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Data from: Having a lot of a good thing: multiple important group memberships as a source of self-esteem

Creators

  • 1. University of Queensland
  • 2. University of Kansas
  • 3. University of London
  • 4. East China Normal University
  • 5. Victoria University of Wellington
  • 6. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Description

Membership in important social groups can promote a positive identity. We propose and test an identity resource model in which personal self-esteem is boosted by membership in additional important social groups. Belonging to multiple important group memberships predicts personal self-esteem in children (Study 1a), older adults (Study 1b), and former residents of a homeless shelter (Study 1c). Study 2 shows that the effects of multiple important group memberships on personal self-esteem are not reducible to number of interpersonal ties. Studies 3a and 3b provide longitudinal evidence that multiple important group memberships predict personal self-esteem over time. Studies 4 and 5 show that collective self-esteem mediates this effect, suggesting that membership in multiple important groups boosts personal self-esteem because people take pride in, and derive meaning from, important group memberships. Discussion focuses on when and why important group memberships act as a social resource that fuels personal self-esteem.

Notes

Study 1a: Multiple group membership and self-esteem in children
Data is collected through surveys and compiled with the software package SPSS. Datafile contains items pertaining to multiple group membership (snoofgrps = number of groups children belong to, sgrp1name=group 1 name, sgrp1imp= importance of group 1, sgrp1fit = degree of fit).
STUDY 1A.children.sav
Study 1b: Multiple group membership and self-esteem in older adults
Data collected in the field, compiled using the software package SPSS.
STUDY1B- older adults in China.sav
Study 1c: Multiple group membership and self-esteem among homeless people
STUDY1C homeless sample.sav
Study 2: Number of important groups versus number of friends
STUDY2 school boys.sav
Study 3a: University students in China
STUDY3A-chinese university students.sav
Study 3b: University students in Australia
STUDY3B-longformat W1-3 MGM and SE.sav
Study 4
STUDY4-3groups.sav
Study 5
STUDY5- 7 groups-1.sav

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10.1371/journal.pone.0124609 (DOI)