Date of Award
7-17-2025
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Robyn Mallett
Abstract
Oppression against various social groups remains prevalent in the United States (Pew Research Center, 2021; US Department of Labor, 2020). Yet even though a majority of the American population belongs to at least one oppressed group (US Census Bureau, 2021), research has not fully explored how perceiving discrimination can foster solidarity and collective action in this intraminority context. The present studies investigate whether, among Asian Americans, manipulating salient discrimination targeting Asian Americans (i.e., the ingroup), Black Americans (i.e., a within identity dimension outgroup), and/or LGBTQ+ Americans (i.e., an across identity dimension outgroup) has differential effects on collective action for Black Americans and LGBTQ+ Americans through outgroup identification. I found that within an identity dimension (Study 1, N = 286) and across identity dimensions (Study 2, N = 359), overall outgroup identification and its evaluative, affective, and cognitive components were all positively linked to collective action. However, salient discrimination did not lead to greater outgroup identification or collective action when groups were within an identity dimension (Study 1) or across identity dimensions (Study 2), and did not have an indirect effect on collective action via outgroup identification. There was also no conditional indirect effect of outgroup discrimination salience on collective action through outgroup identification dependent on ingroup discrimination salience (Study 2). Findings can inform coalition-building efforts and advocacy work.
Recommended Citation
Leclair, Tatum, "Understanding Intraminority Collective Action: The Role of Salient Discrimination and Outgroup Identification" (2025). Dissertations. 4175.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/4175
