The impact of perceived legitimacy and social identification on self- and other-directed anger after experiencing social discrimination [Elektronische Ressource] / von Nina Hansen

The impact of perceived legitimacy and social identification on self- and other-directed anger after experiencing social discrimination Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Dipl. Sozialwirtin Nina Hansen geboren am 24.09.1974 in Flensburg Gutachter: PD Dr. Kai Sassenberg Prof. Dr. Amélie Mummendey Tag des Kolloquiums: 21. Oktober 2005 3ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As acknowledgements, I prefer to express my gratitude to every special person individually. Nevertheless, my true appreciation goes out to Kai Sassenberg – for the ‘academic freedom’, for his patience to constantly looking at the picture from a different angle, and for his feedback which helped me so much to structure my ideas and to write them down in this thesis. Thank you for being so supportive! Furthermore, I am grateful to Amélie Mummendey for her stimulating suggestions and for having the opportunity to write this thesis in the very inspiring scientific environment in Jena. Moreover, I am indebted to address my gratitude to my colleagues of the Junior Research Group ‘Motivational and cognitive determinants of social discrimination’. The content of this thesis is the product of collective efforts of inspiration and support.