Neighbourhood identification and mental health: How social identification moderates the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and health
Neighbourhood identification and mental health: How social identification moderates the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and health
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.12.006
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发表时间：
2019-02-01
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6.9
通讯作者：
Haslam, S. Alexander
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作者：
Fong, Polly;Cruwys, Tegan;Haslam, S. Alexander
生活环境的不利对心理健康有负面影响，研究表明，低（与高）邻里社会经济地位（SES）预示着更糟糕的结果。感知邻里质量是一个公认的调解人，这种协会。本文扩展了这一分析，重点是居民的社会认同与他们的邻居的贡献。特别是，它测试了一个模型，在该模型中，这种邻里识别通过感知邻里质量来减弱邻里SES的影响，并对心理健康产生直接的积极影响，研究1使用大型全国代表性数据集（N = 14，874）测试了这种假设的双重效应邻里识别模型。研究2使用一种新颖的实验设计（N = 280）来调查邻里SES和邻里认同对心理健康的因果影响。根据假设模型，在这两项研究中，高邻里认同减弱了邻里SES对感知邻里质量的影响，邻里认同对心理健康有直接的积极影响。此外，与以前的研究一致，这两项研究还表明，感知邻里质量是通过邻里SES影响心理健康的手段。邻里认同对社区心理健康的新的和深远的影响进行了讨论。
Locational disadvantage has negative effects on mental health, with research showing that low (vs. high) neighbourhood socioeconomic-status (SES) predicts worse outcomes. Perceived neighbourhood quality is a well-established mediator of this association. The present paper extends this analysis, focusing on the contribution of residents' social identification with their neighbourhood. In particular, it tests a model in which this neighbourhood identification both attenuates the effect of neighbourhood SES via perceived neighbourhood quality, and has a direct positive effect on mental health, Study 1 tested this hypothesized dual-effect neighbourhood identification model using a large nationally representative dataset (N = 14,874). Study 2 used a novel experimental design (N = 280) to investigate the causal effects of neighbourhood SES and neighbourhood identification on mental health. In line with the hypothesized model, in both studies, high neighbourhood identification attenuated the effects of neighbourhood SES on perceived neighbourhood quality, and neighbourhood identification had a direct positive impact on mental health. Additionally, and consistent with previous research, both studies also showed that perceived neighbourhood quality was the means through which neighbourhood SES affected mental health. The novel and far-reaching implications of neighbourhood identification for community mental health are discussed.