APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
In Crisis? Collective Autonomy Support Promotes Psychological Well-Being and Positive Intergroup Relations during a Mass-Migration Crisis
- Frank Kachanoff
McGill University - Nour Kteily
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University - Alana Cohen
McGill University - Donald Taylor
McGill University
Abstract
We simulated a mass-migration crisis in the laboratory (N=246; 40 receiving groups, 40 refugee groups). Refugees and receiving group members experienced greater well-being and positive intergroup attitudes/meta-perceptions when their collective autonomy was supported rather than threatened. Hostile intergroup behaviour was least likely within mass-migration crises characterized by collective autonomy support.
Conflict Resolution
