Perception Of Social Identity Research Articles

Morality, Social Inclusion, and In-Group Superiority: The Differential Role of Individualizing and Binding Foundations in Perceptions of the Social Identity of In-Group and Out-Group Members.

Research into social identity and morality judgments typically focuses on how the former influences the latter. We approach this theme from the opposite direction, establishing the influence of morality on perceptions of social identity. In three studies, conducted in two cultures, we show that in-group members acting immorally are excluded from the group. Extending this investigation to the overlooked study of out-group-on-out-group behavior, in Studies 2 and 3, we compare perceptions of social inclusion for in-group members following (im)moral behavior toward the in-group with perceptions of out-group members following (im)moral behavior toward the out-group. We show that people treat in-group and out-group members alike with respect to binding morals, which concern preservation and protection of the group, but not individualizing morals, which concern preservation and protection of individual rights. Finally, in Study 3, we confirm the underlying motivating mechanism of reasserting in-group superiority by affirming the positive distinctiveness of one's own group.

SOSYAL KİMLİK ALGISININ SORUMLU TURİST DAVRANIŞINA YÖNELİK TUTUMA ETKİSİ: KAMP-KARAVAN TURİSTLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Algılanan sosyal kimlik özelliklerinin davranış üzerindeki etkilerinin incelenmesi, turist davranışının açıklanması için önemlidir. Turist davranışlarından biri olan sorumlu turist davranışını etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi turizmin çevre, toplum ve kültür üzerinde bıraktığı olumsuz etkilerin azaltılmasına yardımcı olabilir ve olumlu katkılar sunabilir. Araştırma, kamp ve karavan turizmine katılan bireylerin sorumlu turist davranışına yönelik tutumlarında sosyal kimlik algısının etkisini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmanın amacı doğrultusunda Balıkesir’de kamp ve karavan turizmine katılan 410 turistten kolayda örneklem yöntemiyle toplanan veriler değerlendirmeye alınmıştır. Araştırmada nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden ilişkisel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Ölçeklere ilişkin açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonuçları değerlendirilmiş ve ardından yol analizi sonuçları incelenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda, sorumlu turist davranışına yönelik tutumun alt boyutları öğrenme, kültür ve çevre olarak belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın önemli sonuçlarından biri sosyal kimlik algısının sorumlu turist davranışına yönelik tutumun alt boyutları arasında çevre boyutunun en yüksek etkiye sahip olmasıdır. Sosyal kimlik algısının sorumlu turist davranışına yönelik tutumun üzerinde pozitif ve anlamlı etkiye sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Dolayısıyla, çevresel etkilerin azaltılabilmesi için sosyal kimlik çalışmalarının genişletilmesi ve sosyal kimlik üzerinden sürdürülebilirlikle ilgili sosyal reklam ve kampanyaların yürütülmesinin faydalı olabileceği anlaşılmıştır.

A Study on Hong Kong-Chinese Mainland Cross-Border Students’ Perceptions of Social Identity about Their University Pursuits and Future Career Choices

A Study on Hong Kong-Chinese Mainland Cross-Border Students’ Perceptions of Social Identity about Their University Pursuits and Future Career Choices

How Characteristics of Virtual Communities Influence the Identity of Online Fans in China? Using Sina Weibo as An Example

This paper introduces the relationship between fans' identity reconstruction and the characteristics of virtual communities via the rise of new media. The research will explore fans' ego and social identity perceptions in online platforms, and state phenomenon that occurs in virtual communities that influence fans' identity. Sina Weibo platform will be used as an example to explore the model of online star-chasing activity in China by subjecting fans as the research object. Method of interview will be adopted to explore the changes in fans self- recognition and behaviors in virtual communities, and explained by the identity theory to give the final conclusion.

"Everyone Saw Me Differently Like It Was My Fault or I Wanted It": Acquaintance Stalking Victim Experiences of Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Autonomy.

