Group Identification Under Stress: A Comparative Study

压力下的群体识别：比较研究

• 批准号: 2115147
• 负责人: James Thomas
• 金额: $ 29.96万
• 依托单位: University of Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2115147&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Group; Identification; Under; Stress; Comparative

This study investigates how one localized segment of an advantaged group understands its position in the societal context in an era in which general views of that position may be changing. Theory and past research suggest that people’s ideas are influenced by the major social, political, and economic events through which they live, and that people’s sense-making tends to vary by region and locality. In this research, members of the target group are interviewed to investigate their understandings of their position and their associated thought processes. Findings from this project will help to develop a more nuanced view of the regional group studied, and in particular will aid those designing practices to mitigate undesirable effects of differences in opportunities. Honors undergraduate students will assist in data collection, helping to build the methodological skills of the next generation of scientists.Data for this project come from in-depth interviews of 150 members of the advantaged group, divided between two locations: one moderately sized city and one town. Sampling follows a purposive design to maximize the range of interviewees’ contexts and relevant experiences. Data are analyzed using flexible coding and standard software for analyzing interview and qualitative data. This project is jointly funded by the Sociology Program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项研究调查了一个优势群体的局部群体如何理解自己在社会背景下的地位，在这个时代，人们对​​这一地位的普遍看法可能会发生变化。理论和过去的研究表明，人们的想法受到主要社会、政治和文化的影响。他们所经历的经济事件，以及人们的意义建构趋势因地区和地点而异。在这项研究中，目标群体的成员接受了采访，以调查他们对自己立场的理解以及他们相关的思维过程。帮助开发更多对所研究的区域群体的细致入微的看法，特别是有助于那些设计实践，以减轻机会差异的不良影响，荣誉本科生将协助数据收集，帮助培养下一代科学家的方法技能。为此的数据。项目来自对优势群体的 150 名成员的深入访谈，分为两个地点：一个中等规模的城市和一个城镇。抽样遵循有目的的设计，以最大限度地扩大受访者的背景范围和相关经验，并使用灵活的数据进行分析。用于分析访谈和定性数据的编码和标准软件。该项目由社会学计划和刺激竞争研究既定计划 (EPSCoR) 共同资助。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的评估被认为值得支持。智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。