Doctoral Dissertation Research: Collective Memory, Behavior, and Group Identity

这个项目根据同一性理论研究了一个焦点群体的集体记忆。 认同理论认为，个体在日常互动中根据反馈来扮演自己的身份。 在这项研究中，假设将进行测试，关于如何集体记忆的高影响流行病影响了一个群体的行为和身份之间的关系，导致队列之间的差异。 将通过档案研究和访谈收集数据。研究结果将提高集体记忆和代际差异的理解，与更广泛的相关性健康干预措施和policy.Methods为这个项目包括档案研究和访谈。 档案研究将从20世纪70年代至今的相关文件中提取，以确定哪些历史叙述随着时间的推移而持续存在并成为集体记忆。 对不同世代的人的采访将研究档案工作中出现的主题如何出现在受访者的叙述中，涉及他们如何定义自己的身份和体验自己的行为。结果将确定潜在的战略，以管理创伤性事件的长期社会影响，特别是与健康有关的事件。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This project examines collective memory for a focal group of people in light of identity theory. Identity theory states that individuals enact their identities in everyday interaction, based on feedback. In this study, hypotheses will be tested concerning how collective memory of a high impact epidemic has affected the relationship between a group's behavior and identity, resulting in differences between cohorts. Data will be collected through archival research and interviews. Findings will improve understanding of collective memory and generational differences, with broader relevance to health interventions and policies.Methods for this project consists of archival research and interviews. The archival research will draw from collections of relevant documents from the 1970s to the present in order to identify which historical narratives persist over time and become collective memories. Interviews with people from different generations will examine how themes emerging from the archival work appear in respondents' narratives regarding how they define their identity and experience their behavior. Results will identify potential strategies to manage the long-term social impact of traumatic events, particularly health-related events.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.