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Soziale Identität und Gesundheit REJECTION IDENTIFICATION Eva Blume and Riccardo Zito 07.06.2012. Perceiving Pervasive Discrimination Among African Americans : Implications for Group Identification and Well- Being M.T.Schmitt and R.D. Harvey (1999).
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Soziale Identität und GesundheitREJECTION IDENTIFICATIONEva Blume andRiccardo Zito07.06.2012
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999)
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) • But • Doesthisapplytoexperiencingprejudice/discrimination? • Deductively: More experiencedprejudice -> Damagedself-esteem (SE) • SE deficitsamongthestigmatizedarerarelyobserved • (Crocker and Major) • Single instancevspervasiveprejudice (Examples?) betterself-esteem(SE Outside Locusofcausalityof negative event
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Instanceorpervasiveprejudice: howdo copingmechanismsdiffer? Single instancediscriminationCopingstrategies: • providingoneselfwithexcuse in advance; • SE protectiveeffectofattributiontoprejudice; • Leggitimacy.
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Instanceorpervasiveprejudice: howdo copingmechanismsdiffer? Long Term discriminationAttributionalstrategies: • Itispredictedthatstableattributionstoprejudiceagainstone‘ssocialgroup will have negative consequencestowellbeing • DEVALUED GROUP MEMBERS ARE MOTIVATED TO AVOID MAKING ATTRIBUTION TO PREJUDICE AND ONLY DO SO IN THE PRESENSE OF STRONG SITUATIONAL FACTORS. • Minoritygroupidentification: Lesbians, punks, hippiesandnerdsyoubetter stick together!!!
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) RejectionIdentification Model Hostilitytowardsdominant Group Willingnesstomakeattributiontoprejudice Psychological wellbeing Minoritygroupidentification
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Method • 139 African Americans volunteers • African americanexperimenter. • Age range: 17-49 • Relativelyheterogenous SES sample. MEASURES: Attributionstoprejudiceacross a varietyoflifesituations Hypotheticalcasescenarioswithambiguous/potentiallyracistoutcomewerepresented. Participantswereaskedtoattributefromscale 1-10 toracialoutcome Pastexperiencewithracialdiscrimination e.g. „I feellike I am personally a victimofsocietybecauseofmyrace“ or „I considermyself a personwhohasbeendeprivedoftheopportunitiesthatareavailabletoothersbecauseofmyrace“ Hostilitytowardwhites e.g. I usetermslike „whitetrash“ „redneck“ orothernames in referencetowhitepeople
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Method MEASURES (continuation): MinoritygroupIdentification e.g. „I feel a strong attachmenttowardsmyethnicgroup“ or „I have a strong sense ofbelongingtomyownethnicgroup“ Personal well-being Rosenberg Self-EsteemInventory (Rosenberg,1979). Also askedforfrequencyof negative emotions (e.g. depression, helplessness, sadness etc.) Collective well-being Membership subscale (e.g. I am a worthymemberofthegroup I belongto) and Private Esteemsubscale (e.g. „In generalI‘mgladtobe a memberofthesocialgroups I belongto“) from Collective self –Esteemscale (CSE, Luhtanenand Crocker, 1992)
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Results Psychological wellbeing Willingnesstomakeattributiontoprejudice Regression not significant
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Results Psychological wellbeing Willingnesstomakeattributiontoprejudice Regression not significant Minoritygroupidentification Regression issignificant
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Results StructuralEquation Modeling: Rejectionidentificationmodel! Personal wellbeing Hostility Willingnesstoattributetoprejudice Minoritygroupidentification Collective wellbeing
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Results Chi squared (14, N=130) = 17.67
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Results Chi squared (14, N=130) = 17.67
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Other modelstested : -Bidirectionality b/w identificationand attribution -Discounting Model + + This version fit well (Chi squared(15, N=139)=20.60) but not aswellas original rejectionidentificationmodel!! The pathswere not significantand in the oppositedirection.
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Other modelstested : -Maladjustment Model Pathswere not signficanrandmodeldid not pass Wald Test.
PerceivingPervasiveDiscriminationAmong African Americans: Implicationsfor Group Identificationand Well-BeingM.T.Schmittand R.D. Harvey (1999) Whatdoes all thismean? -Limitations? -Shiftoflocusofcauseof negative eventprotectsselfesteem- HOWEVER! -Attributiontoprejudicemay not be a goodlongtermstrategy i.e. As a strategyagainstoneBigotit‘sgreat but not so greatwhenyouhavethewholeworldagainstyou. -Implications?
Coping Options: Missing Links betweenMinority Group Identificationand Psychological Well-Being H.R.Outten, M.T. Schmitt, D.M. Garcia & N.R. Branscombe
Vorannahmen Hostilitytowards dominant Group Willingnesstomakeattributiontoprejudice Psychological wellbeing Minoritygroupidentification
Vorannahmen • Verbindung der Rejection-Identification-Theorie und der Stresstheorie nach Lazarus • Rejection als Stressor negativer Einfluss auf Wohlbefinden • Identifikation mit der Ingroup mildert Effekt
Vorannahmen Hostilitytowards dominant Group Willingnesstomakeattributiontoprejudice Psychological wellbeing Minoritygroupidentification Coping
Bewertungsprozesse im Hinblick auf Wohlbefinden • Primär: • irrelevant • günstig • stressend • Schädigung • Bedrohung • Herausforderung • Sekundär: • Bewältigungs- • Fähigkeiten • Möglichkeiten Vorannahmen Umwelt Person E R E I G N I S S E F O L G E N Personenmerkmale • Bewältigung • Problembezogen (PBC): instrumentelle • direkte Handlungen • Emotionsbezogen (EBC): IntrapsychischeProzesse, Emotionsregulation Individualebene Intragruppenebene Intergruppenebene Neubewertung Umweltkonfigurationen (nach Lazarus & Folkman, 1984
Hypothesen Teilnehmer: 120 Afroamerikaner (66 Frauen, 54 Männer), Alter 18-73 Jahre (M=24.22)
Methode • Gruppenidentifikation • 9 Items • „Myraceis an importantpartofwho I am.“ • Copingstrategien • 4 Items pro Copingstrategie 24 Items • Wohlbefinden • 1 Globalitem für den Selbstwert: „I havehighself-esteem.“ • 4 Items aus Lebenszufriedenheitsskala: „In general, I am quitesatisfiedwithmylifeas a whole.“
Ergebnisse • Ingroup-Identifikation • Wohlbefinden
Ergebnisse • Coping • Selbstwert • Individuell EBC • Intergruppen PBC • Lebenszufriedenheit • Individuell EBC • Intergruppen PBC • Intergruppen EBC Gruppenidentifikation beeinflusst die sekundäre Bewertung Personen schätzen Strategien als umsetzbar ein • Ingroup-Identifikation • Wohlbefinden
Bewertungsprozesse im Hinblick auf Wohlbefinden • Primär: • irrelevant • günstig • stressend • Schädigung • Bedrohung • Herausforderung • Sekundär: • Bewältigungs- • Fähigkeiten • Möglichkeiten Ergebnisse Umwelt Person E R E I G N I S S E F O L G E N Personenmerkmale • Bewältigung • Problembezogen (PBC): instrumentelle • direkte Handlungen • Emotionsbezogen (EBC): IntrapsychischeProzesse, Emotionsregulation Neubewertung Umweltkonfigurationen (nach Lazarus & Folkman, 1984