Browsing School of Applied Social Sciences by Subject "identity process theory"
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Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism in Iran
(Article)Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism constitute two important ideological building blocks of the Islamic Republic of Iran, yet there is no existing research into the psychosocial motives underlying the institutional manifestation ... -
Caste, social stigma and identity processes
(Article)Caste persists as an important socio-psychological phenomenon in many spheres of Indian social life and particularly within village contexts. It is argued that socio-psychological insights into caste identity and caste- ... -
The Construction of British National Identity among British South Asians
(Article)This paper explores the social psychological aspects of British national identifica- tion among British South Asians, which constitutes the largest ethnic minority group in Britain. Identity process theory can elucidate ... -
The construction of ethnic identity: insights from identity process theory
(Article)Ethnicity has received much empirical and theoretical attention in the social sciences. Yet, it has scarcely been explored in terms of its relationship with the motivational principles of identity. Here it is argued that ... -
Coping with Stigmatised Linguistic Identities: Identity Threat and Ethnolinguistic Vitality among Andalusians
(Article)This study is an investigation of the impact of language stigma for identity functioning among speakers of Andalusian Spanish. Fifteen Andalusian Spaniards were interviewed using a semi- structured interview schedule. ... -
Disfigurement: the challenges for identity and the strategies for coping
(Article)Living with disfigurement can constitute a psycho- logically challenging position for both adults and young peo- ple alike. The present paper explores the potential implications of living with disfigurement for identity ... -
Fracking on YouTube: Exploring Risks, Benefits and Human Values.
(Article)Fracking or the extraction of shale gas through hydraulic fracturing of rock has become a contested topic, especially in the United States, where it has been deployed on a large scale, and in Europe where it is still largely ... -
Human Responses to Climate Change: Social Representation, Identity and Socio-Psychological Action.
(Article)Climate change is one of the most important global challenges in the twenty-first century, given that a changing climate is likely to have negative and potentially irreversible consequences for the environment and human ... -
Identity Integration, Psychological Coherence and Identity Threat: Linking Identity Process Theory and Notions of Integration
(Book chapter)The goal of the current chapter is threefold, namely: (i) to explain how individuals, in times of change, come to integrate new identities intra-individually in their sense of self and maintain a feeling of psychological ... -
Identity Process Theory : Identity, Social Action and Social Change
(Book)We live in an ever-changing social world, which constantly calls forth changes to our identities and actions. Advances in science, technology and medicine, political upheaval, and economic development are just some examples ... -
Identity processes, threat and interpersonal relations: accounts from British Muslim gay men
(Article)This study explores identity processes, identity threat, and inter- personal relations with other gay men in a qualitative inter- view study with a sample of young British Muslim gay men of Pakistani background. Transcripts ... -
Language and identity among British South Asians: a theoretical review.
(Article)Given the pervasiveness of language in social life and the implications that language use can have for one’s individual and collective identities, attempts were made to explore the theoretical and empirical advantages in ... -
Language and Social Identity: A Psychosocial Approach
(Article)LANGUAGE seems to have two principal functions; it is, of course, an instrument of commu- nication, but it can also constitute a means of asserting one’s identity or one’s distinctive- ness from others. A common language ... -
Perceptions of ‘coming out’ among British Muslim gay men
(Article)The cultural processes of heteronormativity and compulsory heterosexuality are acutely active within Islamic societies. The present study explored perceptions of ‘coming out’ among a group of British Muslim gay men (BMGM), ... -
Reconciling social psychology and socio-linguistics can have some benefits: language and identity among second generation British Asians
(Article)Given the pervasiveness of language in social life and the implications that language use can have for one’s individual and collective identities, attempts were made to explore the theoretical and empirical advantages in ... -
Social Psychological Debates about Identity
(Book chapter)We live in an ever-changing social world, which constantly calls forth changes to our identities and actions. Advances in science, technology and medicine, political upheaval, and economic development are just some examples ... -
Social representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Israeli identity construction: insights from identity process theory.
(Article)This study explores how a group of young Israeli Jews understood and defined their ethno-national identities, focusing upon the role of social representations of the Holocaust in the construction of Jewish Israeli identity. ... -
Social representations, identity and social relations among non-heterosexual British Asian men
(Book chapter)This chapter explores and compares social representations, identity and social relations among non-heterosexual British Asian Indian and British Pakistani men. After an overview of two relevant theories from social psychology ... -
“The view ‘Down Under’": Australian Isma’ili Muslim youth and the quest for identity.
(Conference)Populist media depictions of Islam as being at odds with the West in a ‘clash of civilizations’ have caused young Muslims living in Western contexts to feel increasingly pressured to establish their identity and allegiances. ...