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Uncertainty-Identity Theory
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Uncertainty-identity theory is an account of how feelings of self-uncertainty motivate people to identify with groups in order to reduce their uncertainty. Self-uncertainty can very effectively be reduced by group identification because the process of self-categorization as a group member ...
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“Psychological models, such as the uncertainty-identity theory [156], meaning maintenance model [157], and compensatory control theory [158,159], have elaborated on how the defensive need to alleviate uncertainty leads to group identification, ideological inflexibility, and dogmatism.”
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- Authors
- Hogg, M. A.
- Corresponding author
- Hogg, Michael A.
- ORCID
- Hogg, Michael A.
- Venue
- Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Published
- 2012-10-11
- Pages
- 62-80
- OpenAlex
- W4249788862
- Cited by
- 154
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 34.77
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Keywords
- uncertainty-identity theory, self-uncertainty, group identification, self-categorization, group identity, uncertainty reduction, social identity
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