In:
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 32, No. 3 ( 2001-05), p. 291-308
Abstract:
A large ( N = 603) and representative sample in Sri Lanka completed a questionnaire that assessed the salience of 11 social identities (nation, social class, age, religion, caste, occupation, race, gender, educational level, town or village of residence, and political party) within respondents’ self-concepts. Consistent with extant psychological theories of identity, four features of an identity were found to be systematically related to its salience within the self-concept: (a) how the status of an identity affects one’s overall self-esteem, (b) the degree to which one is a demographic minority on a category of identity, (c) whether an identity has been affected by processes of urban-industrial development, and (d) the type and extent of intergroup contact on a category of identity. The relevance of the identity framework to cross-cultural theory is discussed.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-0221
,
1552-5422
DOI:
10.1177/0022022101032003003
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2001
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2021892-8
SSG:
0
SSG:
5,2
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