Racial Group Identification Among Black Adults

Recent political events have prompted an examination of the analytical tools and conceptual frameworks used in political science to understand voting and candidate choice. Scholars in the behavioral tradition have highlighted the empirical relationship between racial resentment and anti-black affect among white voters during and after President Obama’s successful run for re-election. The theoretical role of white identity within the context of the privileged status of this racial group has seen much less scholarly attention by political scientists, particularly with respect to racial group identification and its implications. To address this lacuna, we argue that racial identification among white voters can be conceived of as a utility-based trait relevant to candidate choice, combining a social-psychological approach of group membership together with a rational choice perspective. This conceptualization of the political utility of white racial identity provides wider conceptual latitude for empirical tests and explanations of voting in U.S. elections.

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Racial Group Identification and Its Relations to Individualism/ Interdependence and Race-Related Stress in African Americans

Journal of Black Psychology ◽

10.1177/0095798409355794 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 483-511 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Carla D. Hunter ◽

Nancy Joseph

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Group Identification ◽

Racial Group ◽

Related Stress ◽

Race Related Stress

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Class, Self-Perception, and Racial Group Identification Among African Americans

Critical Sociology ◽

10.1177/089692059602200104 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 73-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Michael D. Grimes ◽

Pamela J. Jenkins ◽

Rebel M. Reavis

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Group Identification ◽

Racial Group ◽

Self Perception

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Discrimination, attribution, and racial group identification: Implications for psychological distress among Black Americans in the National Survey of American Life (2001–2003).

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry ◽

10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01122.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 81 (4) ◽

pp. 498-506 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

David H. Chae ◽

Karen D. Lincoln ◽

James S. Jackson

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

National Survey ◽

Group Identification ◽

Black Americans ◽

Racial Group ◽

American Life

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Working Hard to Achieve Self-Defining Group Goals: A Social Identity Analysis

Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie ◽

10.1024//0044-3514.31.4.191 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 191-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Kelly S. Fielding ◽

Michael A. Hogg

Keyword(s):

Social Identity ◽

Group Identification ◽

Group Norms ◽

Identity Threat ◽

Traditional Research ◽

Identity Model ◽

Group Goals ◽

And Performance ◽

Substantial Effort

Summary: A social identity model of effort exertion in groups is presented. In contrast to most traditional research on productivity and performance motivation, the model is assumed to apply to groups of all sizes and nature, and to all membership contingent norms that specify group behaviors and goals. It is proposed that group identification renders behavior group-normative and encourages people to behave in line with group norms. The effect should be strengthened among people who most need consensual identity validation from fellow members, and in intergroup contexts where there is inescapable identity threat from an outgroup. Together these processes should encourage people to exert substantial effort on behalf of their group.

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Effects of Human vs. Computer-Controlled Characters and Social Identity Cues on Enjoyment

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000218 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 35-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jorge Peña ◽

Jannath Ghaznavi ◽

Nicholas Brody ◽

Rui Prada ◽

Carlos Martinho ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Identity ◽

Social Presence ◽

Group Identification ◽

Virtual Character ◽

Character Type ◽

Computer Controlled ◽

Media Enjoyment ◽

Identification Processes

Abstract. This study explored how group identification, avatar similarity identification, and social presence mediated the effect of character type (avatars or agents) and social identity cues (presence or absence of avatars wearing participants’ school colors) on game enjoyment. Playing with teammate avatars increased enjoyment indirectly by enhancing group identification. In addition, the presence of social identity cues increased enjoyment indirectly by augmenting identification with one’s avatar. Unexpectedly, playing in multiplayer mode in the presence of social identity cues decreased enjoyment, whereas playing in multiplayer mode in the absence of social identity cues increased enjoyment. Social presence was not a reliable mediator. The findings supported media enjoyment and social identity theories, and highlighted how virtual character type and identification processes influence enjoyment.

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