Contextualizing social identity in considerations of what it means to be a nurse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10901398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynne J Millward (University of Surrey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 303-324 |
| Publication date | 1995-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-2772 • E-ISSN: 1099-0992 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ejsp.2420250305 |
| OpenAlex | W2012653492 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 32 |
This paper describes research which provide the context for a discussion of how social representations can circumscribe identity possibilities and render feasible certain groups evaluations. Specifically, a research approach is advocated in which Social Identity and Social Representation Theory are integrated within single complementary paradigm, (Breakwell, 1993). A brief but critical examination of both theoretical traditions is ofered as the backdrop to this. A case study is described as a means of illustrating the unique potential of the integrated paradigm to predict and explain the meaning of social identity and the evaluations it affords. An investigation is then described involving 178 nurses ranging from Trainee to Charge Nurse status. Nurses were invited to use Q‐sorts to describe the meaning of their group membership. As predicted from having identified the types of social representation of nurses available, two diferent identity orientations emerged: a communal‐interpersonal (Patient Centred) and instrumental‐intergroup (Professional Distinctiveness). The communal‐interpersonal identity orientation was most typical of the lower status trainee nurses and also female nurses. In turn, higher status nurses and also male nurses, articulated a primarily instrumental‐intergroup identity orientation. The evaluations signalled by group membership were also predictable from the identity orientations exhibited
Aesthetics · Context (archaeology) · Identity (music) · Identity formation · Interpersonal communication · Meaning (existential) · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Orientation (vector space) · Psychotherapist · Representation (politics) · Self-concept · Social group · Social identity approach · Social identity theory · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
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| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2023 (28) |
| Highly cited | No |