How Group Members Appraise Collective History: Appraisal Dimensions of Collective History and Their Role in In-Group Engagement

Abstract: Group members’ appraisals of their in-group’s collective history have been found to shape their engagement with the in-group and its collective goals. We add to this research by examining the complexity and dimensionality of how group members appraise collective history, and how different forms of appraisals relate to different forms of in-group engagement. We do so by (1) outlining four key dimensions – richness, clarity, valence and subjective importance – of how an in-group’s collective history can be appraised, and (2) examining how these appraisal dimensions relate to group members’ engagement with the in-group. Focussing on the African in-group category, we tested these ideas using a qualitative, essay writing approach. Analysis of responses (N = 33) indicated varied use of each of these dimensions of collective history appraisal, and that they relate to in-group engagement in differing ways. Two specific rhetorical strategies were identified: deploying the in-group’s history.... https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/6355

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: How Group Members Appraise Collective History: Appraisal Dimensions of Collective History and Their Role in In-Group Engagement ; volume:11 ; number:1 ; day:06 ; month:06 ; year:2023 ; Journal of social and political psychology ; 11, Heft 1 (06.06.2023)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Makanju, Damilola ; Livingstone, Andrew G. ; Sweetman, Joseph

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/jspp.6355
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023070805103135344346
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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