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Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology

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Relationship between Nested Social Identity Uncertainty, Group Identification, Reconciliatory Attitudes and Intentions in Korea

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2019, v.33 no.4, pp.45-59
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2019.33.4.003


(Claremont Graduate University)
& (2019). Relationship between Nested Social Identity Uncertainty, Group Identification, Reconciliatory Attitudes and Intentions in Korea. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 33(4), 45-59, https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2019.33.4.003

Abstract

The present study examined the relationship between social identity uncertainty and levels of social identification among Koreans whose social identities are nested in a hierarchical structure involving ethnic identity (i.e., Han-ethnicity) and national identity (i.e., South Korean). The presumed link between social identity uncertainty and social identification was tested in a path model that stipulates a positive relationship between ethnic identification (but not national identification) and individuals’ attitudes and action intention toward intergroup reconciliation. Data were obtained from 1,000 adult Koreans residing in Korea using a stratified sampling method. A path analysis revealed that, as expected, subgroup (South Korea) identity uncertainty strengthened identification with the superordinate category (Han-ethnicity), which predicted positively attitudes towards intergroup reconciliation. Attitudes toward intergroup reconciliation, in turn, predicted positively individuals’ intention to engage in reconciliatory behavior. By contrast, superordinate identity (Han-ethnicity) uncertainty did not predict subgroup (South Korea) identification. We also found differences in the attitudes and action intention across several demographic variables. We discuss implications of the findings from the perspective of an asymmetric compensation between superordinate identity uncertainty and subgroup identification in Korea. We also discuss practical implications and future directions.

keywords
social identity, nested identity, identity uncertainty, inter-Korean relations, intergroup reconciliation, 사회정체성, 다층 사회정체성, 정체성 불확실성, 남북한 관계, 집단 간 화해

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