Abstract
Females are perceived to have less power than males. These differences in perceived power might render different self-regulatory strategies appropriate: Women should (as members of other low-power groups) care about security, whereas men should (as members of other high-power groups) strive for accomplishment. These regulatory implications of gender provide the basis for regulatory fit between individuals' gender and their regulatory focus. Higher fit should lead to stronger gender-based ingroup favoritism: Prevention-focused females and promotion-focused males were expected to show more ingroup favoritism than both sexes in the respective other regulatory focus. According to the regulatory fit hypothesis, this effect should occur for evaluative-but not for stereotype-based ingroup favoritism. Three studies supported these hypotheses.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4-15 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Social Psychology |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- regulatory fit
- ingroup favoritism
- gender
- regulatory focus