Responses to Group-Based Provocations: The Role of Identification and Emotion Regulation

Steele, Rachel R

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Responses to Group-Based Provocations: The Role of Identification and Emotion Regulation

dc.contributor.advisor	Brian Lickel
dc.contributor.advisor	Ronnie Janoff-Bulman
dc.contributor.author	Steele, Rachel R
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Psychology
dc.date	2023-09-23T04:48:14.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T21:16:13Z
dc.date.available	2011-12-13T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2012-01-01
dc.date.submitted	February
dc.description.abstract	The studies originated from research on group-based emotions and examine emotions and emotion regulation in the context of group-based provocations. In addition, the studies examined the ways in which people identify with their group and how that affects responses to group provocations. I hypothesized that the process of ruminating in contrast to reappraising would increase anger and negative action intentions and attitudes towards the provoking outgroup. I hypothesized that individual differences in ingroup glorification and trait emotion regulation would moderate the relationship between a group provocation and affective and attitudinal responses such that high glorification and high rumination would lead to more anger and more negative attitudes and behavioral intentions. The participants were University of Massachusetts-Amherst undergraduates in the psychology participant pool who identified as United States citizens. Study 1 was an experimental three-level design (rumination, reappraisal control). Study 2 was an experimental three-level design (provocation, no provocation, control). Study 1 demonstrated that response to provocation was affected by the emotion regulation manipulation and level of ingroup identification. Study 2 revealed that individual differences in chronic emotion regulation style and identification interacted to predict responses to the provocation. Implications of the research are discussed.
dc.description.degree	Master of Science (M.S.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/2366754
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/47691
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1854&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Emotion regulation
dc.subject	group identification
dc.subject	group-based emotions
dc.subject	Psychology
dc.subject	Social and Behavioral Sciences
dc.subject	Social Psychology
dc.title	Responses to Group-Based Provocations: The Role of Identification and Emotion Regulation
dc.type	campus
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
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digcom.date.embargo	2011-12-13T00:00:00-08:00
digcom.identifier	theses/771
digcom.identifier.contextkey	2366754
digcom.identifier.submissionpath	theses/771
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