Hajek Christopher
Department of Communication, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2016 Jun;55(2):227-43. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12128. Epub 2015 Sep 3.
This study utilizes a qualitative thematic analysis methodology and a social identity theory framework to explore ways in which early midlife gay men report enhancing their social identities through social and psychological creativity. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with forty early midlife gay men (aged 40-53) in four US cities. Men discussed the collective and individual essences of their age and gay identities, including attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that they embraced to self-enhance at midlife. These discussions emphasized differences from the younger gay outgroup, often in the context of intergenerational interaction. Identified were three strategies (and seven substrategies) that summarized the ways that interviewees constructed their identities in the interest of self-enhancement, specifically in the context of intergenerational comparisons with younger gay men. These strategies may be considered as extensions to social creativity strategies presented in Tajfel and Turner's (Psychology of intergroup relations. Chicago, IL: Nelson, 1986: 7) social identity theory.
本研究采用定性主题分析方法和社会认同理论框架，以探索中年早期男同性恋者通过社会和心理创造力来提升其社会认同的方式。研究在美国四个城市对40名中年早期男同性恋者（年龄在40 - 53岁之间）进行了面对面的半结构化访谈。这些男性讨论了他们年龄和同性恋身份的集体与个体本质，包括他们在中年时为自我提升所秉持的态度、信念和行为。这些讨论强调了与年轻同性恋外群体的差异，这种差异通常出现在代际互动的背景下。研究确定了三种策略（以及七种子策略），这些策略总结了受访者为实现自我提升而构建其身份的方式，特别是在与年轻男同性恋者进行代际比较的背景下。这些策略可被视为对塔菲尔和特纳（《群体间关系心理学》。伊利诺伊州芝加哥：尼尔森，1986：7）社会认同理论中所提出的社会创造力策略的扩展。
