The impact of social identity conflict on planning horizons

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ID6200043
AuthorsYiqi Yu (0000-0002-8706-3383, Fudan University), Ying Zhang (0000-0001-6214-2440, Peking University)
Year2023
Volume124
Issue5
Pages917-934
Publication date2023-05-01
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/pspa0000328
PMID36442023
OpenAlexW4310089604
LanguageEN
Citations received6

In the current increasingly complex environment, people often hold multiple social identities. For example, an Asian American may identify as both an American and an Asian descendant, and a mixed-race person may simultaneously identify with both races. Whenever the different identities are simultaneously activated and give conflicting behavioral direction, people experience social identity conflict. Seven studies, using both measured and manipulated social identity conflict in surveys, secondary data, and controlled experiments, showed that social identity conflict shortens one's planning horizon in future-oriented choices. This effect occurs because the conflict between one's multiple social identities undermines the clarity in self-perception, and in turn weakens the enduring sense of self in the temporal dimension. Consequently, it anchors people's planning horizon to a more proximate future. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

CLARITY · Descendant · Group conflict · Identity (music) · Perception · Political science · Politics · PsycINFO · Social conflict · Social group · Social identity approach · Social identity theory · Social perception · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social Psychology

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