Threat to ethnic identity: The experience of white afrikaans-speaking participants in postapartheid south africa

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-169

  Korf, Liezel ^a   Malan, Johan ^b  

^a VISTA UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afrikaans speaking whites; Afrikaners; Collective self esteem; Ethnic identification; Personal self esteem; Political illegitimacy; Political instability; Postapartheid South Africa; Threat to distinctive continuity; Threat to well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036547329     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540209603892     Document Type: Article

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