Effect of the Critic’s Group Status and Length of Stay on Intergroup Sensitivity Effect
This study aims to determine the effect of group membership (outgroup, Ex-outgroup) and length of stay (long, short) to intergroup sensitivity effect (ISE). Earlier ISE studies only focused on outgroup and ingroup critics, and showed that outgroup critics tend to be rejected and perceived more negative than ingroup critic. This quasi-experiment study further examined critics from outgroup and ex-outgroup (N = 185, Mage = 21,58). ISE is measured by the degree of likeability, constructiveness, negativity, and agreeableness to critic from outgroup and ex-outgroup. We predict that critic from outgroup will reveal a stronger ISE than ex-outgroup critic who had stayed longer in Indonesia. The results showed that there are significant effects of group membership status to agreeableness, and length of stay to constructiveness. Furthermore, the interaction between the critic and length of stay affects only occurred when the speaker’s length of stay is short.