Non-Western Identity

Identity is a construct strongly rooted and still predominantly studied in Western (or WEIRD; Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) contexts (e.g., North American and Western European). Only recently has there been more of a conscious effort to study identity in non-Western (or non-WEIRD) contexts. This edited volume investigates identity from primarily a non-Western perspective by studying non-Western contexts and non-Western, minority, or immigrant groups living in Western contexts. The contributions (a) examine different aspects of identity (e.g., personal identity, social identity, online identity) as either independent or interrelated constructs; (b) consider the associations of these constructs with aspects of intergroup relations, acculturative processes, and/or psychological well-being; (c) document the advancement in research on identity in underrepresented groups, contexts, and regions such as Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America; and (d) evaluate different approaches to the study of identity and the implications thereof. This book is intended for cultural or cross-cultural academics, practitioners, educators, social workers, postgraduate students, undergraduate students, and scholars interested in studying identity. It provides insight into how identity in non-Western groups and contexts may both be informed by and may inform Western theoretical perspectives.

Auteur

Byron G. Adams is currently an Assistant Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. During the production of this book, he also held an Assistant Professorship at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and a Visiting Professorship at Ghent University in Belgium. His general research focuses on themes of identity as a broad construct and its relation with acculturation, inclusion, diversity, and psychosocial functioning across cultures, within different life domains and lifespans. He currently serves on the Governing Council for the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA) and is a board member of the committee Cultural Diversity (NIP).

Fons (A) J. R. van de Vijver (19522019) held the chair in cross-cultural psychology at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and extraordinary chairs at North-West University in South Africa, the University of Queensland in Australia, and the Higher School of Economics in Russia. He (co-)authored more than 500 publications, mainly in the domain of cross-cultural psychology. The main topics in his research involve bias and equivalence, psychological acculturation and multiculturalism, cognitive similarities and differences, response styles, translations, and adaptations. He was the former editor of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, the former president of Division 2 (Assessment and Evaluation) of the International Association of Applied Psychology, the European Association of Psychological Assessment, and the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. In 2013, he was the recipient of the International Award of the American Psychological Association (for his contributions to international cooperation and the advancement of knowledge of psychology)

Contenu

Prologue

Chapter 1: Introduction: Theoretical Overview of Identity in non-Western Contexts

Byron G. Adams (Tilburg University, NL, University of Johannesburg, SA) & Fons van de Vijver (Tilburg University, NL; North-West University, SA, & University of Queensland, AUS)

Part 1: Chapters of Identity in Underrepresented Regions

Chapter 2: Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Luzelle Naude (University of the Free State, SA)

Chapter 3: Broadening global understandings of identity using South and Southeast Asian perspectives

Geeta Reddy (London School of Economics and Political Science, ENG)

Chapter 4: Identity development in East Asia

Kazumi Surigumi (Hiroshima University, JPN) & Tomotaka Umemura (Hiroshima University, JPN)

Chapter 5: Identity Development in Central and South America Judith L. Gibbons (Saint Louis University, USA), Katelyn E. Poelker (Hope College, USA), Natalia Marsicovetere Fanjul (Humanistas Guatemala, GAU), & Katherine Hasbun (Saint Louis University, USA)

Chapter 6: Caribbean Identity 'In Vivo': Sociohistorical, Psychological, and Cultural Motivations Associated with Performative Identity in Context

Nadia Jessop (University of Kansas, USA.) & Mary Arneaud (University of the West Indies, T&T)

Chapter 7: Identity in Eastern Europe

Nadzeya Svirydzenka (De Montfort University, Leicester, UK)

Chapter 8: Multiple Social Identities in Post-Soviet Space

Nadezhda Lebedeva (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, RUS), Victoria Galyapina (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, RUS) & Fons van de Vijver (Tilburg University, NL; North-West University, SA, & University of Queensland, AUS)

Part 2: Identity of Special Interest groups in non-Western Groups

Chapter 9: Bouncing back from threat sources of self-affirmation in diverse groups

Lucy Tavitian (Tilburg University, NL & Haigazian University, LEB) & Michael Bender (University Tilburg, NL; Gratia Christian College, HK)

Chapter 10: Coping with the crisis of Russians and Russophones' identity in post-Soviet countries

Nadezhda Lebedeva (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, RUS

Chapter 11: Roma Ethnic Identity: Who is and who is not Roma? Between Self-Defined and External Ethnic Identification

Carmen Buzea (Transylvania University of Brasov, ROM) & Radosveta Dimitrova (Stockholm University, SW)

Chapter 12: Work Identity in non-Western Contexts

Anne Crafford (University of Pretoria, SA)

Chapter 13: Being a Muslim in the Western world

Maykel Verkuyten (Ercomer, Utrecht University, NL) & Fenella Fleischmann (Utrecht University, NL)

Chapter 14: Identity of LGBT groups (non-Western contexts)

Yassin Koc (University of Groningen, NL)

Chapter 15: White Identity in Southern Africa Melissa Steyn (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA)

Chapter 16: Native American Identity

Frank Worrell (University of California, USA) & Teresa La Framboise (Stanford University, USA)

Chapter 17: From the self to the selfie: Online identity practices

Jan Blommaert (Tilburg University, NL), Li Kunming (Tilburg University, NL) & Yu Ling (Tilburg University, NL)

Chapter 18: National and ethno-religious identities in multicultural Mauritius: Group positions and belonging Caroline Ng Tseung (University of Mauritius, MAU)

Part 3: Emerging Perspectives of Identity in Non-Western Context

Chapter 19: WEIRD Developmental Perspectives on Identity and their Applicability to the Majority World

Theo Klimstra (Tilburg University, NL) & Byron G. Adams (Tilburg University, NL, University of Johannesburg, SA) **Chapter 20: Decolonizing Psychology of Cultural Identity:...