Although the stalking research literature has grown over time, there is more limited research focused on acquaintance stalking victim experiences and harms. The current study used online surveys with women stalked by acquaintances who had (n = 193), and who had not (n = 144), been sexually assaulted by the stalker to examine differences in stalking course of conduct (including jealousy and control, sexual harassment) and victim harms (resource losses, social identity perceptions, sexual autonomy, sexual difficulties, and safety efficacy). Results found that many of the acquaintance stalking victims in the current study experienced all three types of sexual harassment (verbal harassment, unwanted sexual advances, sexual coercion) and had negative social identity perceptions (e.g., how they felt about themselves, how they felt about their ability to be a good partner). More women who were sexually assaulted, compared to those who were not, experienced threats, jealous and controlling behavior, severe physical violence, stalking-related fear, sexual harassment, negative social identity perceptions, and lower sexual autonomy. Multivariate analysis found that sexual assault, more unwanted sexual attention, increased sexual coercion, lower safety efficacy, and more negative social identity perceptions were associated with sexual difficulties while sexual assault, higher safety efficacy, fewer resource losses, and fewer negative social identity perceptions were associated with increased sexual autonomy. Sexual assault, verbal sexual harassment, and resource losses were associated with more negative social identity perceptions. Understanding the full scope of stalking victimization and the negative impacts can inform the recovery journey and safety planning interventions.

A Sense of Connection: Examining Social Identity and Adherence to a School-Based Exercise Club

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between social identity and adherence in the context of a school-based, 8-week structured group exercise program. Methods: Secondary students (N = 116; Mage = 15.52 years) from 10 newly formed school-based exercise clubs reported social identity perceptions specific to their exercise group, which were used to predict attendance and intentions to return to the club in the future. Results: Controlling for sex and grade level, the results of hierarchical regression analysis revealed that exercise group social identity was significantly positively related to program attendance (ΔR2 = .09, p < .01). A positive relationship was also found between exercise group social identity and intentions to return to the exercise club in the future, while also controlling for sex, grade level, and program attendance (ΔR2 = .05, p < .05). Discussion/Conclusion: The findings suggest that stronger exercise group social identity in the form of ingroup ties is associated with greater attendance and intention to return to the school-based exercise club among secondary school students.

Part of the Team: The Social Identity Questionnaire for Sport Parents (SIQS-P)

ABSTRACT Drawing from theory of the multidimensional nature of social identity, the purpose of this study was to assess an adapted measure of social identity in sport that captures the extent to which parents identify with their child’s team. Using the Social Identity Questionnaire for Sport (SIQS) with items specifically modified for parents, we assessed competitive youth sport parents’ perceptions of ingroup ties, cognitive centrality, and ingroup affect. Using an exploratory and confirmatory analysis process, a conceptually grounded three-factor structure was supported in a sample of 788 ice hockey parents. Measurement invariance testing found strong invariance for the measurement tool based on participants’ biological sex, previous sport experience, and proximal competition outcome. Finally, differences emerged when comparing latent means across their child’s most recent game outcome. Taken together, this study offers a novel tool to better understand and measure perceptions of social identity among sport parents.

Veblen was right: Conspicuous consumption and car loans in Russia

We study the connection between the social pattern of conspicuous consumption, on the one hand, and financialization, on the other. Our claim is that greater availability of consumer loans from Russian banks feeds consumerism and promotes the institution of conspicuous consumption. Cars have long been recognized as status symbols or ‘positional goods’ whose utility goes beyond their core functionality as a transportation means. The perception of social identity drives people to seek more expensive and fancy cars, while auto makers and car lenders deliberately foster consumer demand for them. We operationalize financialization with empirical evidence of bank financing of car purchase in the Rostov region of Russia. We find that leveraged car buying has taken root over the past 20 years. Getting a bank loan to buy an otherwise unaffordable car has become an acceptable social pattern. We see a sign of conspicuousness in the fact that the monetary income of households grows slower than the average price of a new car financed by a car loan, the amount of loans issued, and outstanding bank debt on car loans. Thus, households incur such expense by sacrificing other items including basic needs and their human capital development. The phenomenon that we study occurs among less affluent citizens rather than more affluent ones that Veblen focused on, and the range of cars serving as status symbols is broader than just luxury brands usually believed to be the object of conspicuous consumption. Our contribution to the literature is that a basic concept of institutional theory (conspicuous consumption) is combined with elements from other research approaches, namely social significance of bank lending, functional differentiation of credit, and the effects of financialization.

