Positive Intergroup Interdependence, Prejudice, Outgroup Stereotype and Helping Behaviors: The Role of Group-Based Gratitude

Abstract

The present paper investigates a positive, other-oriented moral emotion: group-based gratitude, in reaction to intergroup positive interdependence or outgroup contributions to ingroup's goals. Three studies support the notion that group-based gratitude plays a role in improving intergroup attitudes between natives and immigrants in the French context. In Study 1, positive intergroup interdependence was associated with group-based gratitude, which in turn was negatively associated with prejudicial attitudes and behavioral intentions. In the last two studies, highlighting historical outgroup contributions elicited group-based gratitude, which in turn reduced prejudice, increased perceived warmth and reciprocity (i.e., helping behavioral intentions), compared to control condition and positive condition. Links with indebtedness and common ingroup are discussed.

A Moderated Mediation Analysis of Meaningfulness and Positive Intergroup Outcomes Through Prosocial Gameplay

“…Positive experiences involving outgroup members can aid the development of a sense of other relatedness [14], other connectedness [15], and gratitude [16], which subsequently improves outgroup perceptions. Game-based interactive storytelling provides opportunities for these various meaning-making mechanisms to take place, as the narrative is supplemented by concrete gameplay that puts players in a position to be an active participant in the story [5].…”

How and why decolonial activists mobilize or challenge the victim status: The case of Belgium's Afro‐descendants

“…Moreover, it may even induce feelings of gratitude. For example, a study by Rambaud, Collange, Tavani, and Zenasni (2021) has shown that immigrants who emphasized the role of their community as a positive agent by highlighting how they have contributed to the development of the host country's economy induced feelings of gratitude among the majority group members. Finally, being perceived as a positive contributor may increase perceived intergroup similarity (Dovidio, Gaertner, & Saguy, 2008), which can facilitate categorization in a common ingroup identity that includes majority and minority groups, thus reducing intergroup biases from majority group members towards the minority (Dovidio et al, 1997).…”