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Self-Stereotyping in the Face of Threats to Group Status and Distinctiveness: The Role of Group Identification

University of Amsterdam sp_spears{at}macmail.psy.uva.nl

Bertjan Doosje

University of Amsterdam

Naomi Ellemers

Free University, Amsterdam

In four studies, effects of self-perceived or public-perceived threats to group status or group distinctiveness on self-stereotyping (defined as similarity to prototypical in-group members) were investigated for people with high or low in-group identification. The main prediction was that high and low identifiers will respond differentially when their group's status or distinctiveness is threatened such that self-stereotyping is reduced for low identifiers but enhanced for high identifiers. Although the four studies investigated different comparison groups and different kinds of group threat, the results of all studies provided support for the prediction, and this was confirmed by a meta-analysis. This supports the authors' argument that the initial level of group identification determines whether group members are likely to set themselves apart from the rest of their group or to show group solidarity when their identity as group members is threatened.

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