Diluting Identity: Applying a Goal Systemic Theory of Group Identification

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dc.contributor.advisorKruglanski, Arie Wen_US
dc.contributor.authorDugas, Michelleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-06T06:53:14Z
dc.date.available2015-02-06T06:53:14Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractA goal systemic perspective of group identification that conceptualizes groups as means to goals is proposed. Four studies investigate the effect of equifinality set size (i.e., the number of alternative means available for a given goal) on group identification. Greater equifinality set sizes are hypothesized to dilute the perceived instrumentality of a given means, which is proposed to have implications for group identification. Studies 1 and 2 found evidence that accessibility of multiple groups facilitating the same goal weakens identification with a target group. Study 3 investigated this in the context of optimal distinctiveness paradigm, finding evidence that larger equifinality set sizes dilute identification with minority but not majority groups. Study 4 illustrated that the presence of alternative means to reduce uncertainty lessens identification with extreme groups, and that this effect was mediated by perceived instrumentality. Theoretical and practical implications of the proposed framework are discussed.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2MK84
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16241
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSocial psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDilutionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEquifinalityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGoal Systemsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGroup Identificationen_US
dc.titleDiluting Identity: Applying a Goal Systemic Theory of Group Identificationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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