Shared identity predicts enhanced health at a mass gathering
Shared identity predicts enhanced health at a mass gathering
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DOI：
10.1177/1368430214556703
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发表时间：
2015-07-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Stevenson, Clifford
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作者：
Khan, Sammyh S.;Hopkins, Nick;Stevenson, Clifford
认同一个群体可以（积极地）影响群体成员的健康。这可以（部分地）通过共享身份所允许的社会关系来解释。我们在印度北部为期一个月的朝圣纵向研究中调查了共同身份与健康之间的关系。问卷调查数据（N = 416）显示，自我报告的健康状况（在事件发生前，期间和之后测量）在事件发生时比之前更好，虽然回家后有所下降，但仍高于事件发生前。这一轨迹是根据朝圣者对与其他朝圣者共同身份的看法的数据预测的。我们还发现证据表明，朝圣者之间的共同身份对自我评估的健康变化产生了间接影响，因为他们相信自己与其他朝圣者有更密切的关系。我们讨论了这些数据的影响，我们的理解的作用，共同的身份在社会关系和健康。
Identifying with a group can impact (positively) upon group members' health. This can be explained (in part) through the social relations that a shared identity allows. We investigated the relationship between a shared identity and health in a longitudinal study of a month-long pilgrimage in north India. Questionnaire data (N = 416) showed that self-reported health (measured before, during, and after the event) was better at the event than before, and although it reduced on returning home, it remained higher than before the event. This trajectory was predicted by data concerning pilgrims' perceptions of a shared identity with other pilgrims at the event. We also found evidence that a shared identity amongst pilgrims had an indirect effect on changes in self-assessed health via the belief one had closer relations with one's fellow pilgrims. We discuss the implications of these data for our understandings of the role of shared identity in social relations and health.