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Asian Americans and identity denial

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ID6199451
AuthorsSapna Cheryan (0000-0002-0576-9199, Stanford University), Benoît Monin (0000-0003-2894-1876, Stanford University)
Year2005
Volume89
Issue5
Pages717-730
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.89.5.717
PMID16351364
OpenAlexW2090688276
LanguageEN
Citations received269
References cited57

Five studies investigate identity denial, the situation in which an individual is not recognized as a member of an important in-group. Asian Americans are seen as less American than other Americans (Study 1) and realize this is the case, although they do not report being any less American than White Americans (Studies 2A and 2B). Identity denial is a common occurrence in Asian Americans' daily lives (Study 3). They react to instances of identity denial by presenting American cultural knowledge and claiming greater participation in American practices (Studies 4 & 5). Identity denial furthers the understanding of group dynamics by capturing the experience of less prototypical group members who desire to have their common in-group identity recognized by fellow group members

Asian americans · Denial · Ethnic group · Identity (music) · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · White (mutation) · Anthropology · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology

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