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Disfigurement: the challenges for identity and the strategies for coping
(Springer, 2012)
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 ...
Perceptions of ‘coming out’ among British Muslim gay men
(Taylor and Francis, 2011)
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), ...
Identity processes, threat and interpersonal relations: accounts from British Muslim gay men
(Taylor and Francis, 2012)
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 ...
The Construction of British National Identity among British South Asians
(Taylor and Francis, 2012)
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 ...
Language and Social Identity: A Psychosocial Approach
(Psychtalk, 2009)
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 ...
Human Responses to Climate Change: Social Representation, Identity and Socio-Psychological Action.
(Environmental Communication, 2014)
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 ...
Social representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Israeli identity construction: insights from identity process theory.
(Taylor and Francis/ Routledge, 2011)
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. ...
Reconciling social psychology and socio-linguistics can have some benefits: language and identity among second generation British Asians
(British Psychological Society, 2009)
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 ...