ArticleThe British journal of social psychology2022
A trouble shared is a trouble halved: The role of family identification and identification with humankind in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- A U.S. National Study of Family Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of child and family studies · 2023Article
- So Far, So Close: Identification with Proximal and Distal Groups as a Resource in Dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Life Crafting Scale: Development and Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Meaning-Making Measure.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Editorial: Positive Educational Approaches to Teaching Effectiveness and Student Well-being: Contemporary Approaches and Guidelines.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Future of Evidence-Based Temperance Interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered health-related anxiety in ways that undermine peoples' mental and physical health. Contextual factors such as living in a high-risk area might further increase the risk of health deterioration. Based on the Social Identity Approach, we argue that social identities can not only be local that are characterized by social interactions, but also be global that are characterized by a symbolic sense of togetherness and that both of these can be a basis for health. In line with these ideas, we tested how identification with one's family and with humankind relates to stress and physical symptoms while experiencing health-related anxiety and being exposed to contextual risk factors. We tested our assumptions in a representative sample (N = 974) two-wave survey study with a 4-week time lag. The results show that anxiety at Time 1 was positively related to stress and physical symptoms at Time 2. Feeling exposed to risk factors related to lower physical health, but was unrelated to stress. Family identification and identification with humankind were both negatively associated with subsequent stress and family identification was negatively associated with subsequent physical symptoms. These findings suggest that for social identities to be beneficial for mental health, they can be embodied as well as symbolic.
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