Assimilation ideology and situational well-being among ethnic minority members

Maykel Verkuyten

Two experimental questionnaire studies were conducted to test whether assimilation ideology affects the relationship between ethnic self-esteem and situational well-being of Turkish-Dutch participants. Social identity theory argues that ethnic identity can buffer the effects of group identity threat on well-being, and self-esteem research suggests that a positively evaluated self-aspect can form an important source of well-being. Results show that in an assimilation context, ethnic self-esteem is positively related to feelings of global self-worth and general life-satisfaction. The findings suggest that ethnic self-esteem is an important factor for well-being in an assimilation context that undermines minority group members ability to live their ethnic identity and threatens their group's positive distinctiveness.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Domaines: Psychologie et comportements

Maykel Verkuyten. Assimilation ideology and situational well-being among ethnic minority members. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2009, 46 (2), pp.269. ⟨10.1016/j.jesp.2009.11.007⟩. ⟨hal-00752143⟩