Peripheral Group Membership 1 Running head: PERIPHERAL GROUP MEMBERSHIP Predicting the Paths of Peripherals: The Interaction of Identification and Future Possibilities Jolanda Jetten University of Exeter Nyla R. Branscombe University of Kansas Russell Spears University of Amsterdam Blake M. McKimmie University of Queensland PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN (in press) This research was supported by a fellowship from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences to the first author, and a NWO Visiting Professorship grant to the second author. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their comments on a previous draft of the manuscript. Address correspondence to Jolanda Jetten at the School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QG, United Kingdom. E-mail: j.jetten@exeter.ac.uk