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Integrating Stereotype Threat into Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory

Briesacher, Alex Barton
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1415367303

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2014, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Sociology and Criminology.
The initial formulation of the theory of stereotype threat existed as a relatively stand-alone theory (Steele and Aronson 1995). Researchers, primarily residing within the field of experimental psychology, argued that negative stereotypes associated with an individual’s social identity created additional pressures on individuals to perform, or what researchers referred to as performance burden. These additional pressures hindered the performance outcomes of individuals (primarily students working on exams), and extensive exposure to stereotype threat resulted in individuals disidentifying with the role identities at the root of the negative stereotypes. As research on stereotype threat progressed, the recognition that negative stereotypes existed at the intersection of social identities and role identities began to take shape. The motivation behind this research rests on the recognition that, stereotyped groups are forced to reconcile social meanings associated with both their social and role identities while maintaining a positive self-concept, which is inherent in stereotype threat. Data for this research, comes from The Science Study, a longitudinal study of primarily black and Latino/a sciences students beginning in 2006. The analysis initially integrating stereotype threat into Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory is through the construction of separate latent growth curves for black and Latino/a students, heeding initial calls by stereotype threat researchers to run separate models for students divided by social identities. Further moderated analysis is conducted using longitudinal model moderated by academic identity salience (Ch. 5), and feelings of belongingness to one’s ethnic identity (Ch. 6). Results show a need to simultaneously incorporate identity theory and social identity theory into further research on stereotype threat given the numerous significant parameters within and between both perspectives.
Richard Serpe (Committee Chair)
301 p.
Sociology
Stereotype Threat; Identity Theory; Social Identity Theory

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  • Briesacher, A. B. (2014). Integrating Stereotype Threat into Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1415367303

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Briesacher, Alex. Integrating Stereotype Threat into Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory. 2014. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1415367303.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Briesacher, Alex. "Integrating Stereotype Threat into Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1415367303

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