ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how the benefits of recategorization extend to other measures of behavior and behavioral intentions, across time, and to the groups as a whole. It examines how a sense of common community within a college setting influences students' support for the institution and their intentions to persist towards graduation. It demonstrates the applicability of the basic principles and processes outlined in the Common Ingroup Identity Model to a range of behavioral responses. The chapter addresses the issues of generalizability, in terms of extending the benefits first across time and second to other members of the outgroup not directly involved in the intergroup contact situation. The chapter explores how developing a common ingroup identity can facilitate other forms of positive social behavior and generalizable improvements of attitudes toward the outgroup as a whole. It presents generalization of the benefits of intergroup contact to attitudes toward groups as a whole occurs as a function of the salience of group representations.
