demonstrated the construct validity of the 5 components by examining their (concurrent) correlations with established measures of in-group identification. Studies 5-7 demonstrated the predictive and discriminant validity of the 5 components by examining their (prospective) prediction of individuals' orientation to, and emotions about, real intergroup relations. Together, these studies illustrate the conceptual and empirical value of a hierarchical multicomponent model of in-group identification.

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Group-level self-definition and self-investment: A hierarchical (multicomponent) model of in-group identification.

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Zebel³

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“…Thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) revealed that there were three major themes with the difference condition (see Table 2). The first was that Australians are relatively advantaged (see Leach et al, 2002): they were presented as having more opportunities, have more freedoms, and have a better way of life. With respect to the similarity group, the most reported theme was common humanity.…”

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“There but for the grace of God go we”: Prejudice toward asylum seekers.

Pedersen¹,

Thomas²

2013

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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for collecting and inputting the data. Running head: Prejudice against asylum seekers to AustraliaKey words: Prejudice; racism; asylum seekers; refugees; empathy Bio: Anne Pedersen BA(Hons)., PhD.I have been an asylum seeker advocate for approximately ten years and have a keen interest in the integration of such advocacy with my academic work. I work as an applied social/peace/community psychologist in the School of Psychology and Exercise Science at Murdoch University, Western Australia. My main academic interests involve prejudice and anti-prejudice against different cultural groups; in particular, asylum seekers, Indigenous Australians and Muslim Australians. Bio: Emma ThomasBA/BPsyc (Hons)., PhD.I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology and Exercise Science at Murdoch University, Western Australia. My social psychological research focuses primarily on the role of emotion and social identity in promoting collective action for social change with particular application to humanitarian contexts (global poverty, humanitarian emergencies and the refugee crises). 2 AbstractAustralia receives relatively few asylum seekers but the public debate on this issue is intense and there is a widespread prejudice towards them. The current research considers the role of two approaches in explaining prejudice towards asylum seekers: similarity priming and affective reactions of empathy. Participants (N = 119) were primed that asylum seekers were either "similar" or "different" to them and asked whether these similarities/differences were important. Dispositional empathy and asylum seeker empathy were measured. Results showed that priming was associated with increased prejudice when priming involved similarity and those similarities were held to be important. Moreover, cognitive similarity priming and affective empathy contributed separately and additively to the prediction of prejudice. Qualitative responses to the priming question revealed that even when "difference" was primed, two out of the three prevalent themes were positive. Results are discussed in relation to understanding the cognitive and affective bases of empathy and prejudice, and practical implications for activists working to reduce prejudice towards asylum seekers.

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“…On the sociological side, Thompson's framework combines elements of both gender and relative deprivation theory. Comparison standards and relevant referents are also determinant factors in relative deprivation conditions, although the case of men would perhaps be better understood in terms of relative advantage (Leach et al, 2002). Outcome values and justifications, to a certain extent, can be conceived of as nothing but 'practical consequences' of gender ideology, since the latter is the general, abstract universe of meaning that shapes beliefs about what is the 'real' value of housework and how to assess the legitimacy of its distribution within the household.…”

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Perceived Fairness and Satisfaction with the Division of Housework Among Dual-Earner Couples in Italy

Carriero¹

2011

Marriage & Family Review

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“Poisoning the Consciences of the Fortunate”: The Experience of Relative Advantage and Support for Social Equality

Cited by 242 publications

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Group-level self-definition and self-investment: A hierarchical (multicomponent) model of in-group identification.

Group-level self-definition and self-investment: A hierarchical (multicomponent) model of in-group identification.

“There but for the grace of God go we”: Prejudice toward asylum seekers.

Perceived Fairness and Satisfaction with the Division of Housework Among Dual-Earner Couples in Italy

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