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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 et al.
2017In Psychologica Belgica, 57 (3), p. 132-155
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Keywords :
reconciliation; cognitive style; authoritarian ideology; intergroup emotions
Abstract :
[en] 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.
Disciplines :
Social, industrial & organizational psychology
Author, co-author :
Van Assche, Jasper;  Ghent University
Bostyn, Dries;  Ghent University
De keersmaecker, Jonas;  Ghent University
Dardenne, Benoît ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie sociale
Hansenne, Michel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psycho. de la personnalité et des différences individuelles
Language :
English
Title :
Intergroup Reconciliation between Flemings and Walloons: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Style, Authoritarian Ideology, and Intergroup Emotions
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Psychologica Belgica
ISSN :
0033-2879
eISSN :
2054-670X
Publisher :
Société Blege de Psychologie, Gand, Belgium
Volume :
57
Issue :
3
Pages :
132-155
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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