Help offered by a member of a high status group to a member of a low status group is often resented because it may be perceived as motivated by a desire to reinforce status relations between the groups. The present research explored how trust in a high status group by members of a low status group can ameliorate these negative consequences. Study 1 examined how the trust of Israeli-Jews among Israeli-Arabs relates to their reactions to an offer of help from an Israeli-Jew. Additional studies investigated the reactions of low-status group members to help from a member of the high status group in a minimal group context (Study 2) and a real group setting (Study 3) while manipulating trust in the outgroup. The findings of the three experiments indicate that greater trust in the high status group elicited distinctively more positive intergroup responses to an offer of help from the high status group. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed.

高地位团体的成员向低地位团体的成员提供的帮助通常会受到反感，因为它可能被认为是出于加强团体之间的地位关系的动机。本研究探讨了低地位群体成员对高地位群体的信任如何改善这些负面后果。研究1研究了以色列犹太人对以色列阿拉伯人的信任与他们对以色列犹太人提供帮助的反应之间的关系。其他研究调查了低状态组成员在最小组环境（研究2）和真实组环境（研究3）中帮助高状态组成员提供帮助的反应，同时操纵了对外部组的信任。这三个实验的结果表明，对地位较高的人群的更大信任引起了对地位较高的人群提供帮助的明显更积极的团体间反应。理论和应用意义进行了讨论。