Attributions to discrimination and self-esteem: Impact of group identification and situational ambiguity

2003 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 220-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Major ◽  
Wendy J Quinton ◽  
Toni Schmader
2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Boyle

Purpose In this study, the author examined the relationship of social support, empowerment, self-help support group participation, and group identification to quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Two-hundred forty-nine adults who stutter completed a web-based survey, including measures of social support, empowerment, self-help support group participation, group identification, and quality of life. Results After controlling for demographic and stuttering parameters, both empowerment in the self-esteem/self-efficacy domain and social support from family significantly predicted quality of life in adults in the sample. Conclusions Increased self-esteem/self-efficacy and social support from family relates to improved quality of life in adults who stutter, independent of stuttering severity. Treatments that increase feelings of self-esteem/self-efficacy and strengthen social support from the family should be considered for individuals who struggle to cope with stuttering in order to enhance their quality of life.


1960 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvin Zander ◽  
Ezra Stotland ◽  
Donald Wolfe

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Rabinovich ◽  
Thomas A. Morton

The authors investigated the impact of temporal focus on group members’ responses to contextual ingroup devaluation. Four experimental studies demonstrated that following an induction of negative ingroup evaluation, participants primed with a past temporal focus reported behavioral intentions more consistent with this negative appraisal than participants primed with a future temporal focus. This effect was apparent only when a negative (but not a positive) evaluation was induced, and only among highly identified group members. Importantly, the interplay between temporal focus and group identification on relevant intentions was mediated by individual self-esteem, suggesting that focus on the future may be conducive to separating negative ingroup appraisals from individual self-evaluations. Taken together, the findings suggest that high identifiers’ responses to ingroup evaluations may be predicated on their temporal focus: A focus on the past may lock such individuals within their group’s history, whereas a vision of the future may open up opportunities for change.


Author(s):  
Daniel Pérez-Garín ◽  
Patricia Recio ◽  
Fernando Molero

The main objective of this study was to examine the consequences of perceived discrimination in people with hearing and visual impairments. Using path analysis, we attempted to validate a multigroup model in which perceived personal discrimination is associated with internalization of stigma, which, in turn, is negatively related to self-esteem; conversely, perceived discrimination against the in-group contributes to enhanced group identification, which promotes the intention to engage in collective action, which, in turn, has beneficial effects on self-esteem. The sample consisted of a total of 200 Spanish-speaking participants, of whom 104 had hearing impairments and 96 had visual impairments. The results showed that the proposed multigroup model fit the data well. For both groups, internalized stigma played a mediating role in the relationship between perceived personal discrimination and self-esteem. However, the pathway from group discrimination to self-esteem was not as clearly supported by the data. The results are interpreted from a psychosocial perspective and may contribute to design interventions aimed at improving the well-being of people with hearing and visual impairments.


2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Thomas ◽  
Rupert Brown ◽  
Matthew J. Easterbrook ◽  
Vivian L. Vignoles ◽  
Claudia Manzi ◽  
...  

Based on motivated identity construction theory (MICT; Vignoles, 2011), we offer an integrative approach examining the combined roles of six identity motives (self-esteem, distinctiveness, belonging, meaning, continuity, and efficacy) instantiated at three different motivational levels (personal, social, and collective identity) as predictors of group identification. These identity processes were investigated among 369 members of 45 sports teams from England and Italy in a longitudinal study over 6 months with four time points. Multilevel change modeling and cross-lagged analyses showed that satisfaction of four personal identity motives (individuals’ personal feelings of self-esteem, distinctiveness, meaning, and efficacy derived from team membership), three social identity motives (individuals’ feelings that the team identity carries a sense of belonging, meaning, and continuity), and one collective identity motive (a shared belief in group distinctiveness) significantly predicted group identification. Motivational processes underlying group identification are complex, multilayered, and not reducible to personal needs.


2000 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher L. Aberson ◽  
Michael Healy ◽  
Victoria Romero

A meta-analysis examined the relation between self-esteem and ingroup bias. The project focused on effects of ingroup bias strategy and measurement of self-esteem. Results indicated that high-self-esteem individuals exhibited more ingroup bias than did low-self-esteem individuals. Bias strategy and self-esteem measurement moderated this relation. When using “direct” ingroup bias strategies, high-self-esteem individuals showed more bias than did low-self-esteem individuals. When using “indirect” strategies, groups exhibited comparable amounts of bias. Results were comparable for collective and personal self-esteem measures. Examination of specific collective measures indicated that self-esteem defined by the Collective Self-Esteem Scale (Luhtanen & Crocker, 1992) did not predict differences in ingroup bias, whereas group identification measures did predict differences in ingroup bias. Results are interpreted as indicating that both high and low-self-esteem individuals exhibit ingroup bias; however, expression of ingroup bias by individuals with low self-esteem is constrained by situational factors. Furthermore, individual-level factors such as personal self-esteem may be useful in predicting collective enhancement.


2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason W. Crabtree ◽  
S. Alexander Haslam ◽  
Tom Postmes ◽  
Catherine Haslam

2005 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnd Florack ◽  
Martin Scarabis ◽  
Stefanie Gosejohann

The authors argue that individuals may restore their self-esteem by derogating a member of an out-group, but only if they identify with the in-group and hold negative attitudes towards the out-group. In two experiments, the self-image of participants was either enhanced or threatened. Afterwards, participants evaluated an out-group target. The results provided broad support for the assumption that intergroup attitudes and in-group identification moderate the impact of self-image threat on the judgment of an out-group member. Self-image threat led to a more negative evaluation only in participants with negative out-group attitudes. It resulted in a more positive evaluation when participants held positive out-group attitudes and identified less with the in-group.


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