Knowles Megan L, Gardner Wendi L
Northwestern University, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2008 Sep;34(9):1200-13. doi: 10.1177/0146167208320062. Epub 2008 Jun 24.
Groups vary in the range of benefits they provide to members, but one potential benefit of membership is a confirmation of individuals' sense of belonging to a larger social whole. The current studies present an exploration of this potential benefit by examining the activation and amplification of group identities and memberships following rejection. Results demonstrate that rejected participants exhibited heightened activation of group constructs, social identities, and idiosyncratic group memberships (Studies 1 and 2) and judged their own groups to be more entitative (meaningful and cohesive) than other groups (Study 3) as compared to controls. Moreover, heightened activation of group constructs and entitative group memberships after rejection was associated with higher self-esteem (Studies 1 and 2) and more positive mood (Study 4). The potential use of group identity activation and amplification as an indirect belonging regulation strategy is discussed within the context of a broader belonging regulation model.
不同群体为成员提供的福利范围各不相同，但成为群体成员的一个潜在好处是能确认个人对更大社会整体的归属感。当前的研究通过考察被拒绝后群体身份和成员身份的激活与强化，对这一潜在好处进行了探索。结果表明，与对照组相比，被拒绝的参与者表现出群体概念、社会身份和特殊群体成员身份的激活增强（研究1和2），并认为自己所属的群体比其他群体更具实体性（有意义且有凝聚力）（研究3）。此外，被拒绝后群体概念和实体性群体成员身份的激活增强与更高的自尊（研究1和2）和更积极的情绪（研究4）相关。本文在更广泛的归属感调节模型背景下，讨论了将群体身份激活与强化作为一种间接归属感调节策略的潜在用途。
