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The social representation of the identity perception among China's new social strata: a central nucleus analysis
Introduction:
China's new social strata represent a critical demographic for social governance, with shared identity perceptions serving as a cohesive force for group solidarity and behavioral regulation.
Methods:
This study employed a word association task with 256 participants from China's new social strata, followed by lexical network analysis including K-core decomposition to uncover hierarchical identity structures.
Results:
The social representations of "identity" among this demographic comprise a primary component and three K-core sub-networks. The central core identity system contains 37 pivotal elements classified into categorical identity, relational identity, and symbolic identity, with "Status" and "ID Card" as the most central elements.
Discussion:
The new social strata perceive identity across three interconnected dimensions forming a "periphery-margin-core" tripartite network model. This structure reveals how institutional mechanisms, particularly China's household registration system, shape subjective identity perceptions in contemporary society.
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