Premium
The cultural narratives of Francophone and Anglophone Quebecers: Using a historical perspective to explore the relationships among collective relative deprivation, in‐group entitativity, and collective esteem
Author(s) -
Bougie Evelyne,
Usborne Esther,
de la Sablonnière Roxane,
Taylor Donald M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1348/014466610x526018
Subject(s) - collective identity , narrative , psychology , social psychology , social identity theory , relative deprivation , perspective (graphical) , collective action , identity (music) , collective responsibility , french , social group , sociology , humanities , politics , political science , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , physics , acoustics
Responding to calls to contextualize social psychological variables in history, the present research examines the relationship between collective relative deprivation and collective esteem using a historical perspective. We hypothesized that collective relative deprivation perceived to be experienced during an important low‐point in a group's history serves to define the group's current collective identity, which is in turn associated with collective esteem. In Study 1, cultural narrative interviews were conducted with Francophone and Anglophone Quebecers in order to identify key historical chapters for these groups and to examine the extent to which historical low‐points were identity‐defining features of their narratives. In Study 2, using the information obtained from these narratives, collective relative deprivation was explored across group members' perceived histories and related to current in‐group entitativity and collective esteem. The relationship between collective relative deprivation thought to be experienced by one's group during a historical low‐point and collective esteem was positive for both Anglophone and Francophone Quebecers and was mediated by in‐group entitativity. Collective relative deprivation perceived to be experienced during a historical low‐point serves to define one's collective identity, which is in turn associated with greater collective esteem.