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American gratitude-plus-pride differentially predict benevolent and activism support across political ideology
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology. Uppsala University, Sweden; University of Oslo, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9573-1249
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Number of Authors: 62026 (English)In: Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology, ISSN 1078-1919, E-ISSN 1532-7949, Vol. 32, no 3, p. 264-277Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Given rising antiimmigrant sentiment in the United States, it is increasingly important to further investigate which psychological factors may facilitate helping toward immigrants. In two studies with White Americans (total N = 1,139), we investigated whether (and when) two positive emotions—group-based gratitude and group-based pride—influence benevolent and activism support toward immigrants in the United States. Although previous research on individual-level gratitude and pride suggests that they are distinct emotions, at the group-level, we find that among White Americans, national gratitude and pride clustered together and were statistically indistinguishable. Importantly, this combination of American gratitude-plus-pride had differential effects on helping toward immigrants, depending on two key factors: Political orientation of the perceiver, and the type of support rendered. Among conservatives and moderates, American gratitude-plus-pride was predictive of increased benevolent support. However among liberals, it was related to decreased activism support. Our findings suggest that the impact of group-based gratitude and pride on helping toward immigrants is complex, and contingent upon preexisting dispositions.

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2026. Vol. 32, no 3, p. 264-277
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gratitude, pride, group-based emotions, positive emotions, activism
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-255619DOI: 10.1037/pac0000838ISI: 001746341800001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-255619DiVA, id: diva2:2061473
Available from: 2026-05-21 Created: 2026-05-21 Last updated: 2026-07-03Bibliographically approved

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