Abstract
Individuals are members of multiple social groups, and thus possess multiple social identities. Relatively little is known, however, about the structure of multiple social identities within the self concept. Using a variety of multivariate statistical techniques, the present study explored the structure of 11 social identities within the self-concepts of a representative sample of 426 working adults in the south Asian nation of Sri Lanka. The analysis identified four identity clusters (labeled Conflictual, Socioeconomic, Demographic, Geographic) and two higher-order identity clusters (labeled Collective and Categorical). In addition, the proximities of national, racial, and religious identities were examined more closely in light of their relevance to Sri Lanka's ongoing civil war.
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