@article{ref1,
title="Out-group threats and distress as antecedents of common in-group identity among majority and minority group members in the aftermath of a natural disaster",
journal="International journal of psychology",
year="2016",
author="Vezzali, Loris and Versari, Annalisa and Cadamuro, Alessia and Trifiletti, Elena and Di Bernardo, Gian Antonio",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The aim of the present study was to examine the role of out-group threats in fostering one-group perceptions directly and indirectly via post-traumatic stress symptoms in the aftermath of a natural disaster. We also tested whether these relationships differ depending on the ethnic group of belonging (majority vs. minority). Participants were 589 Italians and 122 immigrants from a region strongly affected by the earthquakes that struck Northern Italy in 2012. <br><br>RESULTS revealed that among Italians threat stemming from negative out-group behaviour was associated positively with post-traumatic stress symptoms and negatively with perceptions of being a common group with immigrant survivors. Among immigrants, threat posed by the out-group for economic resources was positively associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms and, indirectly, with higher one-group perceptions.<br><br>© 2016 International Union of Psychological Science.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7594",
doi="10.1002/ijop.12406",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12406"
}