Conceptualizing Social Identity: A New Framework and Evidence for the Impact of Different Dimensions

Jackson, Jay W; Smith, Eliot R.

doi:10.1177/0146167299025001010

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“…The respondents' strength of identity with Canada and with their cultural group was measured using 6-item scales adapted from a scale developed by Brown et al (1986) which has been used extensively by intergroup relations researchers and which has good reliability and validity (Jackson & Smith, 1999). These 6-item scales were used in two previous studies of immigrants to measure their cultural and national identity and were shown to be both reliable and valid (Grant, 2007(Grant, , 2008.…”

Section: Identificationsmentioning

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Predicting Protests by Disadvantaged Skilled Immigrants: A Test of an Integrated Social Identity, Relative Deprivation, Collective Efficacy (SIRDE) Model

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In Canada, skilled immigrants with foreign credentials tend to experience difficulty in obtaining a suitable job in their chosen profession. This is because employers do not recognize the full value of such qualifications. We used structural equation modeling to test a social identity, relative deprivation, collective efficacy model in a prospective study of a sample of skilled immigrants (N = 234) disadvantaged by this ''credentialing'' problem. In this model, variables measured at time 1 successfully predicted participation in protest actions during the following 4 months, measured at time 2. First, we conceptualized the affective component of collective relative deprivation (CRD) as (i) the perception of discrimination by the majority group and (ii) the emotional reaction of anger, resentment and frustration in response to that discrimination. The results suggested that the latter positively influenced participation in protest actions but, unexpectedly, the former had the opposite effect. Second, the evidence suggested that respondents' identification with Canada, but not their cultural group, indirectly influenced such participation through collective efficacy and the two components of affective CRD. Third, the novel hypothesis that status insecurity mediates the relationship between cognitive CRD and the two components of affective CRD was supported. Finally, the results suggest that collective efficacy was a strong and direct determinant of participation in protest actions. The implications of these results for the development of an integrated social psychological theory that can predict participation in political protests are discussed.

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Section: Identificationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting Protests by Disadvantaged Skilled Immigrants: A Test of an Integrated Social Identity, Relative Deprivation, Collective Efficacy (SIRDE) Model

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“…People are more likely to perceive these attributes in ingroups than in outgroups (see Dion, 2000, or Jackson & Smith, 1999, for reviews), and social projection may be a mediating factor. There is, however, a difference: Ingroup-favoritism tends to be stronger in real groups than in laboratory groups (Mullen, Brown, & Smith, 1992) homogeneous than ingroups.…”

Section: Cognitive Consequencesmentioning

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Social Projection to Ingroups and Outgroups: A Review and Meta-Analysis

Robbins¹,

Krueger

2005

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

464

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Social projection is the tendency to expect similarities between oneself and others. A review of the literature and a meta-analhsis reveal that projection is stronger when people make judgments about ingroups than when they make judgments about outgroups. Analysis of moderator variablesjfirther reveals that ingroup projection is stronger for laboratory groups than for real social categories. The mode of analyst's (i.e., nomothetic vs. idiographic) and the order of judgments (i.e., self or group judged first) have no discernable effects. Outgroup projection is positive, but small in size. Together, these findings support the view that projection can serve as an egocentric heuristic for inductive reasoning. The greater strength of ingroup projection can contribute to ingroup-favoritism, perceptions of ingroup homogeneity, and cooperation with ingroup members.

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“…There is a great deal of variation and inconsistency in the way that group identifi cation is conceptualized and measured (see Ashmore et al, 2004;Cameron, 2004;Jackson & Smith, 1999). For example, a distinction among various dimensions or elements of identifi cation is made, such as evaluation, importance and attachment.…”

Section: Religious Identifi Cationmentioning

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Religious Group Identification and Inter-Religious Relations: A Study Among Turkish-Dutch Muslims

Verkuyten

2007

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

208

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Following social identity theory, this research examines the relationship between group identification and intergroup relations by focusing on religion. Religious as well as Dutch national group identification was examined among Turkish-Dutch Muslims. Identification was studied in relation to general affective ratings of multiple religious groups (Muslims, Christians, Hindustanis, Jews and non-believers) and the endorsement of Islamic group rights. The results show that Muslim identification was more like a nominal (high or `total' identification) than a continuous variable, and that many participants showed low identification with the national group. The affective ratings of religious out-groups were quite negative, particularly of the Jews and non-believers. Muslim identification was positively and strongly related to feelings toward the religious in-group and to the endorsement of Islamic group rights. National identification was positively related to feelings toward the religious out-groups, but only for `total' Muslim identifiers, supporting the mutual intergroup differentiation model. The findings are discussed in relation to social psychological thinking about group identification and the importance of religion for intergroup relations

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Conceptualizing Social Identity: A New Framework and Evidence for the Impact of Different Dimensions

Cited by 268 publications

References 43 publications

Predicting Protests by Disadvantaged Skilled Immigrants: A Test of an Integrated Social Identity, Relative Deprivation, Collective Efficacy (SIRDE) Model

Predicting Protests by Disadvantaged Skilled Immigrants: A Test of an Integrated Social Identity, Relative Deprivation, Collective Efficacy (SIRDE) Model

Social Projection to Ingroups and Outgroups: A Review and Meta-Analysis

Religious Group Identification and Inter-Religious Relations: A Study Among Turkish-Dutch Muslims

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