Mentor/s
Dr. Kathryn Kroeper
Participation Type
Poster
Abstract
Social identity threat refers to the fear that stigmatized groups often face about being mistreated, invalidated, or devalued for their social identification. All individuals have multiple intersecting social identities that influence how people are treated and perform. Complex discriminatory experiences of advantage and disadvantage often arise and persist. Past social identity threat measures have examined identity as singular rather than multifaceted, which fails to recognize intersectionality. We introduce the Social Identity Threat Concerns (SITC) Inventory–a novel tool for measuring social identity threat concerns that allows for an exploration of threats related to both singular social identities and their complex intersections. We recruited 342 undergraduates, who completed the SITC inventory multiple times, as it pertained to different aspects of their social identity (i.e., gender, race, sexuality, religion, and citizenship). Consistent with social identity threat theory, people reported greater threat when disadvantaged aspects of their identity were made salient, b=0.87, 95% CI [0.76,0.99], p
College and Major available
Psychology BS
Location
Digital Commons & West Campus West Building University Commons
Start Day/Time
4-26-2024 12:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-26-2024 2:00 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Prize Categories
Most Scholarly Impact or Potential, Most Transformative for Social Justice
Social Identity Salience & Threat: Validating the SITC Inventory
Digital Commons & West Campus West Building University Commons
Social identity threat refers to the fear that stigmatized groups often face about being mistreated, invalidated, or devalued for their social identification. All individuals have multiple intersecting social identities that influence how people are treated and perform. Complex discriminatory experiences of advantage and disadvantage often arise and persist. Past social identity threat measures have examined identity as singular rather than multifaceted, which fails to recognize intersectionality. We introduce the Social Identity Threat Concerns (SITC) Inventory–a novel tool for measuring social identity threat concerns that allows for an exploration of threats related to both singular social identities and their complex intersections. We recruited 342 undergraduates, who completed the SITC inventory multiple times, as it pertained to different aspects of their social identity (i.e., gender, race, sexuality, religion, and citizenship). Consistent with social identity threat theory, people reported greater threat when disadvantaged aspects of their identity were made salient, b=0.87, 95% CI [0.76,0.99], p
Students' Information
Christina Poirier, Class of 2025, Philosophy & Psychology Major
Katherine Dempsey, Class of 2026, Psychology Major