title: Out-group threats and distress as antecedents of common in-group identity among majority and minority group members in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to examine the role of out-group threats in fostering one-group perceptions directly and indirectly via post-traumatic stress symptoms in the aftermath of a natural disaster. We also tested whether these relationships differ depending on the ethnic group of belonging (majority vs. minority). Participants were 589 Italians and 122 immigrants from a region strongly affected by the earthquakes that struck Northern Italy in 2012. Results revealed that among Italians threat stemming from negative out-group behaviour was associated positively with post-traumatic stress symptoms and negatively with perceptions of being a common group with immigrant survivors. Among immigrants, threat posed by the out-group for economic resources was positively associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms and, indirectly, with higher one-group perceptions.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Educazione e Scienze Umane, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Loris
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vezzali
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Educazione e Scienze Umane, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Versari
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Educazione e Scienze Umane, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cadamuro
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trifiletti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Educazione e Scienze Umane, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Antonio
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Di Bernardo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D000077587:Natural Disasters; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Common in-group identity; Earthquake; Intergroup threat; Natural disasters; Post-traumatic stress symptoms