title: Core disgust is attenuated by ingroup relations.
abstract: We present the first experimental evidence to our knowledge that ingroup relations attenuate core disgust and that this helps explain the ability of groups to coact. In study 1, 45 student participants smelled a sweaty t-shirt bearing the logo of another university, with either their student identity (ingroup condition), their specific university identity (outgroup condition), or their personal identity (interpersonal condition) made salient. Self-reported disgust was lower in the ingroup condition than in the other conditions, and disgust mediated the relationship between condition and willingness to interact with target. In study 2, 90 student participants smelled a sweaty target t-shirt bearing either the logo of their own university, another university, or no logo, with either their student identity or their specific university identity made salient. Walking time to wash hands and pumps of soap indicated that disgust was lower where the relationship between participant and target was ingroup rather than outgroup or ambivalent (no logo).
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, United Kingdom;
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Reicher
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, United Kingdom;
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Templeton
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, United Kingdom;
authors.forename: Fergus
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Neville
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Lucienne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom j.drury@sussex.ac.uk.
authors.forename: John
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7748-5128
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drury
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012919:Social Behavior; D012933:Social Identification; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities
keywords: coaction; disgust; group processes; groups; social identity