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Belonging to a Majority Reduces the Immediate Need Threat from Ostracism in Individuals with a High Need to Belong
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 3566636
Author(s) Eck, J.; Schoel, C.; Greifeneder, R.
Author(s) at UniBasel Greifeneder, Rainer
Year 2017
Title Belonging to a Majority Reduces the Immediate Need Threat from Ostracism in Individuals with a High Need to Belong
Journal European Journal of Social Psychology
Volume 47
Number 3
Pages / Article-Number 273-288
Abstract Ostracism—being ignored and excluded—threatens the basic human needs for belonging, self-esteem, control, and meaningful existence. This work introduces belonging to a majority as a buffer against the immediate negative impact of ostracism on basic needs for individuals with a high need to belong, for whom social groups are especially relevant. Three studies show that for individuals high in the need to belong, need threat was attenuated by membership in a majority group, but not by membership in a minority group (Studies 1 and 3) or a group of unknown size (Study 2). By contrast, individuals low in the need to belong—who place less importance on group membership in general—did not benefit from belonging to a majority group. The general pattern replicated across different manipulations of group membership and social exclusion, with two measures of need threat, and with participants from two different countries.
Publisher Wiley
ISSN/ISBN 0046-2772 ; 1099-0992
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/52784/
Full Text on edoc Available
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1002/ejsp.2233
ISI-Number WOS:000407832200003
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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