Different power perceptions based on socially situated needs: Findings from a qualitative study among Asian Americans.
Asian Americans
model minority myth
perpetual foreigner
power
Journal
The British journal of social psychology
ISSN: 2044-8309
Titre abrégé: Br J Soc Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8105534
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2024
Oct 2024
Historique:
revised:
14
05
2024
received:
14
02
2024
accepted:
06
06
2024
medline:
15
10
2024
pubmed:
15
10
2024
entrez:
15
10
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
While power is often defined and operationalized as control or influence over others, alternative conceptualizations define power as the ability to meet various fundamental needs. We argue that this conceptualization may better capture how marginalized minority group members understand their group's power or powerlessness. However, there is little research examining how people themselves construe group-based power. The present study, therefore, used qualitative inquiry to examine perceived ingroup power among Asian Americans, an underrepresented racial minority group with an ambivalent power status in society. Reflexive thematic analysis of 25 interviews illustrated the relevance of Prilleltensky's (J. Community Psychol., 36, 2008, 116) psychopolitical conceptualization of power. Specifically, we identified eight themes that reflect various context-specific construals of power as oppression, wellness and liberation. Additionally, the findings suggest the need to consider intragroup heterogeneity in power and to situate how power is understood in the given sociopolitical, structural context.
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Journal Article
Langues
eng
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2135-2157Subventions
Organisme : Mount Holyoke College
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© 2024 The Author(s). British Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society.
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