dc.contributor.author | Jetten, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Branscombe, NR | |
dc.contributor.author | Haslam, SA | |
dc.contributor.author | Haslam, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Cruwys, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, JM | |
dc.contributor.author | Cui, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Dingle, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Murphy, SC | |
dc.contributor.author | Thai, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Walter, Z | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-16T10:10:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-05-27 | |
dc.description.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. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This study was supported by 1. Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT110100238) awarded to Jolanda Jetten (see http://www.arc.gov.au) 2. Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP110200437) to Jolanda Jetten and Genevieve Dingle (see http://www.arc.gov.au) 3. support from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being Program to Nyla Branscombe, S. Alexander Haslam, and Catherine Haslam (see http://www.cifar.ca). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 10 (5), article e0124609 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0124609 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/26622 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26017554 | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/26623 | |
dc.rights | Copyright: © 2015 Jetten et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited | en_GB |
dc.subject | Humans | en_GB |
dc.subject | Self Concept | en_GB |
dc.subject | Social Identification | en_GB |
dc.title | Having a lot of a good thing: multiple important group memberships as a source of self-esteem | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-16T10:10:48Z | |
exeter.place-of-publication | United States | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from Public Library of Science via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.description | Correction 15 June 2015: Jetten J, Branscombe NR, Haslam SA, Haslam C, Cruwys T, et al. (2015) Correction: Having a Lot of a Good Thing: Multiple Important Group Memberships as a Source of Self-Esteem. PLOS ONE 10(6): e0131035. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131035 | en_GB |
dc.description | The correction is in ORE at http://hdl.handle.net/10871/26623 | |
dc.identifier.journal | PLoS One | en_GB |