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The Effects of Social Identification on Individual Effort under Conditions of Identity Threat and Regulatory Depletion

York University, bgiguere{at}yorku.ca

Richard N. Lalonde

York University

The current study examined whether the influence of social identification on effort exertion in identity-threatening situations could be altered through a prior engagement in an effortful task (i.e. regulatory resource depletion). One hundred university students took part in the study. The results revealed that under intergroup threat, higher social identification was associated with greater effort exertion. In contrast, under intragroup threat, lower social identification was associated with greater effort exertion. A decrease of regulatory resources hampered the effect of social identification on effort in both threatening situations, suggesting a role for regulatory processes in the influence of social identification on effort. These results are discussed in terms of their implications for the importance of regulatory responses in group-based contexts.

Key Words: identity threat • regulatory depletion • social identification

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Vol. 12, No. 2, 195-208 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1368430208101056


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