Constructivist mixed individuals shift identification toward higher-status groups for personal gain.

Evidence

Those individuals may conceptualize their Mixed identity as full membership in both of their parents’ racial–ethnic groups (Strategy D in Table 1) and may be most likely to use the individual mobility strategy and shift their identification to the higher status group to attain personal motives. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 88

Categorization

• XREF: Individual mobility as identity-shifting against permeable boundaries echoes the reader’s work on mixed-identity members navigating group pressures; also resonates with The Reluctant Fundamentalist’s theme of shifting self-presentation across group contexts. — connects to: People at either status extreme adopt new behaviors more readily than the middle — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 177; Mixed individuals often fall back on individual mobility rather than collective status strategies — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 71; Mixed-identity individuals shift ingroup identification according to which dimension holds higher status — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 73 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Different identity motives drive Mixed individuals toward different target groups. #qualifies (0.85) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 105
• Identity shifting to a higher-status group risks poorer well-being and distrust for mixed individuals #complicates (0.82) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 74
• Mixed-identity individuals shift between racial identities to meet context-specific needs. #expands (0.80) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 64
• Mixed individuals shift identification within a single social domain. #expands (0.78) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 79
• Humans balance opposing needs for belonging and uniqueness through group identification. #expands (0.78) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 96
• Mixed-identity individuals reduce self-concept uncertainty by identifying with entitative groups #qualifies (0.76) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 91
• Visible group distinctions make people link personal needs to group status #expands (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1473
• Disparaging a lower-status group psychologically uplifts the higher-status group #expands (0.73) — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 236