Differential Emphases on Modernity and Confucian Values in Social Categorization: The Case of Hong Kong Adolescents in Political Transition

• Main Authors: LAM, Shui-Fong, LAU, Ivy Yee-Man, CHIU, Chi-Yue, HONG, Ying-Yi, PENG, Si-Qing
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1999
• Subjects: Social identity; intergroup perception; social categorization; modernity; Traditional Chinese Values; Confucian values; Hong Kong; Asian Studies; Multicultural Psychology; Personality and Social Contexts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/247; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1246/viewcontent/DifferentialEmphases_Confucian_HK_1999.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study investigated if modernity and Confucian values were ingroups positively valued distinctiveness for Hong Kong adolescents with different social identities. Participants (236 Hong Kong adolescents) filled out a questionnaire which tapped social identity and intergroup perception. They also...