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Social psychology

self-uncertainty motivates people to identify with groups, especially clearly defined ones.

In social psychology, uncertainty-identity theory refers to self-uncertainty motivates people to identify with groups, especially clearly defined ones. This meaning comes from Hogg (2007) in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology.[1]

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  1. Hogg, M. A. (2007). Uncertainty–Identity Theory. In Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (pp. 69-126). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-2601(06)39002-8

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