If they can’t change, why support change? Implicit theories about groups, social dominance orientation and political identity
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Kahn, Dennis T.
Reifen Tagar, Michal
Halperin, Eran
Bäckström, Martin
Vitriol, Joseph A.
Liberman, Varda
Abstract / Description
In three studies across three cultures (U.S., Sweden, and Israel), we examine whether implicit theories about groups are associated with political identity and whether this relationship is mediated by Social Dominance Orientation (SDO). Study 1 found that raising the salience of entity beliefs leads to increased right-wing political self-identification on social issues, although no such effect was found regarding general or economic political identity. In Study 2, we found that the more participants endorsed entity beliefs about groups (vs. incremental beliefs about groups), the more they identified as political rightists (vs. leftists) in the U.S., Sweden, and Israel. SDO mediated this relationship in the U.S. and Swedish samples, but not in the Israeli sample – a political setting in which political identity is largely determined by attitudes regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Study 3 showed that SDO mediated the relationship between implicit theories about groups and Israelis’ political identity regarding social/economic issues, but did not have such a mediating role with respect to political identity regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Keyword(s)
implicit theories about groups group malleability political identity political ideology social dominance orientation political psychology Implicita teorier om grupper gruppers formbarhet politisk identitet politisk ideologi social dominans politisk psykologi תאוריות סמויות לגבי קבוצות יכולת הקבוצה להשתנות זהות פוליטית אידאולוגיה פוליטית אוריינטציה לשליטה חברתית פסיכולוגיה פוליטיתPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-04-26
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
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6
Issue
1
Page numbers
151–173
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PsychOpen GOLD
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Kahn, D. T., Reifen Tagar, M., Halperin, E., Bäckström, M., Vitriol, J. A., & Liberman, V. (2018). If they can’t change, why support change? Implicit theories about groups, social dominance orientation and political identity. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 6(1), 151–173. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v6i1.752
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Kahn, Dennis T.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Reifen Tagar, Michal
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Halperin, Eran
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Bäckström, Martin
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Vitriol, Joseph A.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Liberman, Varda
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PsychArchives acquisition timestamp2018-11-26T12:44:35Z
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Date of first publication2018-04-26
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Abstract / DescriptionIn three studies across three cultures (U.S., Sweden, and Israel), we examine whether implicit theories about groups are associated with political identity and whether this relationship is mediated by Social Dominance Orientation (SDO). Study 1 found that raising the salience of entity beliefs leads to increased right-wing political self-identification on social issues, although no such effect was found regarding general or economic political identity. In Study 2, we found that the more participants endorsed entity beliefs about groups (vs. incremental beliefs about groups), the more they identified as political rightists (vs. leftists) in the U.S., Sweden, and Israel. SDO mediated this relationship in the U.S. and Swedish samples, but not in the Israeli sample – a political setting in which political identity is largely determined by attitudes regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Study 3 showed that SDO mediated the relationship between implicit theories about groups and Israelis’ political identity regarding social/economic issues, but did not have such a mediating role with respect to political identity regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationKahn, D. T., Reifen Tagar, M., Halperin, E., Bäckström, M., Vitriol, J. A., & Liberman, V. (2018). If they can’t change, why support change? Implicit theories about groups, social dominance orientation and political identity. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 6(1), 151–173. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v6i1.752en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1463
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1680
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v6i1.752
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Keyword(s)implicit theories about groupsen_US
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Keyword(s)group malleabilityen_US
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Keyword(s)political identityen_US
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Keyword(s)political ideologyen_US
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Keyword(s)social dominance orientationen_US
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Keyword(s)political psychologyen_US
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Keyword(s)Implicita teorier om gruppersv_SE
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Keyword(s)gruppers formbarhetsv_SE
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Keyword(s)politisk identitetsv_SE
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Keyword(s)politisk ideologisv_SE
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Keyword(s)social dominanssv_SE
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Keyword(s)politisk psykologisv_SE
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Keyword(s)תאוריות סמויות לגבי קבוצותhe_IL
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Keyword(s)יכולת הקבוצה להשתנותhe_IL
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Keyword(s)זהות פוליטיתhe_IL
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Keyword(s)אידאולוגיה פוליטיתhe_IL
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Keyword(s)אוריינטציה לשליטה חברתיתhe_IL
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Keyword(s)פסיכולוגיה פוליטיתhe_IL
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleIf they can’t change, why support change? Implicit theories about groups, social dominance orientation and political identityen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers151–173
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Volume6
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Visible tag(s)Version of Record