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Title: Ingroup love, outgroup hate, and the gateway group effect: Comparing the direct and indirect impact of dual versus single identification
Decades of research in social identity have shown that people instinctively hold positive attitudes towards ingroup members and negative attitudes towards outgroup members. However, it remains unclear how people respond to individuals explicitly identified with both one’s ingroup and outgroup. We propose that when people are exposed to dual-identified individuals and groups (e.g., Muslim-Americans explicitly identifying with both their Muslim and American identities), intergroup attitudes will improve, driven more by the ingroup component (American), despite the presence of the outgroup component (Muslim). Moreover, we suggest exposure to dual-identification can also improve attitudes toward the broader outgroup (Muslims more generally), a phenomenon called the gateway-group effect. To test these hypotheses, we created a new measure of dual-identification and conducted three studies involving both Muslim-Americans and Mexican-Americans. Results confirmed that exposure to explicitly dual-identified groups improved attitudes towards the dual-identified group (e.g., Mexican-Americans) as well as toward the respective outgroup (e.g., Mexicans).  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1823763
PAR ID:
10473898
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Editor(s):
Windmann, Sabine
Publisher / Repository:
PLODS ONE
Date Published:
Journal Name:
PLOS ONE
Volume:
18
Issue:
8
ISSN:
1932-6203
Page Range / eLocation ID:
e0287631
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Gateway Groups Group Identification Intergroup Relations Mexicans Muslims Social Identity
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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