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    Having a lot of a good thing: multiple important group memberships as a source of self-esteem. 
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    Having a lot of a good thing: multiple important group memberships as a source of self-esteem.

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    Volume
    10
    Pagination
    e0124609 - ?
    DOI
    10.1371/journal.pone.0124609
    Journal
    PLoS One
    Issue
    5
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    Abstract
    Membership in important social groups can promote a positive identity. We propose and test an identity resource model in which personal self-esteem is boosted by membership in additional important social groups. Belonging to multiple important group memberships predicts personal self-esteem in children (Study 1a), older adults (Study 1b), and former residents of a homeless shelter (Study 1c). Study 2 shows that the effects of multiple important group memberships on personal self-esteem are not reducible to number of interpersonal ties. Studies 3a and 3b provide longitudinal evidence that multiple important group memberships predict personal self-esteem over time. Studies 4 and 5 show that collective self-esteem mediates this effect, suggesting that membership in multiple important groups boosts personal self-esteem because people take pride in, and derive meaning from, important group memberships. Discussion focuses on when and why important group memberships act as a social resource that fuels personal self-esteem.
    Authors
    Jetten, J; Branscombe, NR; Haslam, SA; Haslam, C; Cruwys, T; Jones, JM; Cui, L; Dingle, G; Liu, J; Murphy, SC
    URI
    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8043
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    • School of Biological and Chemical Sciences [1979]
    Language
    eng
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