Group-centric attitudes mediate the relationship between need for closure and intergroup hostility

Michelle Dugas; Noa Schori-Eyal; Arie W. Kruglanski; Yechiel Klar; Kate Touchton-Leonard; Andrew McNeill; Michele J. Gelfand; Sonia Roccas

doi:10.1177/1368430217699462

Group-centric attitudes mediate the relationship between need for closure and intergroup hostility

Michelle Dugas, Noa Schori-Eyal, Arie W. Kruglanski, Yechiel Klar, Kate Touchton-Leonard, Andrew McNeill, Michele J. Gelfand, Sonia Roccas

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A model of the relationship between need for closure (NFC) and intergroup hostility was tested in four studies. According to the model, heightened NFC promotes glorification of the ingroup which fosters support for extreme measures against the group’s perceived enemies. In a parallel process, high level of NFC induces perceptions of ingroup victimhood, which also adds support for aggressive actions toward rival outgroups. In the first two studies, conducted in Palestine’s West Bank (Study 1) and in the United States (Study 2), NFC promoted a greater sense of moral entitlement to engage in violence against the outgroup, and this was mediated by perceived ingroup victimhood. The subsequent two studies tested the full hypothesized parallel mediation model among students in Northern Ireland (Study 3) and Jewish-Israelis (Study 4). Results largely supported the proposed model. Findings are discussed in relation to additional evidence linking NFC to phenomena of intergroup hostility.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1155-1171
Number of pages	17
Journal	Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
Volume	21
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217699462
State	Published - 1 Dec 2018

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This research was supported in part by a doctoral award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada awarded to the first author.

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Keywords

collective victimhood
ingroup glorification
intergroup hostility
need for closure

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