Social Identity versus Group Empathy: The Differential Effects of Ingroup Identification on Outgroup Empathy Based on Majority/Minority Status

• In Event: Empathy and Politics

Brief Overview

This study examines the relationship between ingroup identification and outgroup attitudes through the competing lenses of Group Empathy Theory and Social Identity Theory.

Authors

• Cigdem Sirin, The University of Texas at El Paso

• Nicholas Valentino, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• José D. Villalobos, The University of Texas at El Paso