Ham, Merel van der (2024) The Effects of Ingroup Transgression Visibility on Dutch People’s Solidarity with Asylum Seekers. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Previous work illustrated that group-based image concerns and image-related emotions may motivate highly identified transgressor group members to act in solidarity with disadvantaged outgroups when their group victimizes these outgroups. However, less is known about under which conditions this process could be more profound. To bridge this gap, this experimental study (N = 455) examined whether the visibility of transgressions influence solidarity through group-based image concerns and related emotions. Specifically, an experimental study focused on the visibility of alleged Dutch governmental transgressions in the context of the refugee crisis, looking at Dutch nationals' solidarity intentions with asylum seekers in the Netherlands. The experimental conditions were created in a way that either a local (i.e., ingroup visibility) or an international (i.e., third-party visibility) newspaper article described the same government's mistreatment of asylum seekers. Particularly, it was expected that third-party transgression visibility (vs. ingroup visibility) would predict higher solidarity intentions via increased group-based image concerns and image-related emotions, especially when Dutch national identification is high. The results showed the sequential mediation to be significant, with no moderating role of Dutch national identification. Yet, exploratory analyses showed that instead of Dutch national identification, political orientation moderates the sequential mediation, such that the effects of third-party transgression visibility (vs. ingroup visibility) via increased group-based image concerns and image-related emotions on solidarity intentions were stronger among right-wingers than left-wingers. Findings indicate the important role of transgression visibility on solidarity intentions with outgroup victims. Implications and limitations were discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Cakmak, H. and Gordijn, E.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2024 07:06 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2024 07:06 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3855 |
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