Kessler, Thomas, Mummendey, Amélie, Funke, Friedrich, Brown, Rupert, Binder, Jens, Zagefka, Hanna, Leyens, Jacques-Philippe, Demoulin, Stéphanie and Maquil, Annemie (2010) We all live in Germany but ... Ingroup projection, group-based emotions and prejudice against immigrants. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40 (6). pp. 985-997. ISSN 0046-2772

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Abstract

Immigration, cultural diversity and integration are among the most central challenges for modern societies. Integration is often impeded by negative emotions and prejudices held by the majority members towards immigrants in a common society. Based on the ingroup projection model (Mummendey & Wenzel, 1999), we examined the impact of perceived relative ingroup prototypicality on intergroup emotions and prejudice. Additionally, we examined whether this impact is causal and explored the issue of causality in more detail contrasting a linear causal model with bi-directional or reciprocal causality. Hypotheses were tested in a study with a two-wave panel of majority members (N=1085) in Germany. We examined the proposed relations between relative ingroup prototypicality, intergroup emotions and prejudice and determined the causal direction of these relationships. Results support the predictive power of relative ingroup prototypicality on intergroup emotions and prejudice. Moreover, most causal relations between our measures are reciprocally causal. We discuss the implications of these findings for the general conception of prejudice and intergroup emotions. Copyright 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Psychology > Psychology
Depositing User:	Rupert Brown
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 15:38
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2012 12:08
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/13628

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