Social identity and health at mass gatherings
Social identity and health at mass gatherings
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DOI：
10.1002/ejsp.2288
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发表时间：
2017-12-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Reicher, Stephen David
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作者：
Hopkins, Nick;Reicher, Stephen David
认同一个群体可以给身心健康带来好处。无论是小规模的社会团体还是大型的社会团体，都有这些好处。然而，群体也可能与健康风险相关：一个独特的医学分支(‘群众聚集医学’)已经发展起来，以解决参与以大量人群为特征的活动所带来的健康风险。我们认为，强调集体生活对健康的正面或负面影响都是片面的：对健康的正面和负面影响都可能(同时)发生。此外，这两种影响都可以根源于与基于群体的社会认同相关的相同的社会心理转变。我们回顾了来自一系列大规模集会的证据，对这种混合效应进行了概念性分析。我们的记述显示：(I)社会认同分析如何丰富群众聚集医学，以及(Ii)社会认同分析如何通过考察群众集会来丰富健康的社会认同分析。
Identifying with a group can bring benefits to physical and psychological health. These benefits can be found with both small-scale and large-scale social groups. However, groups can also be associated with health risks: A distinct branch of medicine ('Mass Gathering Medicine') has evolved to address the health risks posed by participating in events characterised by large crowds. We argue that emphasising either the positive or the negative health consequences of group life is one-sided: Both positive and negative effects on health can occur (simultaneously). Moreover, both such effects can have their roots in the same social psychological transformations associated with a group-based social identification. Reviewing evidence from across a range of mass gatherings, we offer a conceptual analysis of such mixed effects. Our account shows (i) howsocial identity analyses can enrich mass gathering medicine and (ii) how social identity analyses of health can be enriched by examining mass gatherings.