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Title: | Effects of the working class label: increased affect and social class identification |
Author(s): | Ondish, Peter R |
Department / Program: | Psychology |
Discipline: | Psychology |
Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Degree: | M.A. |
Genre: | Thesis |
Subject(s): | social class
social identity affect well-being |
Abstract: | Building on social identity theory and the sociocultural model of the self, we show that relatively lower-class individuals who value their social class identity (as activated by the “working class” label) experience elevated group identification and well-being. First, we found that social class identification significantly predicted self-esteem while controlling for traditional measures of social class (Study 1). Next, when primed with a working class identity, relative to a lower class identity, individuals from relatively lower-class backgrounds showed stronger group identification, endorsed more positive stereotypes about their social class group, and showed less negative affect (Studies 2a and 2b). Implications for conceptualizing social class as a valued group identity and its implications for the social class academic achievement gap are discussed. |
Issue Date: | 2015-12-11 |
Type: | Thesis |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89102 |
Rights Information: | Copyright 2015 Peter Ondish |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2016-03-02 |
Date Deposited: | 2015-12 |
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