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Defend, Deny, Distance, and Dismantle: A New Measure of Advantaged Identity Management.
Shuman, Eric; van Zomeren, Martijn; Saguy, Tamar; Knowles, Eric; Halperin, Eran.
Affiliation
  • Shuman E; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
  • van Zomeren M; University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Saguy T; University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Knowles E; Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel.
  • Halperin E; New York University, New York City, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull ; : 1461672231216769, 2024 Jan 29.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38284619
ABSTRACT
The experience of privilege can trigger psychological conflict among advantaged group members. Nonetheless, little work has explored strategies that advantaged group members use to manage their identities as privileged actors. Building on Knowles et al.'s framework and theories of intergroup relations, we address the conceptualization and measurement of advantaged group identity-management strategies. We aim to refine theorizing and validate a measure of these strategies across three contexts (U.S.'s White-Black relations, Israel's Jewish-Arab/Palestinian relations, and U.S.'s gender relations). This process yielded two novel conceptual and empirical contributions. First, we add a strategy-defend-in which advantaged-group members overtly justify inequality. Second, we discover that distancing has two facets (distancing from inequality and from identity). Across six studies, we find support for our proposed factor structure, measurement invariance, and construct validity. We discuss how advantaged groups contend with privilege and offer a tool for studying these strategies across domains and contexts.
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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Pers Soc Psychol Bull Year: 2024 Type: Article Affiliation country: Israel

Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Pers Soc Psychol Bull Year: 2024 Type: Article Affiliation country: Israel