Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1993 · 499 citations · 33 references
Social SciencesPsychologySocial PsychologyGroup DynamicsGroup ProcessesIntergroup RelationsGroup IdentityIntergroup BiasRelative DeprivationSocial IdentitySocial Identity In GroupsStatus In GroupsDependent VariablesGroup Relative DeprivationIn-group IdentificationPerceived Group Status ThreatPerceived Outgroup StatusPersonal Relative DeprivationStatus LegitimacySubjective Relative Deprivation
Low‑status legitimacy influences how group members accept their status. The study tested social identity and relative deprivation theory predictions about low‑status group membership using a 3×2×2 between‑subject design. In‑group identification and individual and collective mobility attempts were the main dependent variables. Experiment 1 found that illegitimate low‑status assignment increased in‑group identification, whereas Experiment 2 showed that illegitimate allocation of individuals to a low‑status group decreased group identification.
Two experiments investigated predictions from social identity theory and relative deprivation theory regarding membership in low-status groups, using a 3 (legitimacy of low status)×2 (permeability of group boundaries)×2 (stability of group status) between-subjects design. Main dependent variables concerned in-group identification and individual and collective mobility attempts. Group members considered their low status more acceptable when it seemed legitimate. In Experiment 1 (N=184), illegitimate assignment of low status to the Ss' group increased in-group identification. In Experiment 2 (N=178), illegitimate allocation of individual Ss to a low-status group decreased group identification
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