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Social identity and personality processes: Non‐Aboriginal Australian identity and Neuroticism
Author(s) -
Reynolds Katherine J.,
Bizumic Boris,
Subasic Emina,
Turner John C.,
Branscombe Nyla,
Mavor Kenneth I.,
Batalha Luisa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.1841
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , social psychology , salience (neuroscience) , neuroticism , social identity theory , identity (music) , ethnic group , social identity approach , social group , agreeableness , big five personality traits , sociology , extraversion and introversion , cognitive psychology , physics , anthropology , acoustics
Abstract There are ongoing debates both in personality psychology and social psychology on the causes and consequences of personality stability and change. Recent work on social roles suggests that as people change roles (e.g. employee to manager), different experiences and demands are internalised into one's self‐concept shaping identity and personality. In this paper, the emphasis moves beyond ‘roles’ to other group memberships (e.g. ethnicity) in shaping one's self‐view and self‐rated personality (e.g. Neuroticism). The results of two experiments demonstrated that the salience of a particular group membership (as a Non‐Aboriginal Australian) did significantly impact on Neuroticism. Such findings suggest that social identity processes may offer a hitherto neglected avenue for helping to explain personality (dis)continuity. Implications of these findings for both fields are discussed. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.