‘We will show our strength!: the independentists’ support for group-based hierarchy to guarantee and legitimate ingroup status-enhancement

• Autores: Catarina L. Carvalho, Isabel R. Pinto, Darío Páez Rovira, Rui Costa Lopes, José M. Marques
• Localización: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social, ISSN-e 1579-3680, ISSN 0213-4748, Vol. 37, Nº 2, 2022, págs. 271-308
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2022.2038420
• Títulos paralelos:
  • ‘¡Mostraremos nuestra fuerza!’: el apoyo de los independentistas a la jerarquía basada en el grupo para garantizar y legitimar la mejora del estatus del endogrupo
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    Proponemos que el apoyo a la jerarquía basada en el grupo entre los miembros de grupos subordinados o de bajo estatus puede ser potenciado por la creencia de que el endogrupo puede alcanzar un estatus más alto en el futuro. Específicamente, cuantos más los individuos crean que su grupo puede alcanzar un estatus superior, mayor será el apoyo a las relaciones jerárquicas intergrupales (es decir, orientación a la dominancia social (ODS) alta), al fomentar el favoritismo en el endogrupo. A su vez, la ODS se asociaría positivamente con tendencias a la acción colectiva, incrementando las intenciones de competición social. Utilizando muestras de Cataluña (N = 152) y del País Vasco (N = 262), los resultados mostraron que las creencias de los defensores de la independencia de que el estatus del endogrupo mejoraría en el futuro reforzaban la ODS de los participantes, a través de sentimientos nacionalistas (es decir, sesgo del endogrupo), pero no a través del patriotismo, en la muestra catalana, y de forma directa en la muestra vasca. A su vez, la ODS aumentó las acciones colectivas en pro de la independencia, reforzando la motivación individual para competir con el exogrupo opositor dominante (región de Madrid), especialmente en la muestra catalana. Abordamos las implicaciones de considerar factores situacionales y contextuales para comprender mejor el apoyo de los individuos a las jerarquías basadas en grupos y la desigualdad.

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    We propose that support for group-based hierarchy among members of low-status or subordinate groups may be boosted by beliefs in future ingroup high status. Specifically, the more individuals believe their group may hold a higher status, the more they support hierarchical intergroup relations (i.e., high social dominance orientation; SDO), by boosting ingroup favouritism. In turn, SDO should be positively associated with collective action tendencies by increasing social competition intentions. Using samples from Catalonia (N = 152) and the Basque Country (N = 262), results showed that independence supporters’ beliefs in future ingroup status enhancement reinforced participants’ SDO, through nationalist sentiments (i.e., ingroup bias) but not through patriotism in the Catalan sample, and directly in the Basque sample. In turn, SDO increased collective actions towards independence by reinforcing individuals’ motivation to compete with the opponent dominant outgroup (Madrid region), especially in the Catalan sample. We discuss the implications of considering situational and contextual factors to better understand individuals’ support for group-based hierarchies and inequality.

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