Derogating benevolent behavior of deviant in-group members: group processes within a real-life sample of heterosexual Christians

Florien M. Cramwinckel; Kees Van den Bos; Eric van Dijk; Marijke Schut

doi:10.1080/15534510.2016.1149094

Derogating benevolent behavior of deviant in-group members: group processes within a real-life sample of heterosexual Christians

Florien M. Cramwinckel^*, Kees Van den Bos, Eric van Dijk, Marijke Schut

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How do people evaluate potentially good and desirable behavior by others? We investigate how participants (N = 154) evaluate a couple that wants to adopt an orphan that would otherwise die. We collected data from heterosexual Christians in two cities in the Dutch Bible belt. We manipulated whether the adoptive-parents-to-be were a heterosexual couple or a lesbian couple and whether the couple self-identified as devout Christians or not. Using a subjective group dynamics account, we predicted and found that participants evaluated the lesbian couple in more negative terms than the heterosexual couple, especially when this couple was also Christian. These findings illustrate how positive behavior is derogated when displayed by in-group deviants.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-86
Number of pages	12
Journal	Social Influence
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2016.1149094
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2016

Keywords

Christianity
do-gooder derogation
homosexuality
Morality
non-student sample
subjective group dynamics

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