People experience “collective autonomy restriction” when they believe other groups want to restrict their own group from freely expressing its social identity and determining its behavior. We review emerging research on the negative consequences of collective autonomy restriction for well-being, as well as its implications for group members' motivation to fight for their place within social hierarchies. We propose that group members desire two resources tied to having a favorable position within the social hierarchy—structural power (i.e., the ability to influence and resist influence from other groups) and status (being positively valued and perceived as moral by others)—because they believe that having power and status are necessary to secure their group's collective autonomy. We hypothesize that group members anticipate that other groups might restrict their group if they lack the structural power to resist outside influences, or if they are perceived as negative or immoral and worthy of restriction. We apply this power and status perspective of collective autonomy restriction to predict (1) when disempowered groups are most likely to fight against (vs. tolerate) their disadvantaged position and (2) when powerful groups are most likely to relinquish power and acknowledge their transgressions (vs. defensively maintain their privileged position).

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集体自治：为什么群体为权力和地位而战

当人们认为其他群体想要限制他们自己的群体自由表达其社会身份和决定其行为时，就会经历“集体自治限制”。我们回顾了关于集体自治限制对幸福的负面影响的新兴研究，以及它对群体成员在社会等级中争取地位的动机的影响。我们提出，群体成员渴望两种与在社会等级中拥有有利地位相关的资源——结构性权力（即影响和抵制其他群体影响的能力）和地位（被他人积极评价并认为是道德的）——因为他们相信拥有权力和地位是确保他们群体的集体自治所必需的。我们假设，如果团体成员缺乏抵抗外部影响的结构性权力，或者如果他们被视为消极或不道德且值得限制，其他团体可能会限制他们的团体。我们应用集体自治限制的这种权力和地位视角来预测 (1) 何时被剥夺权力的群体最有可能对抗（vs. 容忍）他们的不利地位，以及 (2) 何时强大的群体最有可能放弃权力并承认他们的违法行为（相对于防御性地保持他们的特权地位）。