Pertenecer o no pertenecer: algunas consecuencias de la incertidumbre identitaria en el autoconcepto y en el comportamiento

• Autores: Michael A. Hogg
• Localización: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social, ISSN-e 1579-3680, ISSN 0213-4748, Vol. 30, Nº 3, 2015, págs. 598-613
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2015.1065090
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• Resumen
  • español

    ¿Cómo influye la incertidumbre identitaria en el grado y en la manera en que las personas se identifican y se definen a sí mismas en función de atributos grupales prototípicos? Según la teoría de la incertidumbre-identidad, el sentimiento de incertidumbre sobre uno mismo y sobre la propia identidad es un factor importante que induce a las personas a identificarse y definirse a sí mismas en función de un grupo social, y especialmente de un grupo que sea identificable como una entidad clara y definida que ofrezca un prototipo grupal consensuado. En este artículo se revisa la teoría de la incertidumbre-identidad y algunos de sus hallazgos más señalados, con particular atención en el papel que los procesos de incertidumbre-identidad pueden desempeñar en el desarrollo de comportamientos extremos, la identificación fanática y la unión intensa con grupos que presentan un liderazgo autocrático, una clara homogeneidad normativa y un pronunciado etnocentrismo, así como una marcada intolerancia frente a la disidencia. También analizaremos dife-rentes contextos de incertidumbre-identidad en los que un grupo puede llegar a escindirse y en los que las personas pueden mostrarse reticentes a identificarse con grupos marcadamente entitativos; un análisis, pues, de la marginalización, la exclusión y el cisma

  • English

    How does identity uncertainty affect the extent and way in which people identify with and define themselves in terms of prototypical group attributes? According to uncertainty-identity theory feelings of uncertainty about oneself and one�s identity are a powerful motive for identifying with and defining oneself in terms of a social group, particularly one that is a distinctive and clearly defined entity that furnishes a consensual group prototype. In this article I overview uncertainty-identity theory and some of its key findings, with a particular focus on how uncertainty-identity processes can produce extremism � zealous identification with and attachment to autocratically led, normatively homogeneous groups that are pronouncedly ethnocentric and intolerant of dissent. I also explore uncertainty-identity contexts in which groups may break apart and where people may be reticent about identifying with highly entitative groups � a discussion of marginalization, exclusion and schism

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