TY - JOUR
AU1 - Cameron, James E.
AU2 - Duck, Julie M.
AU3 - Terry, Deborah J.
AU4 - Lalonde, Richard N.
AB - Previous research indicates that people who are highly identified with their groups                 tend to remain committed to them under threat. This study examines the                 generalizability of this effect to (a) a real-life context involving the perception                 that others view the ingroup (Australians) as intolerant of minorities and (b)                 various dimensions of social identification. The sample comprised 213 respondents to                 a random mail survey. Perceived threat was inversely related to self-stereotyping                 (i.e. perceptions of self-ingroup similarity), but only for individuals with weak                 subjective ties to other group members. Threat perceptions were also predictive of                 enhanced judgments of within-group variability on threat-relevant dimensions,                 particularly for individuals with weaker ingroup ties. Various strategies for coping                 with a threatened social identity are linked to different facets of social identification.
TI - Perceptions of Self and Group in the Context of a Threatened National                 Identity: A Field Study
JF - Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
DO - 10.1177/1368430205048618
DA - 2005-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/perceptions-of-self-and-group-in-the-context-of-a-threatened-national-Z7kw4Ihv8l
SP - 73
EP - 88
VL - 8
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -