Basque ethnic identity and collective empowerment: two key factors in well-being and community participation

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2020-11
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en
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Frontiers in Psychology
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Social identity is a factor that is associated with well-being and community participation. Some studies have shown that ethnic identity goes along with empowerment, and that interaction between the two leads to greater indices of well-being and community participation. However, other works suggest a contextual circumstance (i.e., perceiving one’s own group as a minority and/or being discriminated) may condition the nature of these relations. By means of a cross-sectional study, we analyzed the relations of social identification (or identity fusion) and collective psychological empowerment with personal well-being, social well-being and community participation in a sample of Basques. A total of 748 Basques participated (63.1% women; age M = 39.28; SD = 12.13). Individuals who were highly identified or fused with Basque speakers and who were highly empowered showed higher indices of well-being (both personal and social) and of community participation than non-fused individuals with low empowerment. The results also suggest that social identification (or identity fusion) offsets the negative effects of perceiving the group as a linguistic minority. Collective psychological empowerment proved to be an especially relevant factor that needs to continue to be explored.
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Ethnic Identity, Identity Fusion, Collective Identity, Perceived Collective Efficacy, Collective Empowerment, Personal Well-Being, Community Participation
Citación
Frontiers in Psychology Volume 1123 November 2020 Article number 606316
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.606316
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