Temporal causal links between outgroup attitudes and social categorization: The case of Hong kong 1997 transition
Temporal causal links between outgroup attitudes and social categorization: The case of Hong kong 1997 transition
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DOI：
10.1177/1368430206062081
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发表时间：
2006-04-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Hansen, IG
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作者：
Hong, YY;Liao, HY;Hansen, IG
社会认同理论认为，人们的社会分类使内群体偏爱和外群体歧视。然而，在政治过渡期间（南非的民主选举和东西德统一）进行的研究表明，社会分类和群体间的态度之间的因果关系的混合方向。为了进一步探讨这个问题，我们在一九九七年香港回归期间进行了两项纵向研究。研究一揭示了香港被试的社会分类和他们对中国大陆人的态度之间的混合时间因果关系在四个波。在研究二中，我们举办了一个夏令营，让香港参与者接触来自中国大陆的新移民。在此条件下，香港被试先前对大陆人的态度预测了他们随后的社会分类。这些调查结果被解释为在政治过渡期间的群体间关系。
Social identity theories have posited that people's social categorization renders ingroup favoritism and outgroup discrimination. However, studies conducted during political transitions (South Africa's democratic election and East-West German unification) have revealed mixed directions of the causal links between social categorization and intergroup attitudes. To further address this issue, we conducted two longitudinal studies during the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Study I revealed mixed temporal causal links between Hong Kong participants' social categorization and their attitudes toward Chinese Mainlanders across four waves. In Study 2, we conducted a summer camp in which Hong Kong participants came into contact with new immigrants from Mainland China. In this condition, Hong Kong participants' prior attitudes toward Mainlanders predicted their subsequent social categorization. These findings were interpreted in terms of intergroup relations during political transitions.