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@article{ Reinhard2009, title = {When failing feels good - relative prototypicality for a high-status group can counteract ego-threat after individual failure}, author = {Reinhard, Marc-André and Stahlberg, Dagmar and Messner, Matthias}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Social Psychology}, number = {4}, pages = {788–795}, volume = {45}, year = {2009}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2009.05.001}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-293390}, abstract = {Two studies demonstrate that members of high-status groups (i.e., men and students of business administration) but not members of low-status groups (i.e., women and education students) react with an increase in state self-esteem after an alleged poor performance on a fictitious intelligence test. This Failure-as-an-Asset (FA) effect is only observed when the high-status ingroup (i.e., men) is outperformed by a low-status outgroup (i.e., women). In this case, a poor performance will lead to a strong identification with the ingroup due to high ingroup prototypicality. As predicted, the effects of experiencing success or failure on self-esteem were mediated by identification with the ingroup.}, }