Minority Group Reactions to Future Majority Status: The Role of Common Minority Group Perceptions
by
 
Lorenz, Mitchell M., author.

Title
Minority Group Reactions to Future Majority Status: The Role of Common Minority Group Perceptions

Author
Lorenz, Mitchell M., author.

ISBN
9780438127722

Personal Author
Lorenz, Mitchell M., author.

Physical Description
1 electronic resource (74 pages)

General Note
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: B.
 
Advisors: Ruth H. Warner Committee members: Eddie M. Clark; Richard D. Harvey.

Abstract
By 2044, a majority of the U.S. Population will be non-White. A "future White minority" assumes that current minority groups collectively identify as "non-White." The current work tested the relationship between Latino's perceptions of minority population growth and ethnic self-esteem while considering the impact of collective "non-White" ingroup identification. Using correlational (study 1) and experimental (study 2) designs, the interaction between common minority ingroup identity, minority population growth perceptions, and multiculturalism on ethnic, private self-esteem was tested. Results suggest Latino endorsement of multiculturalism drives reactions to shifting demographics. Those higher in multiculturalism reported high ethnic self-esteem regardless of expected demographic change or shared group membership with other minority groups. Those lower in multiculturalism reported higher ethnic self-esteem as members of a common minority ingroup expecting a future minority-majority but, when expecting a future White majority, ethnic self-esteem was higher when minority groups were seen as separate groups.

Local Note
School code: 0193

Subject Term
Social psychology.

Added Corporate Author
Saint Louis University. Psychology.

Electronic Access
http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:10817117


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