Title
Warmth, Competence, Morality and ideal nationalism as self-stereotypical dimensions of the national self-concept in Six Latin American Countries
Other title
[Sociabilidade, Competência, Moralidade e nacionalismo ideal como dimensões auto-estereotípicas do autoconceito nacional em seis países da América Latina] [Calidez, Competencia, Moralidad y nacionalismo ideal como dimensiones autoestereotípicas del autoconcepto nacional en seis países de Latinoamérica]
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Fundacion para el Avance de la Psicologia
Abstract
The aim of this study is to describe and analyze self-stereotypical contents related to collective self-esteem and degree of national identification in six countries of Latin-America. To accomplish this aim, a survey study was developed in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela (n=1573). Results have shown four self-stereotypical dimensions: warmth, competence, morality and ideal nationalism. Positive expressions of these dimensions were significantly related to collective self-esteem and degree of national identification. Nevertheless, size effects of these relationships are different by country. In general, stereotypical dimensions perceived as more representative of the evaluated national in-groups were those related to warmth and competence; meanwhile, agreement with morality and ideal nationalism were considered less representative of them. Finally, a general model analyzing influences of self-stereotypical contents in collective self-esteem and degree of national identification showed that, even though warmth was considered the most representative dimension in the definition of the national in-group, it has a weak influence in collective self-esteem and it has no influence on the degree of national identification.
Start page
395
End page
413
Volume
34
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ética Psicología Antropología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84970028800
Source
Avances en Psicologia Latinoamericana
ISSN of the container
17944724
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