Responding to ingroup deviance: The effects of personal risk, social support and power upon persuasion action tendency.

Primary research interests

I am interested primarily in both intra and intergroup process, and the application of motivational approaches to understand them. An area of particular interest is how group members react to group member who violate social norms. Using pen and paper, online and physiological measurements I have investigated under what circumstances group members attempt to persuade, punish or avoid ingroup deviance. This research has applications ranging from the integration of 2nd generation immigrants to managers avoiding ‘yes men’ cultures in the workplace. I am also investigating way to use physiological measurements which differentiate between approach and avoidance to explore the processes underlying these behaviours.

I also have a strong research interest in social identities, and how they can be utilised to improve health outcomes, increase employee retention and generally have beneficial effects on group members

In addition to this line of research I have a strong and continuing interest how groups monitor themselves to protect individual members from the effects of impairing factors such as fatigue and alcohol intoxication. I have been involved in significant research in this area, and hope to pursue it further in the future.

Present / Previous Employment

Publications/recent works

Book Chapters

Moss, T., Alberry, I., & Frings, D. (2008). Stop, Look, Listen... Drink: Social and cognitive models of the effects of alcohol on decision making and risky behaviour. To appear in: J. Reeves (Ed.). Contemporary Issues in Social Psychology. London Greenwich University Press.

Abrams, D., Frings, D., & Randsley de Moura, G. (2005). Group identity and self definition. In A. Wheelan (Ed.) Handbook of Group Research and Practice. (pp.329-350) London: Sage Publications.

Journal Articles

Frings, D. (2011). The effects of sleep debt on risk perception, risk attraction and betting behavior during a blackjack style gambling task. Journal of Gambling Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10899-011-9266-9

Frings, D. (2011). The effects of group monitoring on fatigue related Einstellung during mathematical problem solving. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0025131.

Frings, D., & Abrams, D. (2010) The effect of Difference Oriented Communication on the subjective validity of an in-group norm: DOC can treat the group. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research & Practice, 14, 281-291.

Frings, D., Abrams, D., Marques, J. & Randsley de Moura, G. (2010). Threat, normative, support and intentions to persuade deviant ingroup members. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice, 14, 80-91.

Frings, D., Hopthrow, D., Abrams, A., Guitierrez, R., & Hulbert, L. (2008). Groupdrink: Group membership, alcohol intoxication and judgmental accuracy. Group Dynamics, 12, 179-190.

Hopthrow, T., Abrams, D., Frings, D, Hulbert, L. (2007) Groupdrink: The Effects of alcohol on intergroup competitiveness. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21, 272-276.

Abrams, D., Hopthrow, T., Hulbert, L.G., & Frings, D. (2005). The social context of alcohol consumption: Risk preferences alone and in groups, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67, 628-636

Other

Frings, D. (2004). Issues in internet research. Retrieved June 19, 2007 from Kent University, Department of Psychology Website: https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/studying/literature/handbooks/ethics/internetethics.doc

Conference presentations

Frings, D. (2011). Not Caught Napping: The role of group membership in reducing fatigued induced Einstellung during problem. Presentation to Association of Behavioural Social Scientist General Meeting, 2011

Frings, D. (2010). Group Monitoring: How groups offset alcohol and fatigues impairing effects. Invited talk, Goldsmiths University Psychology Department, November 2010.

Frings, D., Hurst, J., Cleveland, C., & Blascovich, J. (2007). Differential responses to expectancy violation: When social motives matter. Presentation to ‘SPAM’ social group meeting, University of California, Santa Barbara, 14th November.

Frings, D., & Abrams, D. (2006). I’m thinking of changing your mind: The effects of personal risk upon intention to persuade deviants. Presentation to Santa Barbara Psycho-physiological lab-group meeting, 16th November.

Frings, D., & Abrams, D. (2005). Multiple classifications: Ingroup projection or ingroup protection? Presentation to EAESP 14th General Meeting, Wurzburg.

Abrams, D., de Moura, G.R., Frings, D., & Rutland, A. (2005) People without: The definition of deviance and rejection of groups and their members. Presentation to EAESP 14th General Meeting, Wurzburg.

Frings, D., & Abrams, D. (2005). Standing together: Use of common identities and ingroup projection in coping with deviance. Presentation to British Psychology Society Social Section Conference, Edinburgh.

Frings, D., & Abrams, D. (2004). ‘Not looking that like that you won’t: Testing the expectancy violation hypothesis with deviant appearance norms’. Symposium presentation to British Psychology Society Social Section Conference, Leeds.

Hopthrow, T., Hulbert, L., Abrams, D., & Frings, D. (2002). Group problem solving: Are drunk groups at a disadvantage? Presentation to British Psychology Society Social Section Conference, Huddersfield.

Notable funding / honors

£21, 000 awarded by Economic Social Research Council: Can groups stave off fatigue? The effects of group monitoring upon fatigue induced cognitive impairment (2009-11, RES-000-22-3460).

£5,041 awarded by British Academy Small Grants scheme to study the effects of intended length of stay on acculturation. (2009).

£3,621 awarded in the 1st round of LSBU's Research Opportunity Fund to study the effects of acculturation gap in Ghanaian migrants to the UK.

ESRC Overseas research grant :£1,208 was secured to travel to the University of California, Santa Barbara for training in Psycho-physiological methodology.

Short-listed for Fulbright Distinguished Scholars Award, 2007

'1+3' Funding from the Economic Social Research Council for the period 2003-2007: Funding for both my MSc and PhD research was secured in open competition from the ESRC.

Stuart Diamond Memorial prize, 2002: This prize is awarded annually by the Cardiff School of Psychology for the best final year undergraduate research project.