Intergroup conflict, out-group derogation, and self-directed negative affect among Italian South Tyroleans.
In South Tyrol, a multiethnic Italian province, the authors examined the self-directed negative affect that members of an Italian group experienced after they evaluated members of the German and Albanian groups. The authors examined the affect as a function of out-group derogation. The authors argued that to the extent that out-group derogation may run counter to norms toward intergroup fairness, such normative nonconformity will elicit negative affect directed at the self as a function of perceived intergroup conflict. The findings support the authors' line of reasoning: among Italian South Tyroleans, those who expressed greater out-group derogation were led to experience stronger negative self-directed affect when they rated a low-conflict out-group, but not when they rated a high-conflict out-group, compared to participants whose out-group derogation was less.
Costarelli
Sandro
S
Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy. sandro.costarelli@unitn.it
Colloca
Pasquale
P
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires