Why being right is not enough: Predicting defensiveness in the face of group criticism

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Social identity: The role of self in group processes and intergroup relations (2017, background): “Hornsey adopts a communication-oriented perspective to focus more on what the target actually does, specifically whether someone criticizes the group’s identity and associated normative properties and practices (Esposo, Hornsey, & Spoor, 2013; Hornsey, 2005; Hornsey & Imani, 2004).”
We are sorry: Intergroup apologies and their tenuous link with intergroup forgiveness (2013, background): “Furthermore, trust in motive has shown to be a defining mediator and moderator of other sensitive forms of intergroup communication (e.g., criticism of groups from the inside and the outside; see Hornsey, 2005; Hornsey & Imani, 2004).”
Threatened identities and interethnic interactions (2006, background): “In research on the intergroup sensitivity effect, Hornsey and his colleagues have shown that Anglo-Australians and Asian Australians are less defensive in the face of criticism—which we believe could be construed as a form of social identity threat—from fellow ingroup members than they are in the fa”