Counteracting subliminal cues that threaten national identity Van Breen, Jolien A. Lemus Martín, Soledad De Spears, Russell Kuppens, Toon The authors would like to thank Ma.ka Telga and Alvaro Rodriguez-Lopez for help with data collection. The work reported here was supported by Grant no. PSI2016-79971-P from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (AEI/FEDER, UE; awarded to Soledad de Lemus), as well as by the Endowed Chair of Russell Spears at the University of Groningen. In spite of their subtle nature, subliminal cues of group devaluation can have profound effects on members of targeted groups. Across three studies, we examine factors that allow people to counteract subliminal cues of group devaluation. We do this in the context of Spanish-German intergroup relations following the 2008 financial crisis. Throughout the crisis, narratives in politics and the media have drawn on national stereotypes to legitimize the economic situation in Spain. We argue that this represents a threat to our Spanish participants and that exposure to subliminal cues that reflect this threat will trigger responses that counteract this threat. Indeed, results showed that when subliminal associations legitimize the disadvantage faced by the group, our Spanish participants reversed the subliminal associations to which they were exposed. These findings show that Spanish participants are able to counteract the devaluation of their national in-group, even when that devaluation occurs outside of conscious awareness. 2021-07-15T11:35:12Z 2021-07-15T11:35:12Z 2021-06-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article van Breen, J.A... [et al.] (2021), Counteracting subliminal cues that threaten national identity. Br J Soc Psychol. [https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12474] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/69726 10.1111/bjso.12474 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España John Wiley & Sons