When failing feels good - relative prototypicality for a high-status group can counteract ego-threat after individual failure

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Two studies demonstrate that members of high-status groups (i.e., men and students of business administration) but not members of low-status groups (i.e., women and education students) react with an increase in state self-esteem after an alleged poor performance on a fictitious intelligence test. This Failure-as-an-Asset (FA) effect is only observed when the high-status ingroup (i.e., men) is outperformed by a low-status outgroup (i.e., women). In this case, a poor performance will lead to a strong identification with the ingroup due to high ingroup prototypicality. As predicted, the effects of experiencing success or failure on self-esteem were mediated by identification with the ingroup.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch
• Umfang: Seite(n): 788–795
• Anmerkungen: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(4)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Psychologie ; Sozialpsychologie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Reinhard, Marc-André ; Stahlberg, Dagmar ; Messner, Matthias
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Niederlande
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2009.05.001
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-293390
• Rechteinformation: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