Need satisfaction predicts simultaneous dual group identification in immigrants

Evidence

As predicted by optimal distinctiveness theory, simultaneous regression analyses with inclusion and differentiation need satisfaction as predictors of group identification revealed that the two need satisfaction Optimal Distinctiveness in Nested Categorization Contexts • 113 measures were independent predictors of group identification for both participants’ American identity and their ethnic identity (see Table 6. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 703