The life story model of identity: A bridge between two spaces

Two questions which continue to absorb Western social psychological researchers are: What is the ‘self’? And ‘What is identity in relation to self?’ At the NMPPS this year this Dr. Love’s keynote threw these matters into relief prompting us as indigenous psychologists to reflect deeply on the nature of ‘selves’. Many questions arise from her address. Do we have ensembled selves? Are we self contained? Are we a bit of both depending on the situation? How do we work within psychology while honouring Māori perspectives

Exploring the Cultural Origins of Differences in Time Orientation between European New Zealanders and Māori

Previous research suggests that time orientation differs as a function of national culture. National cultures often cluster together by region, thus regional generalizations can provide insights on how cultures in a given cluster perceive time. We consider the unique case of bi-cultural New Zealand with two cultures, the European New Zealanders (Pākehā) and the indigenous Māori from historically contrasting temporal clusters: Anglo-American and South Pacific. To demonstrate the ways in which Pākehā and Māori differ in their perspectives on time orientation we take our analysis beyond the basic generalizations based on regional clusters and consider the cultural roots of Māori time perceptions. Specifically we consider differences between these two cultures along the theoretical dimensions of clock vs. event time, punctuality, and past/present/future orientations. With respect to Māori culture, we argue that sociocentricity, including different conceptualizations of self, and a unique historical perspective form the basis for the discernible differences between Pākehā and Māori in terms of time perspectives. The endurance of these different perceptions of time, despite over 160 years of Māori and Pākehā social and cultural integration, testify to the centrality of time orientation as a fundamental cultural value. Managerial implications of understanding these cross-cultural differences in time orientation for both domestic and international business are discussed

Hybrid identities: Maori Italians challenging racism and the Maori/Pakeha binary

New Zealand’s indigenous Māori were colonized by British settlers (now called Pākehā). Scant systematic investigation addresses bicultural/biracial identity for Māori who identify with further ethnic groups other than Pākehā. Taking a narrative approach and applying thematic analysis, this paper explores interviews with forty-four Māori-Italians, a cohort seldom sampled, conducted in New Zealand in 2013. We show how Māori-Italians negotiate the challenge of constructing positive ethnic identities in a milieu where historically ethnic hybridity has been defined primarily in relation to the Māori/Pākehā colonial encounter. Focusing on racism and stigma, we demonstrate that Māori-Italians run a gauntlet of identity challenges shaped by socio-political contexts. Conversely, Māori-Italians draw from both Māori and Italian identities to buffer discrimination from Māori, Pākehā, and Italians. Our analysis reveals a multiplicity of interpretations of Māori-Italian identity not widely articulated in social psychology or New Zealand literature, and shows the need to expand paradigms of Māori identity to incorporate ethnic hybridity beyond the Māori/Pākehā binary

Māori Cultural Efficacy and Subjective Wellbeing: A Psychological Model and Research Agenda

Māori, Cultural efficacy, Culture as cure, New Zealand, Subjective well-being,

Descriptive statistics and summary sample information for self-identified Māori by home non-owners versus owners.

<p>Note that estimates for income did not include the 105 cases replaced with the sample mean.</p><p>Descriptive statistics and summary sample information for self-identified Māori by home non-owners versus owners.</p

Damned if She Does: The Subordinate Male Target Hypothesis and Discrimination of Social Dominant Female Minority Members

According to the subordinate male target hypothesis (SMTH), racism is based on an ethnicity-by-gender interaction, with a stronger link between experiencing racist discrimination and subordinate or dominant ethnic group status for men compared to women. This study reevaluates the SMTH, originally focused on objective discrimination, by applying it to self-reported active harm as a theoretically derived measure of racist discrimination and by exploring interindividual differences in female ethnic minority members’ discriminatory experiences. We proposed that social dominance orientation (SDO) among female ethnic minorities would influence SMTH predictions. We tested this using multiple linear regression analyses among a sample of New Zealand Europeans as the majority in New Zealand and non-Europeans as the minority. As hypothesized, male non-Europeans reported disproportionally more active harm than female non-Europeans. Unexpectedly, not only female, but also male, non-Europeans high in SDO reported more active harm than non-Europeans low in SDO. Therefore, applied to self-reported racist experiences, oppression of ethnic minorities is driven by interindividual differences rather than by gender. Together, these findings provide evidence that the SMTH cannot be unreservedly extended to reports of racist discrimination and that other processes may underlie these subjective experiences of discrimination that need to be considered in more detail

Construct definitions for the seven factors indexed by the MMM-ICE2 [18]

<p>Construct definitions for the seven factors indexed by the MMM-ICE2 [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0118540#pone.0118540.ref018" target="_blank">18</a>]</p

Regression slopes and odds ratios for the model predicting likelihood of owning (partially or fully) one’s own home for Māori participants.

<p>Notes. 0 = not owning one’s own home, 1 = owning (partially or fully) one’s own home. Fit indices for demographic model: <i>R</i>^<i>2</i> = .492, <i>se</i> = .050, <i>z</i> = 9.783, <i>p</i> &lt;. 001. Fit indices for demographic-identity model: <i>R</i>^<i>2</i> = .534 <i>se</i> = .049, <i>z</i> = 10.828, <i>p</i> &lt;. 001. OR = Odds Ratio,</p><p>* p &lt;. 01. n = 561.</p><p>Regression slopes and odds ratios for the model predicting likelihood of owning (partially or fully) one’s own home for Māori participants.</p