Do Members of Disadvantaged Groups Explain Group Status With Group Stereotypes?

Recent research on group attitudes in members of disadvantaged groups has provided evidence that group evaluations closely align with societal stigma, reflecting outgroup favoritism in members of those groups that are most strongly stigmatized. While outgroup favoritism is clearly evident among some...

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Autores principales:	Juliane Degner, Joelle-Cathrin Floether, Iniobong Essien
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	disadvantaged groups system justification theory rejection identification model intergroup attitudes status perceptions Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b501ec915bb94696ac063fa4751ba73c2021-11-18T04:45:36ZDo Members of Disadvantaged Groups Explain Group Status With Group Stereotypes?1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.750606https://doaj.org/article/b501ec915bb94696ac063fa4751ba73c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.750606/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Recent research on group attitudes in members of disadvantaged groups has provided evidence that group evaluations closely align with societal stigma, reflecting outgroup favoritism in members of those groups that are most strongly stigmatized. While outgroup favoritism is clearly evident among some groups, there is still debate about the psychological mechanisms underlying outgroup favoritism. The current research focuses on a less intensively examined aspect of outgroup favoritism, namely the use of status-legitimizing group stereotypes. We present data from members of four disadvantaged groups (i.e., persons who self-categorize as gay or lesbian, n = 205; Black or African American, n = 209; overweight n = 200, or are aged 60–75 years n = 205), who reported the perceived status of their ingroup and a comparison majority outgroup and provided explanations for their status perceptions. Contrary to assumptions from System Justification Theory, participants rarely explained perceived group status differences with group stereotypes, whereas they frequently explained ingroup disadvantage with perceived stigmatization and/or systemic reasons. Further exploratory analyses indicated that participants’ status explanations were related to measures of intergroup attitudes, ideological beliefs, stigma consciousness, and experienced discrimination. Our results highlight the need to develop a better understanding whether, under what circumstances, and with which consequences members of disadvantaged groups use group stereotypes as attributions of ingroup status and status differences.Juliane DegnerJoelle-Cathrin FloetherIniobong EssienFrontiers Media S.A.articledisadvantaged groupssystem justification theoryrejection identification modelintergroup attitudesstatus perceptionsPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	disadvantaged groups system justification theory rejection identification model intergroup attitudes status perceptions Psychology BF1-990 Juliane Degner Joelle-Cathrin Floether Iniobong Essien Do Members of Disadvantaged Groups Explain Group Status With Group Stereotypes?
description	Recent research on group attitudes in members of disadvantaged groups has provided evidence that group evaluations closely align with societal stigma, reflecting outgroup favoritism in members of those groups that are most strongly stigmatized. While outgroup favoritism is clearly evident among some groups, there is still debate about the psychological mechanisms underlying outgroup favoritism. The current research focuses on a less intensively examined aspect of outgroup favoritism, namely the use of status-legitimizing group stereotypes. We present data from members of four disadvantaged groups (i.e., persons who self-categorize as gay or lesbian, n = 205; Black or African American, n = 209; overweight n = 200, or are aged 60–75 years n = 205), who reported the perceived status of their ingroup and a comparison majority outgroup and provided explanations for their status perceptions. Contrary to assumptions from System Justification Theory, participants rarely explained perceived group status differences with group stereotypes, whereas they frequently explained ingroup disadvantage with perceived stigmatization and/or systemic reasons. Further exploratory analyses indicated that participants’ status explanations were related to measures of intergroup attitudes, ideological beliefs, stigma consciousness, and experienced discrimination. Our results highlight the need to develop a better understanding whether, under what circumstances, and with which consequences members of disadvantaged groups use group stereotypes as attributions of ingroup status and status differences.
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title	Do Members of Disadvantaged Groups Explain Group Status With Group Stereotypes?
title_short	Do Members of Disadvantaged Groups Explain Group Status With Group Stereotypes?
title_full	Do Members of Disadvantaged Groups Explain Group Status With Group Stereotypes?
title_fullStr	Do Members of Disadvantaged Groups Explain Group Status With Group Stereotypes?
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Do Members of Disadvantaged Groups Explain Group Status With Group Stereotypes?

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