More than just another bib: group dynamics in an elite Nordic ski team

ABSTRACT The social environment within individual sport teams can have a significant influence on the success, development, and well-being of athletes. We explored elite individual sport athletes’ group experiences through the lens of social identity theorising. Participants were six members (4 male, 2 female, Mage = 21.5 years) of a National Development Nordic Ski team. At two time points in the competitive season, we used Social Identity Mapping (Bentley et al., 2020) in combination with semi-structured interviews to explore athletes’ experiences as a member of the ski team. Social Identity Mapping provided a visual representation of each participant’s social identities and was used to facilitate athletes’ views of their group experiences in the semi-structured interviews. Interview data were thematically analysed to explicate participants’ perceptions of social identity and cohesion, and their perceived relevance to success and development in elite individual sport. Major themes included social group memberships and identities, the presence of subgroups, the ebb and flow of cohesion and conflict, and teammate and coach influence on the group. On this basis, we argue that social identity mapping can be a valuable resource for athletes and coaches seeking to create a positive and cohesive team environment within an elite individual sport team.

Eyes Wide Shut: Political Ideology as a Tool of Discursive Avoidance Among Israeli‐Jewish Students in the Context of Escalating Conflict

Recent years have witnessed a significant escalation in Israel's relations with the Palestinians, as well as in the internal political divide and discourse between left and right. The current research asked how these processes of escalation that occur on the sociopolitical level came into play in interpersonal political discussions held among a group of Jewish‐Israeli young adults that partook in an annual academic course exposing them to Palestinian narratives, right after the 2014 war in Gaza. Particularly, it demonstrated how internal political discourse served as a strategy to cope with threats to moral perception of social identity. Critical discourse analysis conducted on transcripts of the process revealed that the internal political discourse between left wing and right wing served as a platform for group members to establish fight/flight practices within the group discussion. Research findings discussed in light of the sociopolitical context highlight how the focus on the political Other—left or right—drew attention from the Palestinian Other and by that from the moral consequences of harm doing.

Coaches’ Perceptions of Social Identity in Youth Sport: When Youth Athletes Think and Behave as “Us”

This study sought to examine coaches’ perceptions of social identity among their athletes and explore the ways that they may attempt to influence its development. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 12 head coaches (Mage = 49.25 years; SD = 6.5 years; Mexperience = 15.75 years; SD = 7.66 years; nfemale = 1) of male (n = 8) and female (n = 4) competitive youth ice hockey teams. Three main themes were identified through our analysis. First, the coaches’ perceptions of athletes’ social identities were described through examples of peer connection and similarity (i.e., in-group ties), athletes’ experience of positive affect (i.e., in-group affect), and athletes demonstrating the meaning and value that they attribute to team membership (i.e., cognitive centrality). Second, the coaches discussed a variety of ways that they sought to develop and reinforce a shared social identity within their teams. These behaviors aligned with principles advanced within the social identity leadership literature—namely, the coaches acted as in-group prototypes, in-group champions, entrepreneurs of identity, and embedders of identity. Finally, the coaches identified parents and cliques as key social agents with the ability to undermine social identity development. The findings are discussed in relation to both their theoretical and practical implications.

Exploring the Relations Between Social Support and Social Identity in Adolescent Male Athletes

ABSTRACT Purpose: Social identity (i.e., the strength with which individuals identify with a group) is a key mechanism through which youth sport participants derive developmental benefits. However, despite the importance of one’s social identity in promoting these benefits, our understanding of the correlates of social identity within the sport context is limited by the absence of evidence. To address this gap, this study investigated the relations between perceived social support from coaches, family, and friends and social identification. Method: Male adolescent athletes (N = 344) completed measures of social support and social identity as part of a cross-sectional design. Latent profile analysis was used to identify distinct social support profiles. Results: Four latent profiles were identified: higher support, average support, diminished support, and lower support. ANCOVA results indicated that profile membership corresponded to significant differences in social identity perceptions, p < .001, partial η2 = .26. Participants in the higher social support profile perceived significantly higher social identity when compared with profiles of average, diminished, and lower support (ps < .05, Cohen’s d ≥.67). Conclusion: Results highlight the association between support from different social agents and social identity in youth sport. Better understanding the correlates of social identity may be critical in enhancing the developmental benefits of participation in organized team sports given the relationship with social identity.

