Nathan Arbuckle

Nathan Arbuckle

Nathan Arbuckle appears on this site as co-author of the 2009 Group Processes and Intergroup Relations paper on social identity complexity.

Who they are

The work of Nathan Arbuckle reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Social Identity Complexity.

Key papers

Miller, K. P., Brewer, M. B., & Arbuckle, N. L. (2009). Social identity complexity: Its correlates and antecedents. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 12(1), 79-94. What it reports: Three studies of social identity complexity, the perceived overlap among a person's in-groups, including its links with intergroup attitudes and the role of need for cognition.

Key ideas

Social Identity Complexity: How much a person perceives their in-group memberships to overlap; less perceived overlap means greater complexity.

Sources

  1. Miller, K. P., Brewer, M. B., & Arbuckle, N. L. (2009). Social identity complexity: Its correlates and antecedents. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 12(1), 79-94.