Community identification, social support, and loneliness: The benefits of social identification for personal well-being. [PDF]
Br J Soc Psychol, 2021 Levels of loneliness across the world have reached epidemic proportions, and their impact upon population health is increasingly apparent. In response, policies and initiatives have attempted to reduce loneliness by targeting social isolation among residents of local communities.
McNamara N +8 more
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The role of social support and social identification on challenge and threat cognitive appraisals, perceived stress, and life satisfaction in workplace employees. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 There is an emergent literature highlighting the positive role of social support and social identification in buffering against the deleterious effects of psychological stressors. Yet, we have limited understanding of how exactly these social factors fit
Gillman JC, Turner MJ, Slater MJ.
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Stress Mindset and Social Identification in Chronic Pain Patients and Their Relationship to Coping, Well-Being & Depression. [PDF]
J Clin Psychol Med Settings, 2023 We predicted that chronic pain patients have a more negative stress mindset and a lower level of social identification than people without chronic pain and that this, in turn, influences well-being through less adaptive coping.
Grünenwald I +3 more
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COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: the role of social identification and social and political trust on well-being and distress. [PDF]
Curr Psychol, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly become a global health crisis, leading people to change their interpersonal behaviours to contain the spread of the virus. Italy has rapidly become the country hit second hardest in the world by the COVID-19 pandemic and
Paolini D +3 more
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Social media use, social identification and cross-cultural adaptation of international students: A longitudinal examination. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 The mobility experience is an important life event for international students, and achieving successful psychological and sociocultural adaptation is crucial for this experience to be positive.
Gaitán-Aguilar L +3 more
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Empathic responses to social targets: The influence of warmth and competence perceptions, situational valence, and social identification. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Accounts of empathy distinguish between cognitive (attribution of mental states to a social target) and emotional (sharing of emotions with a social target) empathy.
Aue T, Bührer S, Mayer B, Dricu M.
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Social identification and paranoia. [PDF]
R Soc Open SciParanoia is associated with variation in social behaviour, such as lower inclination to trust others or to behave generously in economic game settings. Such variation may stem, in part, from a reduced tendency to socially identify with others, although previous studies have reported mixed results.
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Growing into "Us": Trajectories of Social Identification with College Sport Teams Predict Subjective Well-Being. [PDF]
Appl Psychol Health Well Being, 2020 BACKGROUND Groups are often a source of social identification that may elicit subjective well-being. When joining and maintaining membership of groups such as sport clubs, it is anticipated that members will experience varying trajectories of ...
Graupensperger S +3 more
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"I Am Not Just a Prisoner": the effects of social identification on well-being in Italy. [PDF]
Front PsycholRecent research on social cures has posited that one’s social identity associated with group membership can promote adjustment and affect well-being, especially for vulnerable individuals.
Mosso CO, Caldera A, Re C.
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Do we need a strong captain to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic? Social identification, conspiracy theory beliefs, and the wish for a strong leader. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 IntroductionIn times of great uncertainty and hardship, calls for a strong leader tend to arise. The present study delved into this issue by examining possible sociopsychological antecedents of the wish for a strong leader during the COVID-19 crisis ...
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