Journal article
In- and out-groups across cultures: Identities and perceived group values
Social science research, Vol.97, pp.102569-102569
07/01/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102569
PMID: 34045009
Abstract
Distinguishing and privileging one's in-groups from out-groups appears to be a human universal, though theories about why and how this happens diverge. This paper contributes to understanding these processes by adding cross-cultural, ecological validity to a demographic understanding of a) which in- and out-groups are prevalent in four distinct societies and b) discernible patterns in the values that members of these groups are perceived to hold. Our results suggest that respondents see in-groups, often their family, as conventionally moral (caring for others) across societies, while typically perceiving a range of disparate out-groups as hedonistic and self-serving. We find both commonalities and distinctions in third-order beliefs ('what I believe they believe') across four samples, yet all highlight one axis of Schwartz's value scheme capturing conventional morality as central for feelings of affiliation with in-groups and 'othering' for out-groups.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- In- and out-groups across cultures: Identities and perceived group values
- Creators
- Steven Hitlin - University of IowaHye Won Kwon - University of TurkuRengin Firat - University of California, Riverside
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social science research, Vol.97, pp.102569-102569
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102569
- PMID
- 34045009
- ISSN
- 0049-089X
- eISSN
- 1096-0317
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- W911NF-13-1-0342 / U.S. Department of Defense; United States Department of Defense U.S. Army Research Office/Army Research Laboratory under the Minerva Research Initiative
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984305977202771
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