=+their effects. That is, listing a higher number of groups helps us cope because it increases variables such as self-esteem and self-concept clarity (see Chapter 2). However, Jones and Jetten (2011) did not test for this pattern of mediation. So, it remains unclear why awareness of multiple group membership is a boon to coping. If you were replicating their study, but wanted to measure variables that might mediate their effects,