The impact of ethnophaulism used by ingroup on identification, cohesion, entitativity and collective self-esteem of the ingroup

摘要

An ethnophaulism used by an ingroup member may lead to increased ingroup entitativity (Motley & Craig-Henderson, 2007), especially for minority group members (Verkuyten, 2005). We aim to study the effect of using a negative ethnophaulism, as self-label, by the ingroup, on the ingroup identification, cohesion, entitativity and collective self-esteem. Independent variables are group status (majority/ minority) and self-labeling (ethnophaulism/control). Results show a main effect of self-labeling increasing cohesion, identification and entitativity, but no effect of self-labeling on collective self-esteem.