Threats to identity, self-esteem and intergroup discrimination

John A. Hunter; Kerry O'Brien; Maurice Stringer

Threats to identity, self-esteem and intergroup discrimination

John A. Hunter, Kerry O'Brien, Maurice Stringer

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Abstract

The present study sought to test two hypotheses. The first was that intergroup discrimination leads to increased self-esteem. The second was that threatened self-esteem (i.e., operationalized here as the extent to which people believe that the ingroup is negatively evaluated by an outgroup) would lead to increased intergroup discrimination. Support was found for both hypotheses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	937-942
Number of pages	6
Journal	Social Behavior and Personality
Volume	35
Issue number	7
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

Discrimination
Identity
Intergroup
New Zealand
Self-esteem

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Threats to identity, self-esteem and intergroup discrimination

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