Dual identity, bicultural identity integration and social identity complexity among Muslim minority adolescents

Spiegler, Olivia; Schmid, Katharina; Saleem, Muniba; Hewstone, Miles; Benet‐Martínez, Verónica

doi:10.1080/15298868.2021.1912819

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“…Together, these results indicated that acceptance of the more complex, blended identity structures of dual identifiers can occur within both majority (as demonstrated by previous research) and minority groups (as illustrated in ours). Our study, focusing on identification patterns as outcome, thus ties in with other work examining the consequences of patterns of identification for outcomes such as school achievement, where dual identifiers have been found to be more susceptible to stressors such as perceived discrimination and stereotype threat (Baysu & Phalet, 2019;Deaux, et al, 2007) as well as identity conflict (Spiegler et al, 2021). Altogether, this is an important contribution to the burgeoning literature on multiple identification and biculturalism, which has identified many benefits of "being both" in terms of, for instance, cognitive flexibility (e.g., Spiegler & Leyendecker, 2017), social networks (e.g., Jugert et al, 2018), and intergroup relations (Levy et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 76%

“They Keep an Eye on You”: Minority Pressure and its Implications for Dual Identity Among Six Immigrant Groups in the Netherlands

Cárdenas

Fleischmann

2022

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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The present study analyses perceived pressure to conform to minority group norms and examines its implications for identity (in-)compatibility among six immigrant groups in the Netherlands ( N = 5,783). We analyzed whether orientation toward the majority and minority and the perceived diversity climate explained individual and group differences in perceived minority pressure. Subsequently, we estimated multigroup models to examine whether perceived pressure moderated the association between minority and majority identifications. We found substantial group differences in perceived pressure that were not well explained by orientation toward the majority and minority groups, or the perceived diversity climate. Immigrants who had spent a larger proportion of their life in the receiving society experienced more, but those who had more work experience in the Netherlands experienced less pressure. Perceived pressure was higher the more the Netherlands was perceived as hospitable for immigrants, but also at higher levels of perceived intergroup hostility. Minority and majority group identifications were negatively associated across all six immigrant groups, but only among the Moroccan-Dutch did perceived pressure significantly moderate this association. Specifically, identifications became more compatible (i.e., more positively associated) at lower levels of pressure, a trend that we also observed among all other groups except the Turkish-Dutch; yet in these groups the interaction, though similar in magnitude and direction, was not statistically significant. We concluded that minority group dynamics may contribute to the (in-)compatibility of multiple group identifications, but more research is needed to understand the group characteristics that explain perceived minority pressure and its implications for minority members’ identification patterns.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 76%

“They Keep an Eye on You”: Minority Pressure and its Implications for Dual Identity Among Six Immigrant Groups in the Netherlands

Cárdenas

Fleischmann

2022

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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“…Note that the concept of identity integration relates to the one of social identity complexity, which captures how people subjectively perceive an overlap between multiple ingroups (Roccas & Brewer, 2002). Identity integration, however, complements this concept by focusing on the cognitive and affective compatibility, at the level of the self, between two identities (Spiegler et al, 2022). Indeed, identity conflict can arise when managing multiple identities (Hirsh & Kang, 2016), which can lead to perceived incompatibility and negative outcomes.…”

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confidence: 99%

Moving from “balancing” to “blending”: The role of identity integration for working parents

Manzi,

Donato,

Lagomarsino

et al. 2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Successful identity integration processes are fundamental for the well-being of working parents during stressful circumstances. In two studies we analyzed the associations between Parent–Work Identity Integration (PWII), workload, care-load, and parents’ work problems in a sample of individual working parents in Italy ( N = 326 individuals; Study 1), and those between work–life conflict, task-sharing between partners, PWII, and parents’ intention to leave their job and mental health in a sample of mixed-sex working couples with school-aged children ( N = 97 couples, Study 2). Finally, we examined gender differences in all the above associations. Study 1 results showed that parents dissatisfied with care-load distribution within the couple and those with higher workload also reported more problems at work, and these effects were fully mediated by PWII. Moreover, Study 2 showed that care-load distribution is only associated with women’s PWII and, indirectly, their well-being and their intention to leave their job. Moreover, parents’ lower work-life conflict was associated with higher PWII and, in turn, to better mental health and lower intention to leave their job. The effects of work-life conflict were also found to cross-over onto the partner’s well-being. Promoting working parents’ ability to harmoniously blend their work and parental identities, in addition to balance conflicting demands between work and life, appears crucial for intervention.

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“…Past research has indicated that BII is an important predictor of mental health outcomes (Chen et al, 2008;Schwartz et al, 2015); in particular, higher levels of BII-Harmony are associated with positive mental health outcomes (Benet-Martínez & Haritatos, 2005;Huynh et al, 2018;Tikhonov et al, 2019;Ward et al, 2018). Although BII research has primarily focused on college students and adults, there is a small growing body of work on adolescents (Bishop et al, 2019;Spiegler et al, 2021) that has indicated that perceived integration of individuals' cultures and cultural identities was associated with better mental health outcomes (Ferrari et al, 2015(Ferrari et al, , 2019Manzi et al, 2014;Ni et al, 2016;Schwartz et al, 2015). When biculturals endorse lower levels of perceived harmony, this greater sense of dissonance and incompatibility between their cultures and cultural identities can be harmful to their mental health.…”

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To Be in Harmony: Chinese American Adolescents’ and Parents’ Bicultural Integration During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Schmidt

Cho

Cheah

2023

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Experiences of racial discrimination have been found to be associated with internalizing problems among ethnic–racial minority youth. However, mediating and moderating processes that might explain this association is less well understood. Thus, the present study aimed to examine whether Chinese American adolescents’ bicultural identity integration harmony (BII-Harmony) mediated the association between their experiences of racial discrimination and internalizing behaviors. Furthermore, we examined the moderating role of their parents’ BII-Harmony in this mediation model. Chinese American adolescents ( Mage = 13.9 years; SD = 2.3; 48% female) reported their experiences of racial discrimination and BII-Harmony, and their parents ( Mage = 46.2 years; SD = 5.2; 81% mothers) reported their BII-Harmony and their children’s internalizing difficulties. Chinese American adolescents’ racial discrimination experiences were negatively associated with BII-Harmony, and in turn, more internalizing problems, but only when their parents also reported low and mean levels of BII-Harmony.

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Dual identity, bicultural identity integration and social identity complexity among Muslim minority adolescents

Cited by 12 publications

References 45 publications

“They Keep an Eye on You”: Minority Pressure and its Implications for Dual Identity Among Six Immigrant Groups in the Netherlands

“They Keep an Eye on You”: Minority Pressure and its Implications for Dual Identity Among Six Immigrant Groups in the Netherlands

Moving from “balancing” to “blending”: The role of identity integration for working parents

To Be in Harmony: Chinese American Adolescents’ and Parents’ Bicultural Integration During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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