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Browsing Open Research Collection by Author "Dumont, Kitty"

Browsing Open Research Collection by Author "Dumont, Kitty"

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  • Dominant and non-dominant groups’ responses to social change: the economic transformation process in South Africa 
    Van Lill, Burger; Dumont, Kitty (2009)
    In the field study we examined the assumptions proposed by Social Identity Theory (SIT) that dominant and non-dominant groups differ systematically regarding the functional interaction between beliefs about the intergroup ...
  • Economic Inequality Is Linked to Biased Self-Perception 
    Loughnan, Steve; Kuppens, Peter; Allik, Jueri; Balazs, Katalin; de Lemus, Soledad; Dumont, Kitty; Gargurevich, Rafael; Hidegkuti, Istvan; Leinder, Bernhard; Matos, Lennia; Park, Jooha; Realo, Anu; Shi, Junqi; Sojo, Victor Eduardo; Tong, Yuk-yue; Vaes, Jeroen; Verduyn, Phillipe; Yeung, Victoria; Haslam, Nick (2011)
    People’s self-perception biases often lead them to see themselves as better than the average person (a phenomenon known as self-enhancement). This bias varies across cultures, and variations are typically explained using ...
  • Economic inequality is linked to biased self-perception 
    Dumont, Kitty; Loughnan S; Kuppens P; Allik K; Balazs K; De Lemus S; Gargurevich R; Hidegkuti I; Leidner B; Matos L; Park J; Realo A; Shi J; Sojo V; Tong Y; Vaes J; Verduyn P; Yeung V; Haslam N (2011)
    People's self-perception biases often lead them to see themselves as better than the average person (a phenomenon known as self-enhancement). This bias varies across cultures, and variations are typically explained using ...
  • Group-based guilt and reparation in the context of social change 
    Dumont, Kitty; Waldzus, Sven (Wiley, 2014)
    This article examines how the consequences of group-based guilt depend on the perceptions of social change of the former perpetrator group. Informed by the Social Identity Theory and research on intergroup threat and help, ...
  • Ideals as social identity management strategies 
    Dumont, Kitty; Waldzus, Sven (/© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved., 2014)
    This research addresses the relationship between ideal selves and social context from asocial identity perspective. Based on Social Identity Theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979, 1986) and related research, it is argued that ideal ...
  • The motivational implications of adolescents’ school-oriented possible identities in a social change context 
    Masinga, Nonhlanhla; Dumont, Kitty (Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2018)
    In line with the identity-based motivation theory (Oyserman, 2015), which postulates that themotivational implications of possible identities depend on social context, the present researchargues that the interplay between ...
  • Psychosocial factors predicting academic performance of students at a historically disadvantaged university 
    Dumont, Kitty; Sommer M (2011)
    The aim of the present study was twofold: firstly, to replicate another model proposing that psychosocial factors, such as academic motivation, self-esteem, perceived stress, academic overload, and help-seeking, predict ...
  • The recognition of Henri Tajfel’s work on intergroup relations 
    Dumont, Kitty; Louw, Johann (Psychology Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2009)
    The late Henri Tajfel (1919–1982) is one of the central figures who shaped the development of post-war European social psychology. His contributions range from the establishment of an infrastructure for a European social ...
  • Reparation Demands and Collective Guilt Assigment of Black South Africans 
    Dumont, Kitty; Waldzus, Sven (Sage, 2015)
    The present research studied reparation demands of born-free Black South African adolescents as members of a former victimized group from a social psychological perspective. Two cross-sectional studies tested ...

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