Journal article
Temporal Causal Links Between Outgroup Attitudes and Social Categorization: The Case of Hong Kong 1997 Transition
Group processes & intergroup relations, Vol.9(2), pp.265-288
04/2006
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/115273
Abstract
Social identity theories have posited that people's social categorization renders ingroup favoritism and outgroup discrimination. However, studies conducted during political transitions (South Africa's democratic election and East-West German unification) have revealed mixed directions of the causal links between social categorization and intergroup attitudes. To further address this issue, we conducted two longitudinal studies during the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Study 1 revealed mixed temporal causal links between Hong Kong participants' social categorization and their attitudes toward Chinese Mainlanders across four waves. In Study 2, we conducted a summer camp in which Hong Kong participants came into contact with new immigrants from Mainland China. In this condition, Hong Kong participants' prior attitudes toward Mainlanders predicted their subsequent social categorization. These findings were interpreted in terms of intergroup relations during political transitions.
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- Title
- Temporal Causal Links Between Outgroup Attitudes and Social Categorization: The Case of Hong Kong 1997 Transition
- Creators
- Ying-yi HongHsin-ya Liao - University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignGloria Chan - Chinese University of Hong KongRosanna Y. M Wong - Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChi-yue Chiu - University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignGrace Wai-man Ip - Hong Kong Shue Yan CollegeHo-ying Fu - Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeIan G Hansen - University of British Columbia, Canada
- Publication Details
- Group processes & intergroup relations, Vol.9(2), pp.265-288
- Academic Unit
- Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications; London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi
- Identifiers
- 99900548206101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article