The Anticipation of a Severe Initiation: Gender Differences in Effects on Affiliation Tendency and Group Attraction  

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Lodewijkx, Hein F.M. ; Zomeren, Martijn Van ; Syroit, Jef E.E.M.

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: Small Group Research vol. 36 no. 2 (2009), page 237-262.
Topik: affiliation; cognitive dissonance; gender differences; group attraction; initiation
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A 2 (anticipated initiation or control) by 2 (male or female) laboratory study (N = 72) sought to delineate factors explaining the effects of severe initiations on group attraction. Building upon Schachter’s affiliation theory, the authors formulated a severity-affiliation-attraction hypothesis (SAAH). Supporting SAAH, an anticipated-initiation condition increased participants’level of affiliation tendency and group attraction compared to a control condition. Also supporting the hypothesis, affiliation tendency significantly mediated the severity-attraction relationship. Interaction effects further indicated that SAAH held only for males, not for females, for whom a mere affiliation-attraction relationship was observed. Results suggest that, contrary to males, the anticipation of a threatening initiation does not appear to be effective in strengthening group attraction via affiliation-related processes for females.

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