TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Glorifying national identification increases schadenfreude about asylum seekers when they are a threat, not entitled to seek asylum, and blamed for their adversity
JO  - Comprehensive results in social psychology
A1  - Berndsen, Mariette
A1  - Thomas, Emma F.
A1  - McGarty, Craig
A1  - Bliuc, Ana-Maria
A1  - Hendres, Daniela Muntele
SP  - 166
EP  - 198
VL  - 2
IS  - 2-3
N2  - The purpose of the current research is to explore how mode of identification (glorification versus attachment) results in either schadenfreude "with a bad conscience" (S-BC) about disadvantaged people, or prosocial emotional responses (sympathy and guilt) towards them through appraisals of entitlement, realistic threat, and blame. These relationships were investigated amongst Australians (N = 213) and Romanians (N = 210) in relation to the treatment of asylum seekers in detention centres in those two countries. Consistent with hypotheses, Australian glorifying identifiers considered asylum seekers to be a threat to well-being and to not be entitled to seek asylum. Asylum seekers were therefore blamed for their situation in detention centres and this enhanced group-based S-BC. Very different findings were observed for attached identifiers who expressed group-based sympathy and guilt towards asylum seekers. Similar pathways were observed in the Romanian sample except for the role of entitlement. Moreover, S-BC and related constructs were relatively strong in the Australian sample. The findings are important because they point to the foundations of group-based S-BC. <br><br>FINDINGS are discussed in relation to the current scale of the global refugee crisis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2374-3603
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23743603.2017.1360573
ID  - ref1
ER  -