People and institutions who are marginal members of a high - status or well -
esteemed group tend to emphasize their group membership more than those who are squarely entrenched members of the group, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Not exact matches
Yes indeed @TomO — and that is why fascist and pseudo-fascist movements
tend to have a massive inferiority complex (unlike aristocratic social
groups)-- they need to «put others down'to boost their own social self -
esteem.
The results of another study showed that the parents of the children with low self -
esteem tend to punish the children severely, whereas in the
group of the children with high self -
esteem the family exhibited a more democratic way of interaction (Peng and Fan, 2007; Heaven and Ciarrochi, 2008).
These findings are consistent with previous research that showed that adolescents with lower levels of self -
esteem tend to be more actively engaged in creating online relationships (Lee et al. 2012), while adolescents with secure attachment to peers and a less alienated relationship with the peer
group seem to engage in a healthier relationship with the social networks (Chak and Leung 2004).