title: Psychological reaction to perceived erasure of community boundaries.
abstract: The reaction of residents of a small district in the Northeast of England to the perceived compromising of existing community boundaries was examined in the light of Tajfel and Turner's (1986) social identity theory. Social identity theory was found to provide a useful framework for explaining specific psychological reactions of residents and spokespersons to the perception of ingroup status inferiority.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Sciences, University of Teesside, England, UK.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Puddifoot
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012929:Psychological Distance; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012933:Social Identification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013731:Territoriality; D014505:Urban Population