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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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    Jetten, J; Branscombe, NR; Haslam, SA; Haslam, C; Cruwys, T; Jones, JM; Cui, L; Dingle, G; Liu, J; Murphy, S; ...
    Date
    2015-05-27
    Source Title
    PLoS One
    Publisher
    PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Murphy, Sean
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    Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
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    Journal Article
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    Jetten, J., Branscombe, N. R., Haslam, S. A., Haslam, C., Cruwys, T., Jones, J. M., Cui, L., Dingle, G., Liu, J., Murphy, S., Thai, A., Walter, Z. & Zhang, A. (2015). Having a Lot of a Good Thing: Multiple Important Group Memberships as a Source of Self-Esteem. PLOS ONE, 10 (5), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124609.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/258127
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    10.1371/journal.pone.0124609
    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.

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