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Prospects for Research in Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

University of Kent, D.Abrams{at}ukc.ac.uk

Michael A. Hogg

University of Queensland, m.hogg{at}psy.uq.edu.au

We review progress in research in group processes and intergroup relations. After Steiner's initial optimism in the 1960s, groups lost favor in social psychology during the 1970s and 1980s. However, new optimism emerged from the growth of research into groups in related disciplines. In the mid to late-1990s enthusiasm has increased. We attribute this to increasing interest in social contextual factors in social psychology, and to advances in theory and methodology that have facilitated the analysis of group and intergroup phenomena. We report an empirical review based on searches of relevant and primary journals over a period of 23 years. This review shows that research in group and intergroup processes is being published at a disproportionately accelerating rate compared with the increase in social psychology as a whole.

Key Words: group processes • intergroup relations • research development • social cognition

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Vol. 1, No. 1, 7-20 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/1368430298011002


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