Social Projection and Self Stereotyping: Moderator Effects of Importance for Self Concept, Importance for Ingroup Concept and Identification

<p>Several longitudinal studies investigate the effects of the self concept on the concept of an ingroup (social projection) and the effects of the ingroup concept on the self concept. In addition three moderator variables are analysed:<br>
1. identification with the ingroup,<br>
2. attributes' importance for self concept and<br>
3. attributes' importance for ingroup concept.</p>