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Testing the social identity relative deprivation (SIRD) model of social change: The political rise of Scottish nationalism

Abrams, Dominic, Grant, Peter R. (2012) Testing the social identity relative deprivation (SIRD) model of social change: The political rise of Scottish nationalism. British Journal of Social Psychology, 51 (4). pp. 674-689. ISSN 0144-6665. (doi:10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02032.x) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:35792)

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Abstract

We tested a social?identity relative deprivation (SIRD) model predicting Scottish nationalist beliefs and intention to vote for the separatist Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP). Data were from a survey of a large and representative sample of Scottish teenagers administered in the late 1980s. The SIRD model distinguishes effects of group?based and personal relative deprivation, which should be independent of one another. Importantly, social change beliefs should mediate the effects of both collective relative deprivation and group identification on protest intentions (in this case intention to vote for the SNP). Egoistic relative deprivation should be the strongest predictor of feelings of depression. Using structural equation modelling, the results strongly support this model and replicate in two different cohorts.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02032.x
Uncontrolled keywords: social identity relative deprivation, social change, politics, nationalism
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: M.L. Barnoux
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2013 16:43 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:12 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/35792 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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