title: Social identity salience shapes group-based emotions through group-based appraisals.
abstract: Group-based emotions have been conceptualised as being rooted in perceivers' social identity. Consistent with this idea, previous research has shown that social identity salience affects group-based emotions, but no research to date has directly examined the role of group-based appraisals in comparison with individual appraisals. In the present studies, we measured group-based appraisals through a thought-listing procedure. In Experiment 1, we explicitly reminded people of their group identity, which led to the predicted change in group-based anger. This effect was mediated by group-based appraisals. In Experiment 2, participants either discussed a group-relevant scenario in small groups or a related topic irrelevant to the group. The group-relevant condition not only led to stronger indignation but the perceived presence of group-based appraisals was also related to participants' reports of indignation. These results provide further evidence for the importance of group-based appraisals as components of group-based emotions.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Université Catholique de Louvain , Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium.
authors.forename: Toon
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuppens
authors.forename: Vincent Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Yzerbyt
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dandache
authors.forename: Agneta H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Job
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Schalk
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D055815:Young Adult