Group Identity and Intergroup Discrimination: Does Importance to Identity Play a Special Role?

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Group Identity and Intergroup Discrimination: Does Importance to Identity Play a Special Role?

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University of Otago

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The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the relationship between a specific dimension of collective identity, importance to identity, and intergroup discrimination. Three sets of studies explored this association. The first set (Studies 1a – 1d) assessed whether emphasising vs. de-emphasising the intergroup context affected the relationship between importance to identity and intergroup discrimination. Findings from Studies 1a – 1d revealed a significant positive relationship between importa...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2015

Creator

Kafka, Sarah

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/6007

Related subjects

identity / group identity / identity importance / importance to identity / explicit importance / collective identity / discrimination / intergroup discrimination / prejudice / racism / sexism / New Zealand / Exceptional Thesis collection

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