Parents’ moral intentions towards antisocial parent behaviour: An identity approach in youth sport

ObjectivesGrounded in personal and social identity theory, the purpose of this study was to examine whether parents’ personal and social identity perceptions influence their moral intentions towards antisocial parent behaviour in a youth sport setting. DesignParents of competitive youth ice hockey players (N = 437) read a vignette that either described a parent from the participant’s own team (i.e., ingroup), or a parent from an opposing team (i.e., outgroup) acting antisocially towards an athlete from the participant’s own team, an opposing athlete, or their own child. Parents were asked whether they would respond to the antisocial behaviour in the form of direct or indirect criticism or report the behaviour to the coach or to the league. ResultsParents were more likely to directly criticize ingroup parents than outgroup parents and they were more likely to indirectly criticize outgroup parents than ingroup parents. Further, parents with stronger social identities reported higher intentions to indirectly criticize an outgroup parent. There were no main effects for reporting behaviour (to coach or league), and personal identity did not moderate relationships with moral intentions towards antisocial behaviour. ConclusionBy providing parents with a situation that includes antisocial parent behaviour in the immediate youth sport environment, novel insight was gathered with regard to what contextual elements might drive parents’ intention to criticize, but not report antisocial behaviour.

The relationship between alexithymia and shyness in nursing students with mediating roles of loneliness and social identity

Background: Shyness is a main cause of poor results in the educational environment. The present study aimed at studying relationship between alexithymia (the inability to recognize or describe one’s own emotions) and shyness in nursing students, with mediating roles of loneliness and social identity. Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was based on structural equation modeling, specific regression equations, and a statistical population of 658 nursing students at Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences in 2018. A sample of 331 students was selected. To collect the data, Toronto’s Alexithymia Scale, Russell, Peplau and Cutrona’s Loneliness Scale, Safarinia’s Social Identity Questionnaire and Briggs, Cheek and Buss’ Shyness Scale were used. Results: The findings from regression analysis showed that there was a direct effect between alexithymia and shyness and an indirect effect between alexithymia and shyness with mediating factors of loneliness and social identity (P&lt;0.01). In total, alexithymia, feelings of loneliness, and perception of social identity had a predictive power of 0.51% of shyness. Conclusion: The results of this study show the effect of alexithymia and the role of moderating influences on feelings of loneliness and social identity perceptions and shyness among nursing students, which can provide useful practical applications to advisers and trainers in order to improve the psychological state of nursing students.

Pathways to age-friendly communities in diverse urban neighborhoods: Do social capital and social cohesion matter?

ABSTRACTUsing a social capital and social cohesion lens, we reposition the concept of civic engagement among older adults to examine pathways for building age-friendly communities. We analyzed data drawn from a Community-Based Participatory Research study in the Southern U.S. that explored lived experiences of older adults, age 55 and above, who participated in individual interviews (n = 15) and six focus group discussions (n = 45) to examine their perceptions of social identity, social connectedness, and civic engagement geared toward an age-friendly city. Findings indicated that several older adults had access to social networks and socially invested resources, thereby having opportunities for civic engagement and building age-friendly neighborhoods. However, social, cultural, linguistic, and structural barriers were more evident among certain diverse ethnic populations. Marginalized low-income minorities and immigrants, such as Hispanic participants, felt the lack of social cohesion among the larger society limited their ability to give back, thus decreasing their civic engagement activities. In contrast, Caucasian and African-American older adults were able to contribute to the political process through more civic participation activities. We provide implications for examining the role of social capital and social engagement to bolster civic engagement among older adults in building age-friendly communities.

