When the world understands me... and my alignment with the group. from self-verification to verification of one's group identity
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2007
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International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy
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J. Francisco Morales et al., « When the world understands me... and my alignment with the group. from self-verification to verification of one's group identity », International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, ID : 10670/1.99f959...
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How do we see ourselves? How do we think other people see us? And how would we likeothers to see us? The answers that humans have considered for these questions separatelyand the relation among them, have been the focus of attention of an important set ofstudies in social psychology since several decades. However, although this question hasbeen studied deeply at the individual level by self-verification theory, the collective andthe group levels need to be explored. Verification is an additional proof that somethingthat was believed is correct. The main aim of the present paper is to argue that verificationphenomena stem from a motive that manifests itself not only at the individual and thecollective level but at the group level as well. We propose that feeling that one is understoodwhen aligned with a group represents a fundamental line of research for intergroup relationsand needs to be explored. In addition, we will try to establish a bridge between twoimportant lines of research in social psychology: the self and social identity theory
