Fellows, Sophie (2025) National Identification and Ingroup and Outgroup Stereotypes in the German Context. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
With increasing globalization, nationality is becoming more important as a driving factor of societal convergences and divisions. In conflicts, international perceptions can inform which countries are deemed worthy of support. Thus, this study answers the question: How does strength of national identification among German participants predict warmth and competence ratings of Germans and nations involved in conflicts: Israeli, Palestine, Ukraine, and Russia? I predicted that findings would reflect ingroup favoritism (H1) and threat-based derogation (H2), and outlined two patterns of alliances, equal and dependent (H3). Participants (N = 142) were recruited for an online questionnaire via Prolific. Identifying more strongly as German was related to seeing Germans, Israelis, and Ukrainians positively, supporting findings that group members rate their ingroup and allied outgroups favorably on the dimensions of the SCM. Thus, while hypotheses H1 and H3 were supported, H2 was not. Future research should make these findings more concrete and generalizable.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Koc, Y. and Borinca, I. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Understanding Societal Change [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Aug 2025 14:13 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2025 14:13 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5901 |
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