Social Identity, Health and Well-Being: An Emerging Agenda for Applied Psychology
Social Identity, Health and Well-Being: An Emerging Agenda for Applied Psychology
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00379.x
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Haslam, Catherine
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作者：
Haslam, S. Alexander;Jetten, Jolanda;Haslam, Catherine
包括社区，家庭，社区，工作团队和各种其他形式的社会群体的社会环境不仅仅是世界的外部特征，它为个人行为提供了背景。相反，这些群体通过将其作为一个人的社会身份的一部分进行内在的能力来影响个人的心理。如果团体为个人提供意义，目的和归属感（即积极的社会认同感），他们往往会产生积极的心理后果。这些特殊问题的贡献探讨了这些身份过程对健康和福祉的影响。在这篇社论中，我们根据迄今为止研究出现的五个中心主题讨论了这些贡献。这些主题解决了社会认同与（a）症状评估和反应之间的关系，（b）与健康有关的规范和行为，（c）社会支持，（d）应对以及（e）临床结果。总体上，特刊指出了一种社会认同方法的能力，以丰富这些领域的学术理解，并在塑造与健康相关的政策和实践中发挥关键作用。
The social environment comprising communities, families, neighbourhoods, work teams, and various other forms of social group is not simply an external feature of the world that provides a context for individual behaviour. Instead these groups impact on the psychology of individuals through their capacity to be internalised as part of a person's social identity. If groups provide individuals with a sense of meaning, purpose, and belonging (i.e. a positive sense of social identity) they tend to have positive psychological consequences. The impact of these identity processes on health and well-being is explored in the contributions to this special issue. In this editorial, we discuss these contributions in light of five central themes that have emerged from research to date. These themes address the relationship between social identity and (a) symptom appraisal and response, (b) health-related norms and behaviour, (c) social support, (d) coping, and (e) clinical outcomes. The special issue as a whole points to the capacity for a social identity approach to enrich academic understanding in these areas and to play a key role in shaping health-related policy and practice.