Intergenerational trauma, identity, and well-being: How the trauma of the Troubles conflict has impacted social identities in Northern Ireland.

北爱尔兰政治暴力(NI)的历史，也就是众所周知的“骚乱”，在那些认为自己是统一主义者和民族主义者之间留下了不信任和糟糕的社区关系的遗产。创伤认同改变的社会认同模型(SIMTIC)表明，创伤可以加强社会认同和归属感，从而缓解创伤对幸福感的负面影响(中介模型)。将这一模型应用于麻烦的创伤，该项目将从三个方面调查身份认同在创伤和幸福感中的作用。首先，这个项目将关注可能亲身经历过麻烦的NI的老一代父母，分析那些身份认同较强的人是否会对创伤经历做出不同的反应(温和模式)，并将其与成熟的调解模式进行比较。其次，人们对父母的身份如何影响子女的心理创伤知之甚少。因此，将重点放在父母和年轻人二人组上，第二个目标是通过对向量分析，考察父母暴露于政治暴力及其身份认同如何影响其后代的创伤、身份认同和幸福。第三，作为分析身份认同在创伤和福祉中的作用的一种新方法，该项目将寻求通过潜在概况分析确定表现出特定类型创伤和社会认同的父母和年轻人的不同亚群，并分析这些亚群在幸福感方面是否存在差异。总体而言，通过三个新奇的问题，该项目将有助于对身份认同、创伤和幸福感的日益增长的研究。

The history of political violence in Northern Ireland (NI), known as 'The Troubles' has left a legacy of distrust and poor community relations between those who identify as Unionists and Nationalists. The Social Identity Model of Traumatic Identity Change (SIMTIC) shows that trauma can strengthen social identities and belonging, which then alleviate the negative effects of trauma on well-being (mediation model). Applying this model to the trauma of the Troubles, this project will investigate the role of identity in trauma and well-being in three ways. First, focusing on an older generation of parents in NI who might have experienced the Troubles first-hand, this project will analyse whether those with stronger identities might respond differently to traumatic experiences (moderation model), comparing it to the well-established mediation model. Second, less is known about how parents' identities can inform their offspring's traumas. Thus, focusing on parent and young person dyads, a second aim is, via dyadic analyses, to examine how parental exposure to political violence and their identities affects their offspring's traumas, identity, and well-being. Third, as a novel approach to analyse the role of identity in trauma and well-being, the project will seek to identify different subpopulations of parents and young persons who exhibit specific types of traumas and social identifications via latent profile analyses and analyse whether these subpopulations differ in terms of well-being. Overall, with three novel questions, this project will contribute to the growing research on identity, trauma, and well-being.