A potential pitfall of integration: The case for identity conflict to facilitate social change
| Autor: | Andrea Belgrade, Fiona Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Sociology and Political Science
Social Psychology Cultural identity media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Social change Social environment 050109 social psychology Moderated mediation Perception Bicultural identity medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Societal Factors Business and International Management medicine.symptom Psychology Attribution Social psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 80:186-194 |
| ISSN: | 0147-1767 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.10.013 |
| Popis: | Building on intersectional awareness literature, this paper examines how another individual difference regarding one’s perception of identity intersections — bicultural identity conflict (BII-C)— predicts immigrants’ interpretations of their social environment and general orientation to take action to support immigrants from one’s heritage group (GOA-I). While previous research has shown that BII-C, or perceived conflict (vs. harmony) between multiple cultural identities, is related to negative intergroup outcomes, we extend this research to examine how BII-C relates to social change actions that promote a more equitable society. An experimental study with 165 first- and second-generation immigrants living in the United States found support for a moderated mediation model. BII-C moderated the relationship between discrimination and the degree to which participants attributed discrimination to societal factors. These attributions were associated with GOA-I. Future research should consider additional individual differences, beyond intersectional awareness and BII-C, to see how these orientations may also act as a lens through which people interpret their social environment and are willing to take action to change it. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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