The impact of incidental fear and anger on in- and outgroup attitudes

• Authors: Marcin Bukowski , Piotr Dragon , Małgorzata Kossowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this research was to examine the impact of two specific negative emotions of anger and fear on intergroup attitudes. In Study 1 we measured emotions of anger and fear and in Study 2 we evoked these emotions incidentally, that is independently of any intergroup context. In both studies we measured attitudes towards the ingroup (Polish) and the outgroup (Gypsies).We expected that fear would lead to more positive ingroup attitudes and anger to more negative outgroup attitudes. The results of the correlational study (Study 1) confirmed the predictions regarding anger and decreased outgroup evaluations, and the experimental study (Study 2) revealed that fear enhanced positivity towards the ingroup, but anger increased negativity towards the outgroup. The impact of fear and anger on social attitudes in the specific context of a negatively self-stereotyped ingroup is discussed.

Keywords

EN

fear; anger; intergroup attitudes; negative ingroup stereotypes

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 312-317

Dates

published

2014-09-01

online

2014-09-09

Contributors

author

Marcin Bukowski

• Jagiellonian University, Institute of Psychology, Al. Mickiewicza 3, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

author

Piotr Dragon

• Jagiellonian University, Institute of Psychology, Al. Mickiewicza 3, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

author

Małgorzata Kossowska

• Jagiellonian University, Institute of Psychology, Al. Mickiewicza 3, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/ppb-2014-0038