Cargando…

Intergroup Reconciliation between Flemings and Walloons: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Style, Authoritarian Ideology, and Intergroup Emotions

Testifying to the gap in fundamental research on positive intergroup outcomes, we investigated reconciliation attitudes in a non-violent intergroup context (i.e., the linguistic conflict in Belgium). By incorporating both important predictors of negative outgroup attitudes (i.e., individual differen...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Van Assche, Jasper, Bostyn, Dries, De keersmaecker, Jonas, Dardenne, Benoit, Hansenne, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30479797
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/pb.333
_version_ 1783364243605684224
author Van Assche, Jasper
Bostyn, Dries
De keersmaecker, Jonas
Dardenne, Benoit
Hansenne, Michel
author_facet Van Assche, Jasper
Bostyn, Dries
De keersmaecker, Jonas
Dardenne, Benoit
Hansenne, Michel
author_sort Van Assche, Jasper
collection PubMed
description Testifying to the gap in fundamental research on positive intergroup outcomes, we investigated reconciliation attitudes in a non-violent intergroup context (i.e., the linguistic conflict in Belgium). By incorporating both important predictors of negative outgroup attitudes (i.e., individual differences in rigid cognitive styles and authoritarian ideologies), and important predictors of reconciliation (i.e., intergroup emotions), we aimed to contribute to a more comprehensive theoretical framework for the analysis of intergroup relations. We recruited one Flemish (N = 310) and one Walloon (N = 365) undergraduate students sample to test the proposed model. Structural equation analyses with maximum likelihood estimation were conducted using the Lavaan package. In both samples, similar patterns were found. More in particular, the need for cognitive closure appeared to be the basic predictor of right-wing attitudes (i.e., right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation) and essentialist thinking, which were then associated with less outgroup empathy and trust, and more outgroup anger. Furthermore, outgroup trust and empathy were positively related to reconciliation. Interestingly, some differences between the Flemish and Walloon sample were found, such as the direct effects of need for closure and social dominance orientation in the first sample, and the non-significant effects of essentialism in the latter sample. Considering the ongoing public and political debate about the linguistic conflict in Belgium, these findings shed a new light on how individual differences relate to specific outgroup emotions, and how these are associated with important intergroup outcomes in the face of intergroup conflict.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6194543
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher Ubiquity Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-61945432018-11-26 Intergroup Reconciliation between Flemings and Walloons: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Style, Authoritarian Ideology, and Intergroup Emotions Van Assche, Jasper Bostyn, Dries De keersmaecker, Jonas Dardenne, Benoit Hansenne, Michel Psychol Belg Research Article Testifying to the gap in fundamental research on positive intergroup outcomes, we investigated reconciliation attitudes in a non-violent intergroup context (i.e., the linguistic conflict in Belgium). By incorporating both important predictors of negative outgroup attitudes (i.e., individual differences in rigid cognitive styles and authoritarian ideologies), and important predictors of reconciliation (i.e., intergroup emotions), we aimed to contribute to a more comprehensive theoretical framework for the analysis of intergroup relations. We recruited one Flemish (N = 310) and one Walloon (N = 365) undergraduate students sample to test the proposed model. Structural equation analyses with maximum likelihood estimation were conducted using the Lavaan package. In both samples, similar patterns were found. More in particular, the need for cognitive closure appeared to be the basic predictor of right-wing attitudes (i.e., right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation) and essentialist thinking, which were then associated with less outgroup empathy and trust, and more outgroup anger. Furthermore, outgroup trust and empathy were positively related to reconciliation. Interestingly, some differences between the Flemish and Walloon sample were found, such as the direct effects of need for closure and social dominance orientation in the first sample, and the non-significant effects of essentialism in the latter sample. Considering the ongoing public and political debate about the linguistic conflict in Belgium, these findings shed a new light on how individual differences relate to specific outgroup emotions, and how these are associated with important intergroup outcomes in the face of intergroup conflict. Ubiquity Press 2017-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6194543/ /pubmed/30479797 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/pb.333 Text en Copyright: © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
spellingShingle Research Article
Van Assche, Jasper
Bostyn, Dries
De keersmaecker, Jonas
Dardenne, Benoit
Hansenne, Michel
Intergroup Reconciliation between Flemings and Walloons: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Style, Authoritarian Ideology, and Intergroup Emotions
title Intergroup Reconciliation between Flemings and Walloons: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Style, Authoritarian Ideology, and Intergroup Emotions
title_full Intergroup Reconciliation between Flemings and Walloons: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Style, Authoritarian Ideology, and Intergroup Emotions
title_fullStr Intergroup Reconciliation between Flemings and Walloons: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Style, Authoritarian Ideology, and Intergroup Emotions
title_full_unstemmed Intergroup Reconciliation between Flemings and Walloons: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Style, Authoritarian Ideology, and Intergroup Emotions
title_short Intergroup Reconciliation between Flemings and Walloons: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Style, Authoritarian Ideology, and Intergroup Emotions
title_sort intergroup reconciliation between flemings and walloons: the predictive value of cognitive style, authoritarian ideology, and intergroup emotions
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30479797
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/pb.333
work_keys_str_mv AT vanasschejasper intergroupreconciliationbetweenflemingsandwalloonsthepredictivevalueofcognitivestyleauthoritarianideologyandintergroupemotions
AT bostyndries intergroupreconciliationbetweenflemingsandwalloonsthepredictivevalueofcognitivestyleauthoritarianideologyandintergroupemotions
AT dekeersmaeckerjonas intergroupreconciliationbetweenflemingsandwalloonsthepredictivevalueofcognitivestyleauthoritarianideologyandintergroupemotions
AT dardennebenoit intergroupreconciliationbetweenflemingsandwalloonsthepredictivevalueofcognitivestyleauthoritarianideologyandintergroupemotions
AT hansennemichel intergroupreconciliationbetweenflemingsandwalloonsthepredictivevalueofcognitivestyleauthoritarianideologyandintergroupemotions