‘Our way of life is worth defending’: testing a model of attitudes towards superordinate group membership through a study of Scots' attitudes towards Britain

Sindic, Denis; Reicher, Stephen

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“…independence, but because it is unusual to support independence without identifying as a Scot -see Sindic & Reicher, 2007), it had no direct effect on RIP even with support for independence removed from the regression model (β = -.072, p = .557), thus violating one of the conditions for mediation (Barron & Kenny, 1986), whether Scottish identification is considered as the mediator or as the mediated variable.…”

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“…The key difference is that, whereas RCT predefines that which constitutes 'interest' in material terms, we argue that the definition of interest depends upon the definition of the group identity and upon identityrelated motivations (Sonnenberg, 2003). In the particular case of Scottish identity, those who argue for or against independence do so around the question of how it will impact on the Scottish way of life (Sindic & Reicher, 2007). Certainly, there are those who argue for independence on economic grounds, but they do so on the underlying basis that wealth will improve the ability of Scots to preserve their identity-based values and practices (Sindic, 2005 (Marr, 1992).…”

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“…Analyses of political texts, speeches at public meetings and of interviews with politicians (Reicher & Hopkins, 2001;Sindic, 2005;Sindic & Reicher, 2007) suggest that one of the principle arguments for independence is that English values and English interests are divergent from and incompatible with those of Scotland. Moreover, given that the population of England is more than ten times that of Scotland, this inevitably means that the English interest predominates within the Union.…”

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The instrumental use of group prototypicality judgments

Sindic¹,

Reicher²

2008

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Of bikers, teachers and Germans: Groups’ diverging views about their prototypicality. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 385–400] have shown that ingroup members often tend to judge the ingroup as more prototypical of the superordinate group than other subgroups. In this paper, we argue that, in addition to the motivational processes that have been posited to explain this phenomenon, prototypicality judgments may vary according to instrumental considerations. In particular, those who believe their ingroup interest to be undermined by remaining part of the common group will downplay ingroup’s prototypicality as a way to sustain their separatist position. In a first study (N = 63), we found that Scottish respondents who support Scottish independence judged the Scots to be less prototypical of Britain than the English, as compared with Scots who do not support independence. In a second study (N = 191), we manipulated the rhetorical context within which prototypicality judgments were made. Results showed that the pattern found in study 1 only applied when the issue of independence was made salient. When the issue of the importance of Scottish history in Britain was made salient, the opposite pattern appeared, i.e. supporters of independence judged the Scots more prototypical than the English compared to non-supporters. These results were also interpreted in instrumental terms. [author's abstract

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The instrumental use of group prototypicality judgments

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Reicher²

2008

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“…Using Social Identity Theory (SIT: Tajfel & Turner, 1986), Sindic and Reicher (1999) proposed a novel concept of intergroup threat termed identity undermining. The authors defined identity undermining as a threat deriving from the inability of group members to fully enact and express the norms, values and practices characteristic of their given group's social identity.…”

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We believe in your conspiracy if we distrust you: the role of intergroup distrust in structuring the effect of Islamic identification, competitive victimhood, and group incompatibility on belief in a conspiracy theory

Mashuri

Zaduqisti

2014

Journal of Tropical Psychology

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Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S1838990214000118How to cite this article: Ali Mashuri and Esti Zaduqisti (2014). We believe in your conspiracy if we distrust you: the role of intergroup distrust in structuring the effect of Islamic identication, competitive victimhood, and group incompatibility on belief in a conspiracy This study examined how distrust towards an out-group believed to be an actor of a conspiracy theory moderates the role of Islamic identification, group incompatibility and competitive victimhood in explaining belief in said conspiracy. The contextual background we used to verify this idea is the belief in a conspiracy theory among Indonesian Muslims about the involvement of Western countries behind terrorism in Indonesia. More precisely, we found only among Muslim participants with high distrust towards Western people that Islamic identification and group incompatibility positively predicted the perception that Muslims, more than other religious groups, are the victim of the Western people and the belief in a theory that these people have conspired to create terrorism in Indonesia. We also hypothesized and found that competitive victimhood significantly mediated the effects of Islamic identification and group incompatibility on the belief in a conspiracy theory. However, in line with the prediction, these mediation roles of victimhood were obtained only among participants with high distrust. We discussed these findings with reference to theoretical and practical implications.

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“…In addition, threats to group identity make people turn to the minority ingroup that provides a sense of belongingness and inclusion that enhances positive self-feelings (Leary & Baumeister, 2000). Research has found strong associations between the feeling of identity undermining and ingroup identification (Brug & Verkuyten, 2007;Sindic & Reicher, 2009). Thus, situational threats can be expected to make ethnic identity more salient and thereby more relevant for well-being.…”

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Assimilation ideology and situational well-being among ethnic minority members

Verkuyten

2010

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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To cite this version:Maykel Verkuyten.Assimilation ideology and situational well-being among ethnic minority members.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Elsevier, 2009, 46 (2) This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTAssimilation and situational well-being 1 Assimilation ideology and situational well-being among ethnic minority members Maykel VerkuytenUtrecht University ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTAssimilation and situational well-being 2 AbstractTwo experimental questionnaire studies were conducted to test whether assimilation ideology affects the relationship between ethnic self-esteem and situational well-being of TurkishDutch participants. Social identity theory argues that ethnic identity can buffer the effects of group identity threat on well-being, and self-esteem research suggests that a positively evaluated self-aspect can form an important source of well-being. Results show that in an assimilation context, ethnic self-esteem is positively related to feelings of global self-worth and general life-satisfaction. The findings suggest that ethnic self-esteem is an important factor for well-being in an assimilation context that undermines minority group members ability to live their ethnic identity and threatens their group's positive distinctiveness. Although the professed goal of assimilation is equality, assimilationist thinking provides intellectual and moral justification for the superiority and unchanging character of the dominant identity and culture (Fredrickson, 1999). Majority groups tend to favor assimilation of ethnic minorities which requires that minority group members conform to dominant values and abandon their minority group identity (e.g., Van Oudenhoven, Prins, & Buunk, 1998;Verkuyten, 2005). In the Netherlands there is a lively public debate on the so-called failure of multiculturalism and the need for assimilation. Leading politicians and opinion makers have explicitly rejected the idea of multiculturalism which would mean the abolishment of Dutch identity, pleading instead for assimilation (see Vasta, 2007;Verkuyten & Zaremba, 2005). ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTThe quote above indicates that for ethnic minority members, the emphasis on assimilation undermines their ethnic identity and forms an identity threat. Assimilation compromises one's ability to live by one's identity and threatens the value and distinctiveness of the group identity. There is not only anecdotal but also systematic evidence for the fact that ethnic minorities tend to see assimilation as identity undermining and threatening (e.g., Brug & Verkuyten, 2007;Verkuyten, 2005;Wolsko, Park, & Judd, 2...

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‘Our way of life is worth defending’: testing a model of attitudes towards superordinate group membership through a study of Scots' attitudes towards Britain

Cited by 61 publications

References 29 publications

The instrumental use of group prototypicality judgments

The instrumental use of group prototypicality judgments

We believe in your conspiracy if we distrust you: the role of intergroup distrust in structuring the effect of Islamic identification, competitive victimhood, and group incompatibility on belief in a conspiracy theory

Assimilation ideology and situational well-being among ethnic minority members

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