Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup Sources

Background: In this study, we examined whether a persuasive message in favor of a pro-environmental proposal could influence attitude change through a self-validation process when individuals were told that the source of the proposal belonged to their ingroup (vs. their outgroup). Method: Participan...

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Autores: Santos, David, Horcajo, Javier, Gil, Rafael, Guyer, Joshua
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:IE
Repositorio:Repositorio IE
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/4237
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2022.502
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/4237
https://www.psicothema.com/pii?pii=4830
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Palabra clave:61 Psicología
ODS 7 - Energía asequible y no contaminante
Ingroup-outgroup
Environmental protection
Attitudes
Metacognition
Validation
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spelling Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup SourcesCambio de Actitudes Hacia una Propuesta Pro-ambiental Sobre Energía Solar: el Rol de Auto-Validación de Emisores del Endogrupo Versus ExogrupoSantos, DavidHorcajo, JavierGil, RafaelGuyer, Joshua61 PsicologíaODS 7 - Energía asequible y no contaminanteIngroup-outgroupEnvironmental protectionAttitudesMetacognitionValidationBackground: In this study, we examined whether a persuasive message in favor of a pro-environmental proposal could influence attitude change through a self-validation process when individuals were told that the source of the proposal belonged to their ingroup (vs. their outgroup). Method: Participants read a message that advocated for the use of solar power. Immediately following the message, participants were asked to list their thoughts regarding the persuasive proposal. A thought favorability index was created for each participant. Following the thought-listing task, participants received the experimental manipulation (i.e., ingroup vs. outgroup source) based on the minimal group paradigm, after which they reported their attitudes towards the proposal. Results: A regression analysis showed the predicted interaction between thought favorability and type of source (i.e., ingroup vs. outgroup) on attitudes towards the solar power proposal. According to our expectations, thought favorability was a better predictor of attitudes for participants in the ingroup (vs. outgroup) source condition. Conclusions: Attitudes can be polarized as a function of ingroup versus outgroup differentiation through a self-validation process.This research was supported in part by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain, Grant number: PID2020-116651GB-C33 / AEI / 10.13039/501100011033). This funding was obtained by the corresponding author. In addition, this research was also supported by another grant from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain, Programa de Formación de Profesorado Universitario, Grant number: FPU18/04053) to the third author.YesPublishedColegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de AsturiasMinisterio de Ciencia e InnovaciónAgencia Estatal de Investigaciónhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm7520262024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2022.502https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/4237https://www.psicothema.com/pii?pii=4830reponame:Repositorio IEinstname:IEInglésIE Business SchoolPID2020-116651GB-C33FPU18/04053IE UniversityHuman Resources & Organisational BehaviourAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/42372026-06-15T12:40:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup Sources
Cambio de Actitudes Hacia una Propuesta Pro-ambiental Sobre Energía Solar: el Rol de Auto-Validación de Emisores del Endogrupo Versus Exogrupo
title Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup Sources
spellingShingle Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup Sources
Santos, David
61 Psicología
ODS 7 - Energía asequible y no contaminante
Ingroup-outgroup
Environmental protection
Attitudes
Metacognition
Validation
title_short Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup Sources
title_full Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup Sources
title_fullStr Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup Sources
title_full_unstemmed Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup Sources
title_sort Changing Attitudes About a Pro-Environmental Proposal Concerning Solar Power: The Self-Validating Role of Ingroup Versus Outgroup Sources
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Santos, David
Horcajo, Javier
Gil, Rafael
Guyer, Joshua
author Santos, David
author_facet Santos, David
Horcajo, Javier
Gil, Rafael
Guyer, Joshua
author_role author
author2 Horcajo, Javier
Gil, Rafael
Guyer, Joshua
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
https://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 61 Psicología
ODS 7 - Energía asequible y no contaminante
Ingroup-outgroup
Environmental protection
Attitudes
Metacognition
Validation
topic 61 Psicología
ODS 7 - Energía asequible y no contaminante
Ingroup-outgroup
Environmental protection
Attitudes
Metacognition
Validation
description Background: In this study, we examined whether a persuasive message in favor of a pro-environmental proposal could influence attitude change through a self-validation process when individuals were told that the source of the proposal belonged to their ingroup (vs. their outgroup). Method: Participants read a message that advocated for the use of solar power. Immediately following the message, participants were asked to list their thoughts regarding the persuasive proposal. A thought favorability index was created for each participant. Following the thought-listing task, participants received the experimental manipulation (i.e., ingroup vs. outgroup source) based on the minimal group paradigm, after which they reported their attitudes towards the proposal. Results: A regression analysis showed the predicted interaction between thought favorability and type of source (i.e., ingroup vs. outgroup) on attitudes towards the solar power proposal. According to our expectations, thought favorability was a better predictor of attitudes for participants in the ingroup (vs. outgroup) source condition. Conclusions: Attitudes can be polarized as a function of ingroup versus outgroup differentiation through a self-validation process.
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Human Resources & Organisational Behaviour
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