scholarly journals When do low status groups help high status groups? The moderating effects of ingroup identification, audience group membership, and perceived reputational benefit.

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Rubin
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
High Status ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Ingroup Identification

Previous research has demonstrated that, when negative metastereotypes are made salient, members of low status groupshelp members of high status groups in order to improve the reputation of their low status group and its associated socialidentity. The present research investigated three potential moderators of low status groups’ outgroup helping: ingroupidentification, audience group membership, and perceived reputational benefit. In Study 1 (N = 112) we found that membersof a low status group (Keele University students) were most likely to offer to help raise funds for a high status group (Universityof Birmingham students) when they were high identifiers who had considered a negative metastereotype and believed thattheir responses would be viewed by an outgroup member. In Study 2 (N = 100) we found a similar effect in an intergroupcontext that referred to psychology students (low status ingroup) and junior doctors (high status outgroup), showing that theeffect was limited to people who perceived reputational benefit in helping the outgroup. The practical and social implicationsof these findings are discussed in relation to intergroup contact and international relations.

scholarly journals When Do Low Status Groups Help High Status Groups? The Moderating Effects of Ingroup Identification, Audience Group Membership, and Perceived Reputational Benefit

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuma Kevin Owuamalam ◽  
Mark Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
High Status ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Ingroup Identification

Previous research has demonstrated that, when negative metastereotypes are made salient, members of low status groups help members of high status groups in order to improve the reputation of their low status group and its associated social identity. The present research investigated three potential moderators of low status groups’ outgroup helping: ingroup identification, audience group membership, and perceived reputational benefit. In Study 1 (N = 112) we found that members of a low status group (Keele University students) were most likely to offer to help raise funds for a high status group (University of Birmingham students) when they were high identifiers who had considered a negative metastereotype and believed that their responses would be viewed by an outgroup member. In Study 2 (N = 100) we found a similar effect in an intergroup context that referred to psychology students (low status ingroup) and junior doctors (high status outgroup), showing that the effect was limited to people who perceived reputational benefit in helping the outgroup. The practical and social implications of these findings are discussed in relation to intergroup contact and international relations.

scholarly journals Support for group-based inequality among members of low-status groups as an ingroup status-enhancement strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catarina L. Carvalho ◽  
Isabel R. Pinto ◽  
Rui Costa-Lopes ◽  
Darío Paéz ◽  
José M. Marques
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
High Status ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Ingroup Identification ◽  
Minimal Groups ◽  
Status Enhancement

We discuss the idea that competition-based motives boost low-status group members’ support for group-based hierarchy and inequality. Specifically, the more low-status group members feel motivated to compete with a relevant high-status outgroup, based on the belief that existing status positions may be reversed, the more they will defend status differentials (i.e., high social dominance orientation; SDO). Using minimal groups (N = 113), we manipulated ingroup (low vs. high) status, and primed unstable status positions to all participants. As expected, we found that SDO positively mediates the relation between ingroup identification and collective action, when ingroup’s status is perceived to be low and status positions are perceived as highly unstable. We discuss the implications of considering situational and contextual factors to better understand individuals’ support for group-based hierarchies and inequality, and the advantages of considering ideological processes in predicting collective action.

"Failure as an asset" - When members of a high-status group profit from failure

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Stahlberg ◽  
Marc-Andre Reinhard ◽  
Matthias Messner
Keyword(s):  
High Status ◽  
Status Group

scholarly journals Legacies of war: Syrian narratives of conflict and visions of peace

2021 ◽  
pp. 001083672110326
Author(s):  
Kathrin Bachleitner
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
War Memory ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
State And Society ◽  
Group Belonging

This article is interested in the formation of war legacies and how they interact with social identities. It suggests a bottom-up approach towards examining the societal processes in which individuals create a legacy of war. It posits that through their narratives of conflict, by remembering what happened to them as a group, they mould the meaning and boundaries of how the group will be membered post-conflict. The validity of the theorised link between war memory and group membership is then tested in the case of Syria. In 200 interviews, Syrians provided their narratives of the conflict and their vision of a future Syrian state and society. The findings show that most respondents’ narratives follow a civic rationale, forming a society around civil rights and political ideas rather than around ethnic/sectarian divides. With this, the article contributes a new route for international relations scholars to understand the formation of war legacies through individuals’ narratives of conflict and explains their effects on ties of group belonging while also offering a glimpse into the Syrian ‘we’ amid the ongoing war in Syria.

Childhood Trauma and Current Depression Among Chinese University Students: a Moderated Mediation Model of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Neuroticism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qianqian Chu ◽  
Xiang Wang ◽  
Rui Yao ◽  
Jie Fan ◽  
Ya Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
University Students ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Abstract Background: Childhood trauma (CT) is considered as a highly risk factor for depression. Although the pathway of CT to depression, especially the mediating or moderating effects of cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS) or neuroticism, have investigated by several studies, the results were inconsistent and there is a paucity of full models among these interactive factors. This study aims to examine the relationships among CT, adaptive / maladaptive CERS, neuroticism and current depression symptoms in university students.Methods: We recruited 3009 students, aged averagely 18.00 (SD = 0.772) years, from universities in Hunan province in 2019. A moderated mediation model was built to examine the relationships among CT, CERS, neuroticism and current depression using the SPSS PROCESS 3.5 macro. We conducted bootstrapping of regression estimates with 5,000 samples and 95% confidence interval.Results:Results revealed that the significant mediating effects of adaptive CERS (β = 0.0117; 95% CI: 0.0061 to 0.0181) and maladaptive CERS (β = 0.0278; 95% CI: 0.0161 to 0.0401) between CT and depression were observed, accounting for 5.690% and 13.521% of the total effect respectively. Then, moderated mediation analyses results showed that neuroticism simultaneously moderated the direct effect of CT on current depression (β = 0.035; 95% CI: 0.001 to 0.009), and the indirect effects of CT on current depression through adaptive CERS (adaptive CERS – current depression: β = -0.034; 95% CI: -0.007 to -0.001) and maladaptive CERS (maladaptive CERS – current depression: β = 0.157; 95% CI: 0.017 to 0.025). However, the moderating effects of neuroticism in the indirect paths from CT to adaptive CERS (β = 0.037; 95% CI: 0.000 to 0.014) and maladaptive CERS (β = -0.001; 95% CI: -0.006 to 0.005) were not significant.Conclusions: This study provides powerful evidences through a large university students sample for the mediating role of adaptive / maladaptive CERS and the moderating role of neuroticism between CT and current depression. This manifests that cognitive emotion regulation may be a vital factor for people who suffered from CT and current depression. Furthermore, the influence of neuroticism in this process cannot be ignored.

scholarly journals How well do Canadian distance education students understand plagiarism?

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Ann Kier
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Understanding ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Education Courses

<p>This project ascertains how well students taking online, distance education courses at a Canadian university recognize plagiarised material and how well they paraphrase. It also assesses the types of errors made<em>. </em>Slightly more than half of 420 psychology students correctly selected plagiarised phrases from four multiple choice<em> </em>questions. Only a minority was able to rewrite a phrase properly in their own words. A more diverse sample of university students also had difficulty recognizing plagiarised passages from multiple choice options. The poor ability of students to identify plagiarised passages may suggest poor understanding of the concept. Students may benefit from training to improve their understanding of plagiarism.</p>

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