Ingroup Glorification, common ingroup identity with, ambivalence towards, outgroup members, and positive intergroup action tendencies: a moderated-mediation model

: One study tested a moderated-mediation model exploring the moderating role of the glorification
mode of ingroup identification on the causal path linking perceived common ingroup identity, cognitive
outgroup ambivalence, and positive action tendencies towards outgroups. The current work argues that
expressing outgroup ambivalence based on cognitive information is a strategy to justify one‟s otherwise
suppressed prejudice, which may ultimately "cover" the discriminatory nature of outgroup-directed action
tendencies, depending on individuals' ‟ingroup glorification‟ levels as well as their perceptions of common
ingroup identity with, and their outgroup ambivalence towards, outgroup members. As expected, findings
indicate that after expressing prejudice in a normative context inducing prejudice suppression, when
participants self-reported positive outgroup-directed, action tendencies after the expression of ambivalent
beliefs concerning the outgroup, for participants weakly glorifying their ingroup, the greater their willingness to
social inclusiveness of outgroup members, the weaker their ambivalence towards such outgroup members, and
the greater was their intention to act positively towards them.