Browsing by Author "Ginting, Bernadetta Aloina"

The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the role of ingroup identification in explaining the sample-level changes of self-esteem and outgroup attitudes among Ingrian-Finnish remigrants (N = 85). Two measurement points were studied: two years after the Ingrian-Finns migrated to Finland (T1) and three years after migration (T2). Three ingroup identifications were tested as mediators, which were Identification with the Finnish society, Russian identification, and Ingrian-Finnish identification. The mediation analysis was done following Baron and Kenny’s (1986) procedure. There was no significant change in self-esteem between the two time points. Therefore, the first research question shifted to the prediction of this stability. The results confirmed that there was a direct autoregressive association between self-esteem in T1 and self-esteem in T2. This association was mediated by national identification in T2: positive self-esteem in T1 led to stronger national identity in T2, which was positively associated with self-esteem in T2. However, Russian and Ingrian-Finnish identification in T2 did not mediate the association between self-esteem in T1 and T2. Attitude towards the native Finns were found to become more negative within the one-year period. It was also confirmed that there was a direct autoregressive association between outgroup attitudes in T1 and outgroup attitudes in T2. This association was mediated by Russian identification in T2: hostile outgroup attitudes in T1 led to stronger Russian identification, which was negatively associated with outgroup attitudes in T2. Identification with the Finnish society and Ingrian-Finnish identification, on the other hand, did not mediate the association between outgroup attitudes in T1 and T2. In conclusion, different ingroup identifications have different roles in explaining the stability of self-esteem and the change in outgroup attitudes at the sample-level.