Livingstone, Andrew George, Spears, Russell, Manstead, Antony Stephen Reid  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-2096 and Bruder, Martin
2011.
The more, the merrier? Numerical strength versus subgroup distinctiveness in minority groups.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
47
(4)
, pp. 786-793.
10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.012
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Abstract
Evidence attests to the efforts made by minority groups to defend and promote ‘distinctive’ attributes that potentially define the ingroup. However, these attributes are often only available to a prototypical minority within the minority category. In two studies we tested the hypothesis that, under certain conditions, large projected increases in the numerical strength of a ‘distinctive’ attribute (emotional intelligence in Study 1; ingroup language in Study 2) within a minority category can paradoxically evoke less-than-positive reactions from those who already have the attribute. Findings confirmed that while a large projected increase in the numerical strength of a ‘distinctive’ attribute was viewed positively when the comparative context focused on the inter-category relation with a majority outgroup, this increase was viewed less positively, and as undermining their own identity, in a narrower intra-category context. Implications for identity management strategies in minority groups are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Psychology |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Distinctiveness; Minority groups |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0022-1031 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2022 08:59 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/30317 |
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