The divisive potential of differences and similarities: The role of intergroup distinctiveness in intergroup differentiation

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The rich—love them or hate them? Divergent implicit and explicit attitudes toward the wealthy (2017, background): “This type of social categorization, in turn, promotes perceptions of similarities among members within a category and differences between members of distinct categories (Jetten & Spears, 2003).”
An experimental approach to Intergroup Threat Theory: Manipulations, moderators, and consequences of realistic vs. symbolic threat (2018, background): “…reactive distinctiveness—which involves concerns that the ingroup has too much in common with outgroups to establish or maintain its own identity (Jetten & Spears, 2003)—is a different type of threat altogether, whereas symbolic threat is elicited in part by outgroups being too distinct from…”
Superordinate identities and intergroup conflict: The ingroup projection model (2007, methodology): “Unlike the common ingroup identity model (Gaertner & Dovidio, 2000 ), our model argues that merely sharing a superordinate identity is not sufficient for the development of positive intergroup relations; on the contrary, under certain conditions, such a shared identity can intensify conflict and so”