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Group Affirmation and Roma’s Willingness to Challenge Discrimination

International Journal of Psychology and Cognitive Science
Vol.3 , No. 6, Publication Date: Dec. 6, 2017, Page: 85-88

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[1]	Stephen Reysen, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas, USA.
[2]	Andrea Slobodnikova, Department of Educational Leadership, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas, USA.
[3]	Iva Katzarska-Miller, Department of Psychology, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

Abstract

We examined the influence of a positive group-affirming message, compared to no affirmation, on Roma’s identification and willingness to challenge discrimination. Roma from Slovakia were either exposed to a group affirmation message or not prior to completing measures of ingroup identification and desire to challenge discrimination of Roma. The results showed that affirmed Roma rated both identification and willingness to challenge discrimination significantly higher than participants that were not affirmed. Furthermore, mediation analysis showed that Roma identification mediated the relationship between the affirmation manipulation and willingness to challenge discrimination. The results add to the growing body of research on group affirmation and provide a possible method to aid in engendering support for greater activism to reduce the oppression of Roma.

Keywords

Roma, Social Identity, Identification, Collective Action, Group Affirmation

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