@article{ref1,
title="I Continue to Feel So Good About Us: In-Group Identification and the Use of Social Identity—Enhancing Strategies to Reduce Intragroup Dissonance",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2009",
author="Pratto, Felicia and Dovidio, John F. and Glasford, Demis E.",
volume="35",
number="4",
pages="415-427",
abstract="The present research examined the relation between in-group identification and the use of social identity— enhancing strategies for dealing with the discomfort associated with inconsistency between personal beliefs and in-group behavior (intragroup dissonance). Consistent with the hypothesis that social identity—enhancing strategies would be more effective at reducing intragroup dissonance for those highly identified with the in-group, Experiment 1 demonstrated that level of group identification moderated the effectiveness of group affirmation for reducing psychological discomfort associated with intragroup dissonance, but not the effectiveness of self-affirmation. In Experiment 2, which manipulated level of group identification, participants in a high-identification condition, relative to those in a low-identification condition, were more likely to choose to reduce intragroup dissonance with a strategy that enhanced social identity (i.e., out-group derogation) over a strategy less effective at social identity enhancement (i.e., activism to change the behavior of the group). Implications for intergroup relations are discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167208329216",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167208329216"
}