A Novel Approach to the Evaluation of Groups: Type of Group and Facet of Evaluation Matter
(2024) Collabra: Psychology — Vol. 10, n° 1 (2024)
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Barbedor, Julien 
Scheider, Jelena Abele-Brehm, Andrea
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- In three studies, we examined a novel approach to the social evaluation of groups whereby we combined a typology of groups with a recent model of the two fundamental dimensions and four facets of social evaluation. We investigated two main questions. First, whereas previous research has proven the usefulness of the two-dimension/four-facet model for individuals, we here tested it for groups. Second, whereas previous research has not systematically distinguished between different types of groups, we here applied a typology of groups that distinguishes between intimacy groups, task groups, and social categories. Furthermore, we hypothesized that these dimensions and facets would manifest differently across various group types. We conducted studies in three countries and analyzed judgments of the three main types of groups, resulting in a standard list of 20 traits. The data confirmed our two-dimension/four-facet model while showing variations of the structure across different types of groups. These results, as well as the facets ratings, highlight the relevance of distinguishing the types of groups in social evaluation.
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Barbedor, J., Scheider, J., Yzerbyt, V., & Abele-Brehm, A. (2024). A Novel Approach to the Evaluation of Groups: Type of Group and Facet of Evaluation Matter. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.124471 (Original work published 2024)