INGROUP GLORIFICATION, COMMON INGROUP IDENTITY WITH, AMBIVALENCE TOWARDS, OUTGROUP MEMBERS, AND POSITIVE INTERGROUP ACTION TENDENCIES: A MODERATED-MEDIATION MODEL

One study tested a moderated-mediation model exploring the moderating role of the glorification mode of in group identification on the causal path linking perceived common in group identity, cognitive out group ambivalence, and positive action tendencies towards out groups. The current work argues that expressing out group ambivalence based on cognitive information is a strategy to justify one’s otherwise suppressed prejudice, which may ultimately "cover" the discriminatory nature of out-group-directed action tendencies, depending on individuals' ‟in group glorification‟ levels as well as their perceptions of common in group identity with, and their out-group ambivalence towards, out-group members. As expected, findings indicate that after expressing prejudice in a normative context inducing prejudice suppression, when participants self-reported positive out-group-directed, action tendencies after the expression of ambivalent beliefs concerning the out-group, for participants weakly glorifying there in group, the greater their willingness to social inclusiveness of out-group members, the weaker their ambivalence towards such outgroup members, and the greater was their intention to act positively towards them.