2005/03/31 by Hein F. M. Lodewijkx, Martijn van Zomeren, Jef E. M. M. Syroit · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Attraction #Anticipation (artificial intelligence) #Psychology #Social psychology #Developmental psychology
paper · doi:10.1177/1046496404272381
openalex publication_date 2005/03/31 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
A 2 (anticipated initiation or control) by 2 (male or female) laboratory study (N = 72) sought to delineate factors explaining the effects of severe initiations on group attraction. Building upon Schachter’s affiliation theory, the authors formulated a severity-affiliation-attraction hypothesis (SAAH). SupportingSAAH, an anticipated-initiationconditionincreased participants’level of affiliationtendencyandgroupattractioncompared to a control condition. Also supporting the hypothesis, affiliation tendency significantly mediated the severity-attraction relationship. Interaction effects further indicated that SAAH held only for males, not for females, for whom a mere affiliation-attraction relationship was observed. Results suggest that, contrary to males, the anticipation of a threatening initiation does not appear to be effective in strengthening group attraction via affiliation-related processes for females.