Linked from

The 51 pages that link to Social identity theory, each with the reason it gives.

• IntersectionalityRelated: It studies group-based identity, while intersectionality foregrounds structural power and overlapping positions.

• Social normRelated: Group identification can make members adopt norms associated with their group.

• Political polarizationRelated: Partisan identity can turn political disagreement into group-based conflict.

• StereotypeRelated: It connects group boundaries and comparisons with the development of group beliefs.

• Social IdentityBroader topic: It models how group membership becomes part of an individual’s sense of self.

• EssentialismRelated: It accounts for group identification without requiring members to share an underlying essence.

• Social psychologyRelated: It links identification with groups to comparison, favoritism, and conflict.

• ConformityRelated: Identification with a group can make its expectations feel personally meaningful.

• Stigma of mental illnessRelated: It clarifies how in-group and out-group boundaries can sustain stigma.

• Social comparison theoryCompared with: It focuses on group-based identity, whereas social comparison theory centers on evaluating oneself against others.

• Religious identityNarrower topic: It explains how religious group membership can become part of a person's self-understanding.

• EthnocentrismRelated: It explains how identifying with a cultural group can encourage comparisons that privilege it.

• Stereotype threatRelated: It provides a broader account of why group-based evaluation can matter to individuals.

• Crowd psychologyRelated: Shows how a crowd can become a meaningful shared group rather than an anonymous mass.

• OtheringRelated: It explains how group identification and comparison can support distinctions that othering makes hierarchical.

• PrejudiceRelated: It explains how favoring an in-group can foster negative views of an out-group.

• Social exchange theoryCompared with: It foregrounds group identity where exchange theory foregrounds relational outcomes.

• Collective identityRelated: It models how belonging to a group becomes part of a person’s self-understanding.

• Social influenceRelated: Group identification can make a group’s views especially influential.

• BelongingnessRelated: Group membership can provide belonging by linking personal identity to a valued collective.

• Political polarization in the United StatesRelated: Parties can become identity groups, making political disputes feel personal and socially consequential.

• Trust (social science)Related: Group boundaries can shape whom people trust and how they interpret others' intentions.

• XenophobiaRelated: Group identification can make cultural boundaries feel personally significant.

• RadicalizationRelated: Group identification can make political causes feel central to personal identity.

• Group dynamicsRelated: It emphasizes identity-based processes alongside direct interaction within groups.

• Identification (psychology)Related: It explains group-based self-definition without requiring identification with a particular individual.

• Organizational behaviorRelated: Workplace group identities shape belonging, intergroup bias, and collaboration.

• Peer groupRelated: Membership can make group identity part of how people define themselves.

• Online radicalizationRelated: Online groups can turn belonging and group identity into pathways toward extremist commitment.

• SectarianismRelated: It explains how religious or ideological affiliations can become emotionally charged group boundaries.

• Boundary WorkCompared with: It centers psychological group identification, while boundary work foregrounds social practices and classifications.

• Place identityCompared with: It centers group membership, while place identity focuses on places and their features.

• Police legitimacyRelated: Identification with a community or institution can shape whether police are seen as representing it.

• Ethnic conflictRelated: It illuminates how group categorization can influence perceptions and intergroup attitudes.

• LoyaltyRelated: Identification with a group can turn membership into durable allegiance.

• Sports fandomRelated: Team allegiance can become part of a fan’s sense of who they are.

• Muzafer SherifRelated: It offers a later account of intergroup bias alongside Sherif’s emphasis on competition and goals.

• Philip ZimbardoRelated: The BBC Prison Study used group identity to explain conduct in a simulated prison.

• Team sportRelated: Team allegiance can turn sporting groups into meaningful social identities.

• Football hooliganismRelated: Rival club identities can sharpen boundaries between supporters and encourage hostility.

• Gustave Le BonCompared with: It argues that crowd members often act through shared identities rather than losing individual judgment.

• AsabiyyahCompared with: It studies group identification through modern social psychology rather than Ibn Khaldun’s dynastic history.

• Peer pressureRelated: Identification with a peer group can make its expectations feel personally significant.

• Political psychologyRelated: It connects group belonging to political alignment and hostility toward rival groups.

• Reverse discriminationRelated: It helps explain how group-based policies can influence perceptions of fairness and belonging.

• Social connectionRelated: Group identity can create belonging beyond close one-to-one relationships.

• Familiar strangerRelated: Shared places can create a thin sense of common membership without a personal bond.

• Hostile media effectRelated: It explains why perceived media slights can feel like attacks on one's group.

• Group cohesivenessRelated: Identifying with a group can bind members even when personal friendships are weak.

• Kenneth and Mamie ClarkCompared with: It offers a later theoretical framework for interpreting group identity, unlike the Clarks’ historical research program.