Retaliation against the outgroup: The role of self-uncertainty. (August 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Retaliation against the outgroup: The role of self-uncertainty. (August 2019)
- Main Title:
- Retaliation against the outgroup: The role of self-uncertainty
- Authors:
- Niedbala, Elizabeth M.
Hohman, Zachary P. - Abstract:
- Outgroups who threaten the core aspects of one's identity, such as one's social group and its values, may make group members feel self-uncertain. Because past research associates uncertainty with defensive behavior, we propose that self-uncertainty will drive aggressive retaliation against a threatening outgroup. Two experiments tested the role of self-uncertainty in retaliation motivation. In Experiment 1, university students were threatened by their school rival and then reported self-uncertainty and willingness to retaliate. The threat evoked anger and caused male group members to feel significantly more self-uncertain, which was associated with significantly greater retaliation motivation. In Experiment 2, we manipulated Americans' feelings of self-uncertainty and threat from a terrorist group, ISIS. Uncertain males were significantly more willing to retaliate against ISIS after threats that caused anger and fear. For male group members, outgroup threat increases self-uncertainty, which then motivates them to be more willing to violently retaliate.
- Is Part Of:
- Group processes and intergroup relations. Volume 22:Number 5(2019)
- Journal:
- Group processes and intergroup relations
- Issue:
- Volume 22:Number 5(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 22, Issue 5 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0022-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 708
- Page End:
- 723
- Publication Date:
- 2019-08
- Subjects:
- intergroup emotions -- intergroup relations -- retaliation -- self-uncertainty -- threat
Intergroup relations -- Periodicals
Social groups -- Periodicals
302.305 - Journal URLs:
- http://gpi.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1368430218767027 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1368-4302
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