Schisms occur when a faction breaks away from their parent group to create or to join an already existing group. However, previous researchers who have examined schisms have primarily focused on people's individual intentions to exit their group. This poses two questions: first, does a schism involve both breaking away from a parent group and forming a new group? And second, are the psychological processes that predict individual exit intentions also predicting people's support of schisms, or are there distinct psychological processes involved in a schism? Study 1 (N = 284) confirmed that a schism consists of two subcomponents: subgroup exit and superordinate formation. Study 2 (N = 261) showed that the psychological processes related to individual exit intentions are distinct from those processes related to schisms. Results suggest that support for schisms is distinct from individual exit intentions and that there are unique psychological predictors of schisms.

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当“我们”离开“他们”时：区分个别出口处的分裂

当派系脱离其父级组以创建或加入一个已经存在的组时，就会发生分裂。但是，以前研究过分裂的研究人员主要集中在人们退出小组的个人意图上。这提出了两个问题：第一，没有一个分裂涉及从父组都离断并形成新的群体？其次，预测个人退出意图的心理过程是否也在预测人们对分裂的支持，或者分裂中是否包含不同的心理过程？研究1（N  = 284）证实，地震由两个子组件组成：子组出口和上级形成。研究2（N = 261）表明，与个人退出意图相关的心理过程与与分裂相关的过程不同。结果表明，对分裂的支持与个人退出意图不同，并且存在分裂的独特心理预测因子。