ArticlePloS one2018
The ties that bind: Ingroup ties are linked with diminished inflammatory immune responses and fewer mental health symptoms through less rumination.
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- Inflammation and depression in young people: a systematic review and proposed inflammatory pathways.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
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- Considerations toward an epigenetic and common pathways theory of mental disorder.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2023Article
- Disruption to well-being activities and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediational role of social connectedness and rumination.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- Understanding associations between rumination and inflammation: A scoping review.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022Article
- Transdiagnostic biomarker approaches to mental health disorders: Consideration of symptom complexity, comorbidity and context.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The present research explored whether components of social identity, namely ingroup ties, affect, and centrality, were differentially linked to mental health and inflammatory immune responses, and whether rumination mediated those relations. Study 1 (N = 138) indicated that stronger ingroup ties were associated with fewer mental health (depressive and post-traumatic stress) symptoms; those relations were mediated by the tendency for individuals with strong ties to rely less on ruminative coping to deal with a stressful life event. Study 2 (N = 54) demonstrated that ingroup ties were negatively associated with depressive symptoms, dispositional rumination, as well as stress-linked inflammatory elements at the physiological level. Consistent associations for centrality and ingroup affect were absent, suggesting that ingroup ties may have unique health benefits.
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