Multiple distinct motives drive racial-ethnic group identification.

Evidence

In line with the general social identity approach, we assume that there are multiple motives that affect if and to what extent Mixed individuals identify with a racial–ethnic group. Tajfel’s early work stresses the two fundamental motives of positive self-esteem and cognitive coherence (Abrams and Hogg 1988; Tajfel 1969), with the latter forming the central element of uncertainty reduction theory (Hogg 2000) as an extension of SIT. Brewer (1991) additionally expanded the SIT to include the motives of affiliation and differentiation in her optimal distinctiveness theory (ODT). — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 68

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s larger library on social identity and ingroup essentialism - these motivational taxonomies (self-esteem, coherence/uncertainty reduction, affiliation, differentiation) are the psychological levers that an entitativity-heavy or internally-heterogeneous ingroup would press differently. — connects to: Research gives conflicting results on whether appearance predicts Mixed individuals’ racial identification — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 39; Motives activated by social context go beyond similarity to drive further identification. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 66; Different identity motives drive Mixed individuals toward different target groups. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 105 (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Different identity motives drive Mixed individuals toward different target groups. #exemplifies (0.92) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 105
• Mixed members treat racial-ethnic identities as context-switchable need satisfiers #expands (0.88)
• Physical and symbolic ties to homeland drive minority-race identification in children #exemplifies (0.82) — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 122
• Identity denial may make mixed-race people shift identification to a different ingroup #exemplifies (0.80) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 119
• White racial identity strengthens through contrast with minority out-groups #exemplifies (0.79) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1119
• Racial stereotypes serve the dominant group’s identity needs #expands (0.78)
• Mixed-identity individuals shift identification toward whichever group is the local numerical minority #exemplifies (0.76) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 88
• Perceived discrimination strengthens group identity only for those already highly identified with their group #qualifies (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 955
• Multiracial ethnic-racial identity development involves distinct psychological dimensions #expands (0.74) — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 23
• Four distinct theoretical perspectives structure scholarly models of multiracial identity #corroborates (0.73) — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 28
• Race and ethnicity function as forms of collective social identity #qualifies (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 116
• Essentialist beliefs about race incline mixed individuals toward a single distinct mixed identity #qualifies (0.71) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 79