Belonging and Social Identity Among Young People in Western Sydney, Australia

This article explores young people’s everyday life in multiethnic Australian communities. The focus is on interethnic social identity and belonging to the Australian society. The research gives an insight into social relationships, social networks and attitudes to the Australian culture among young people living in multiethnic neighbourhoods. Conceptually, the research is framed around Bourdieu’s habitus discourse and the influence of social and cultural capital on young people’s perceptions and attitudes. A survey of 339 young people residing in Western and South Western Sydney, Australia, was undertaken in 2007. Ninety-five percent of the young people were from minority migrant backgrounds, and two thirds were born in Australia. The majority of them feel good about living in Australia, while only a small percentage rarely or never share this feeling. The findings demonstrate a more positive atmosphere and contradict evidence highlighted by pessimistic predictions of anti-immigrant and anti-multiculturalism critics. For many people of minority ethnic backgrounds, the Australian multicultural society works in a cohesive and inclusive way most of the time. The findings, even when sometimes contradictory, emphasise that the Australian multicultural society was working well in 2007. The young people in the research acknowledged to be influenced by the Cronulla riots, but it had a minor influence on their perception of social identity, social networks or feeling connected to Australia.

Comparison of Students at School of Physical Education and Sports and Education Faculty in Terms of Social Identity Perception

The purpose of this study is to investigate social identity perception of students at School of Physical Education and Sports and students in different majors at Education Faculty at Gazi University according to several variables. 173 female and 127 male participants took part in this research. Social comparison Questionnaire is employed to collect the data. As a result of the study, when the mean scores compared, statistically significant and meaningful difference[t(298)=1,975, p=,049] has been deduced on behalf of students who possess a well-balanced and satisfying friendship (X=86,50±13,469) over the students who do not have it (X=81,41±16,274), at the same time the mean score of participants who follow a regular exercise and sport program (X=91,62±10,681) indicates significant difference *t(298)=5,222, p=,000+ compared to the mean scores of participants who does not schedule a regular sports program (X=83,13±14,403). It is also concluded that the scores of Social identity perception of participants present a significant difference[F(3, 296)=10,990, p=,000]. This difference stems from the mean scores of students at School of physical Education and sports (X=90,01±9,481) compared to the mean scores of students at philosophy teacher education department(X=79,03±14,256), and the mean scores of students pursuing a career in other majors at education faculty(X=83,10±16,076).Keywords: self; social self; social comparison

Comparison of Students at School of Physical Education and Sports and Education Faculty in Terms of Social Identity Perception

The purpose of this study is to investigate social identity perception of students at School of Physical Education and Sports and students in different majors at Education Faculty at Gazi University according to several variables. 173 female and 127 male participants took part in this research. Social comparison Questionnaire is employed to collect the data. As a result of the study, when the mean scores compared, statistically significant and meaningful difference[t(298)=1,975, p=,049] has been deduced on behalf of students who possess a well-balanced and satisfying friendship (X=86,50±13,469) over the students who do not have it (X=81,41±16,274), at the same time the mean score of participants who follow a regular exercise and sport program (X=91,62±10,681) indicates significant difference *t(298)=5,222, p=,000+ compared to the mean scores of participants who does not schedule a regular sports program (X=83,13±14,403). It is also concluded that the scores of Social identity perception of participants present a significant difference[F(3, 296)=10,990, p=,000]. This difference stems from the mean scores of students at School of physical Education and sports (X=90,01±9,481) compared to the mean scores of students at philosophy teacher education department(X=79,03±14,256), and the mean scores of students pursuing a career in other majors at education faculty(X=83,10±16,076). Keywords: self; social self; social comparison

Contagion of Self-Interested Behavior: Evidence from Group Dictator Game Experiments

Abstract We examine how group decision-making affects other-regarding behavior in experimental dictator games. In particular, we assess whether the effects of iterated games differ for group and individual decision-making and whether the difference in decision-making style (individual or group) changes the perception of social identity. We make two findings on group decision-making. First, group decisions become more selfish when repeating the game after changing group members. Second, a dictator group donates more to a recipient group at the same university than to a recipient group at a different university. These findings are not true for individual decision-making.

The Schoolie experience: social identity and disconfirmation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe experiences of high school graduates attending a significant annual celebratory event (Schoolies) on the Gold Coast, Australia. Design/methodology/approach An interpretive, qualitative paradigm informed by social construction ideologies was adopted. Data were collected via in-depth semi-structured interviews. Findings Key findings relate to attendees’ notion of excitement and perception of social identity, which was found to encompass both a rite of passage and event exclusivity. Attendees’ sense of identity developed from the unique nature of the event as well as the anticipation of excitement and the actual experience. Originality/value This study makes a novel contribution in that it takes an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together the sociological, social psychological, and marketing disciplines in an event management context.