to overidentify
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- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈaɪdɛntɪfaɪ/
- However, as noted by McFadden (1996), applying a cutoff based on a truncated sample that does not include children with language impairment could lead to overidentifying language impairment.
Examples
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Diagnoses more similar to those obtained from clinic settings, in which only parent ratings of behavior are obtained, seem to result in a more equal ratio of boys to girls, or even to overidentify girls.
Academic text (1998) -
Usually, it would be better for a screening instrument to slightly overidentify potentially at-risk children because later assessment could separate the false positives from the true positives group.
Academic text (1995) -
You're overidentifying with the problems of this child.
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If the results from Study 1 were a function of gymnasts overidentifying with their athlete role, we would expect to find a decline in the level of athletic identity among the athletes from age 15 to their current age.
Academic text (2010) -
Interestingly, a tendency to overidentify girls was found only when parent measures were used (combination K), and this became statistically significant when teacher social skills ratings were added (combination L).
Academic text (1998) -
When the measure of impairment involves only academic achievement, the diagnosis is liable to overidentify males, but when the measure of impairment involves only social skills, children of color seem to be overidentified.
Academic text (1998) -
Moreover, those same findings suggest that teachers tend to overidentify and misidentify students as word callers (Hamilton & Shinn, 2003; Meisinger et al., 2009).
Academic text (2013) -
For example, Afro-American counselors working with Afro-American clients may exhibit patterns such as moralizing, overidentifying with the client, rescuing, premature problem solving, and advice giving.
Academic text (2004) -
She tends to overidentify with her favorite characters in films, making it hard for her to enjoy the story objectively.
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Many teachers overidentify with their students' struggles, which can make it difficult for them to provide impartial advice.
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Etymology
Overidentify comes from the prefix over- meaning 'too much' and identify meaning 'to see yourself in someone' or 'to connect with them', the same root as identity. So to overidentify is to connect with a person or idea 'too much', making it hard to be fair or keep your own limits.