Reducing Intergroup Bias: The Moderating Role of Ingroup Identification

Richard J. Crisp (1) , Sarah R. Beck (1)

1 University of Birmingham [Birmingham]

Recent work developing interventions designed to reduce intergroup bias has sometimes yielded disparate findings. We tested whether the varying effectiveness of such interventions may have a motivational basis. In two experiments we examined whether differential ingroup identification moderated the effectiveness of a differentiation-reducing intervention strategy. In Experiment 1, thinking of characteristics shared between the ingroup and outgroup reduced ingroup favoritism to a greater extent for lower identifiers than for higher identifiers. In Experiment 2 we replicated this finding with different target groups and evaluative measures while controlling for information load. We discuss the implications of this work for developing social psychological models of bias-reduction.

Mots clés: ingroup identification; intergroup bias; reducing prejudice; social categorization

Richard J. Crisp, Sarah R. Beck. Reducing Intergroup Bias: The Moderating Role of Ingroup Identification. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 2005, 8 (2), pp.173-185. ⟨10.1177/1368430205051066⟩. ⟨hal-00571601⟩