The effects of mortality salience on intergroup bias between minimal groups

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis, derived from terror management theory, that mortality salience would increase intergroup bias between minimal groups. After assignment to groups, participants wrote about death or a neutral topic, and rated the personality characteristics of the ingroup and outgroup. Results supported the hypothesis.

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Eddie Harmon‐Jones, Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon (1996). The effects of mortality salience on intergroup bias between minimal groups. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199607)26:4<677::aid-ejsp777>3.0.co;2-2

@article{eddie1996the,
  title  = {The effects of mortality salience on intergroup bias between minimal groups},
  author = {Harmon‐Jones, Eddie and Greenberg, Jeff and Solomon, Sheldon},
  year   = {1996},
  journal = {European Journal of Social Psychology},
  doi    = {10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199607)26:4<677::aid-ejsp777>3.0.co;2-2}
}

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