Journal of Social Psychology
Volume 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-34

In-group favoritism among native and immigrant turkish cypriots: Trait evaluations of in-group and out-group targets (Article)

Rustemli A. , Mertan B.* , Ciftci O.
  • a Department of Psychology, Near East University Lefkosa, Lefkosa, Cyprus
  • b Department of Psychology, Near East University Lefkosa, Lefkosa, Cyprus
  • c Department of Psychology, Near East University Lefkosa, Lefkosa, Cyprus

Abstract

The authors investigated whether in-group favoritism manifests itself as praise for the in-group or as denigration of the out-group. A total of 450 Turkish Cypriots (248 native, 202 immigrant) judged the applicability of positive and negative trait words to in-group and out-group targets. Both the native and the immigrant groups judged the positive traits as more applicable to their respective in-groups than to the out-group. The native group evaluated the negative social traits as more applicable to the immigrant group. The immigrant group also judged the negative social traits as more applicable to themselves. The two groups did not differ in their judgments for more personal negative traits. © 2000 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Index Keywords

Interpersonal Relations human middle aged Turkey (republic) comparative study Aged affect ethnology Cyprus human relation Humans male female peer group Article adult migration Turkey Emigration and Immigration social behavior
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DOI: 10.1080/00224540009600443
ISSN: 00224545
Cited by: 16
Original Language: English