Social Identity and Attitudes Toward Cultural Diversity: A Cultural Psychological Analysis
Prior research indicates that there may be a disharmonious relationship between positive attitudes toward ethnic and cultural diversity and social identity within a socially dominant group. Recent work in cultural psychology, however, has implied that this disharmonious relationship may be confined...
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| author | Hamamura, Takeshi |
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| description | Prior research indicates that there may be a disharmonious relationship between positive attitudes toward ethnic and cultural diversity and social identity within a socially dominant group. Recent work in cultural psychology, however, has implied that this disharmonious relationship may be confined to a specific representation of social identity. This research examined this possibility. Study 1 (N = 51,238) found that the negative association between national identity and diversity attitudes found among participants from Western societies did not extend to participants from non-Western societies. Study 2 (N = 222) recruited American and Japanese participants, disentangled two distinct representations of their social identity—collective and relational social identity—and found their differential associations with positive attitudes toward multiculturalism. Implications are discussed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-183062017-09-13T13:43:07Z Social Identity and Attitudes Toward Cultural Diversity: A Cultural Psychological Analysis Hamamura, Takeshi Prior research indicates that there may be a disharmonious relationship between positive attitudes toward ethnic and cultural diversity and social identity within a socially dominant group. Recent work in cultural psychology, however, has implied that this disharmonious relationship may be confined to a specific representation of social identity. This research examined this possibility. Study 1 (N = 51,238) found that the negative association between national identity and diversity attitudes found among participants from Western societies did not extend to participants from non-Western societies. Study 2 (N = 222) recruited American and Japanese participants, disentangled two distinct representations of their social identity—collective and relational social identity—and found their differential associations with positive attitudes toward multiculturalism. Implications are discussed. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18306 10.1177/0022022116681845 Sage Publications restricted |
| spellingShingle | Hamamura, Takeshi Social Identity and Attitudes Toward Cultural Diversity: A Cultural Psychological Analysis |
| title | Social Identity and Attitudes Toward Cultural Diversity: A Cultural Psychological Analysis |
| title_full | Social Identity and Attitudes Toward Cultural Diversity: A Cultural Psychological Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Social Identity and Attitudes Toward Cultural Diversity: A Cultural Psychological Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Identity and Attitudes Toward Cultural Diversity: A Cultural Psychological Analysis |
| title_short | Social Identity and Attitudes Toward Cultural Diversity: A Cultural Psychological Analysis |
| title_sort | social identity and attitudes toward cultural diversity: a cultural psychological analysis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18306 |