The authors examined how electing an out-group leader to an intergroup leadership position affects schism processes within the context of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Study 1 (N = 189) sampled Democrats and Republicans from two states (California, Texas) through MTurk and randomly assigned them to a bogus survey that projected either a Democrat or Republican candidate winning the election. Participants completed measures of identity-subversion, superordinate identification, subgroup identification, and subgroup schism support. Study 2 (N = 68) used a pre–posttest design conducted before and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Results showed that people perceived more identity-subversion when an out-group leader was projected to win (Study 1) or did win the election (Study 2). Whereas Republicans increased schism support after an out-group leader was projected to win (Study 1), Democrats increased their schism support when an out-group leader was elected (Study 2). Identity-subversion partially mediated the effects of out-group leadership election on schism intentions.

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外群体领导和子群体分裂：对 2016 年美国总统大选的考察。

作者研究了在 2016 年美国总统大选的背景下，选举组外领导者担任组际领导职位如何影响分裂进程。研究1（n = 189）采样的民主党人和共和党人通过MTURK从两个国家（加利福尼亚州）（加利福尼亚州，德克萨斯州）随机分配给一个投入民主党人或共和党候选人获胜选举的虚假调查。参与者完成了身份颠覆、上级认同、亚群认同和亚群分裂支持等措施。研究 2 (N = 68) 使用了在 2016 年美国总统大选前后进行的前后测设计。Results showed that people perceived more identity-subversion when an out-group leader was projected to win (Study 1) or did win the election (Study 2). 共和党人在外派领导人预计获胜后增加了分裂支持（研究 1），而民主党在选举外派领导人时增加了分裂支持（研究 2）。身份颠覆在一定程度上调节了组外领导选举对分裂意图的影响。