Citation

Abrams D, Rutland A, Cameron L. Child Dev. 2003; 74(6): 1840-1856.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. D.Abrams@kent.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14669899

Abstract

A developmental model of subjective group dynamics suggests that social identity is sustained first by intergroup biases and later by intragroup biases. In this study 476 English children 5 to 11 years old evaluated the English and German soccer teams, and judged in-group or out-group members whose attitudes toward the teams was normative versus antinormative. Children of all ages expressed intergroup bias. Differential evaluation against in-group deviants and in favor of out-group deviants strengthened with age. Understanding of targets' relative acceptability (differential inclusion) among in-group and out-group members mediated the effects of age and intergroup bias on intragroup bias. Identification with the in-group moderated the effects only among older children.

Language: en