- Title
- Bad is stronger than good for stigmatized, but not admired outgroups: meta-analytical tests of intergroup valence asymmetry in individual-to-group generalization experiments
- Creator
- Paolini, Stefania; McIntyre, Kylie
- Relation
- ARC.DP0770704 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0770704
- Relation
- Personality and Social Psychology Review Vol. 23, Issue 1, p. 3-47
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1088868317753504
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Theories of risk aversion, epistemic defense, and ingroup enhancement converge in predicting greater impact of negative (vs. positive) experiences with outgroup members on generalized evaluations of stigmatized outgroups. However, they diverge in predictions for admired outgroups. Past tests have focused on negative outgroups using correlational designs without a control group. Consequently, they have not distinguished between alternative explanations or ascertained the direction of causality/generalization, and they have suffered from self-selection biases. These limitations were redressed by a meta-analysis of experimental research on individual-to-group generalization with positive and negative outgroups (59 tests; 3,012 participants). Controlling for modest confounds, the meta-analysis found a generalization advantage of negative experiences for stigmatized outgroups and a generalization advantage of positive experiences for admired outgroups. These results highlight the centrality of valenced expectations about outgroups, consistent with epistemic defense and ingroup enhancement and inconsistent with risk aversion. Implications for positive changes in intergroup dynamics are discussed.
- Subject
- valence asymmetry; negative intergroup contact; prejudice and stereotype change and maintenance; risk appraisal; schema consistency; self-enhancement; self-categorization theory; individual-to-group generalization
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1404107
- Identifier
- uon:35276
- Identifier
- ISSN:1088-8683
- Rights
- © 2019 Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
- Language
- eng
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