More than Comparing with majorities: the importance of alternative comparisons between children from different minority groups
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2007
- handle: 10670/1.44wb2e
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International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy
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Joana Dias Alexandre et al., « More than Comparing with majorities: the importance of alternative comparisons between children from different minority groups », International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, ID : 10670/1.44wb2e
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"Using a social identity perspective as the guiding framework, this article examines howchildren of minorities use alternative comparisons to achieve positive distinctiveness oftheir minority group. We conducted a quasi-experimental study with 60 Portuguese children(Black, White and Gypsy) who were asked for their group preferences and attributionstowards their own and other groups. Majority children showed in-group favoritism onboth preference and attribution measures, but members of both minorities showed greaterpreference for majority members as well as for members of the in-group than for membersof the other minority group. We concluded that, as predicted by social identity theory, onecreative identity management strategy is that minorities emphasize their similarity withthe high status majority while downgrading another minority"