title: The attribution of primary and secondary emotions to the in-group and to the out-group: the case of equal status countries.
abstract: We examined the attribution of primary and secondary emotions in the context of equal status groups with a non-conflictual relationship, that is, Germans and French. In Study 1 (N = 169), we found that in such an intergroup context, there was no differential attribution of secondary emotions but an over-attribution of primary emotions to the out-group. Only high identifiers tended to attribute more secondary emotions to the in-group than to the out-group. In Study 2 (N = 423), the role of the identification with the in-group and a superordinate group (Europe) in the process of infrahumanization was examined. Participants' national versus European identification was primed. The results did not differ between these two conditions. As in Study 1, an over-attribution of primary emotions to the out-group was observed. Concerning the secondary emotions, the classical infrahumanization effect occurred, that is, an over-attribution of secondary emotions to the in-group.
authors.affiliation: University of Applied Sciences, Hüfferstrasse 27, 48149, Münster, Germany. rohmann@fh-muenster.de
authors.forename: Anette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rohmann
authors.forename: Paula M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Niedenthal
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brauer
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castano
authors.forename: Jacques-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Leyens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D004644:Emotions; D005060:Europe; D005602:France; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D012928:Social Desirability; D012933:Social Identification; D055815:Young Adult