Coping With Negative Social Identity: The Case of Mexican Immigrants.

Social identity theory suggests that an individual's self-concept is shaped through group identification and positive social identities are established by favorably comparing the individual's in-group against an out-group. When unfavorable intergroup comparisons occur, individuals perceive a negativ...

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Published in:Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 148; no. 5; pp. 553 - 576
Main Author: Shinnar, Rachel S.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd October 2008
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