Community identity as resource and context: A mixed method investigation of coping and collective action in a disadvantaged community
Community identity as resource and context: A mixed method investigation of coping and collective action in a disadvantaged community
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DOI：
10.1002/ejsp.1953
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发表时间：
2013-08-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Muldoon, Orla T.
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作者：
McNamara, Niamh;Stevenson, Clifford;Muldoon, Orla T.
社会特性通过提供社会支持和集体效能感以及作为集体行动的基础，增强成员的福祉。然而，身份识别促进福祉的确切机制可能会因污名化而复杂化，这可能会破坏团结和集体行动。本研究探讨了一个现实世界中的污名化的社区群体，以调查以下内容：（1）社区身份的过程，采取行动，以提高福祉和集体行动和（2）这些过程的污名化的后果。研究1包括在爱尔兰的利默里克市的贫困地区进行的家庭调查。参与者（n=322）完成了社区识别，社会支持，集体效能，社区行动和心理健康的措施。中介分析表明，集体效能感是认同对幸福感影响的重要中介。然而，自我报告的社区行动水平很低，与社区认同无关。在研究2中，对居民和社区团体工作人员进行了14次后续多参与者访谈，并按主题进行了分析，揭示了高水平的污名化，据报道，这导致脱离与身份有关的集体行动。这些发现表明，耻辱感有可能通过破坏团结和社会支持来减少集体行动。版权所有（c）2013约翰威利父子有限公司
Social identities enhance members' well-being through the provision of social support and feelings of collective efficacy as well as by acting as a basis for collective action. However, the precise mechanisms through which identification acts to enhance well-being can be complicated by stigmatisation, which potentially undermines solidarity and collective action. The present research examines a real-world stigmatised community group in order to investigate the following: (1) the community identity processes that act to enhance well-being and collective action and (2) the consequences of stigmatisation for these processes. Study 1 consisted of a household survey conducted in disadvantaged areas of Limerick city in Ireland. Participants (n=322) completed measures of community identification, social support, collective efficacy, community action and psychological well-being. Mediation analysis indicated that perceptions of collective efficacy are an important mediator of the effect of identification upon well-being. However, levels of self-reported community action were low and unrelated to community identification. In Study 2, 14 follow-up multiple-participant interviews with residents and community group workers were thematically analysed, revealing high levels of stigmatisation, which was reported to lead to disengagement from identity-related collective action. These findings indicate the potential for stigma to reduce collective action through undermining solidarity and social support. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.