A Meta-Analytic Review of Social Identification and Health in Organizational Contexts

Steffens, Niklas K.; Haslam, S. Alexander; Schuh, Sebastian C.; Jetten, Jolanda; Dick, Rolf van

doi:10.1177/1088868316656701

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“…By contrast, there is now a wealth of evidence that multiple group memberships, and the social identities arising from them, are protective in a wide range of contexts, and for both vulnerable and less vulnerable populations (Crabtree, Haslam, Postmes & Haslam, 2010;Gleibs, Haslam, Haslam & Jones, 2011;Khan et al, 2014;Sani et al, 2015, Steffens, Haslam, Schuh, Jetten & van Dick, 2016. Instead, we can infer from the social identity model that there are two reasons why our studies, along with previous research, have found limited evidence for the stress buffering hypothesis -both relating to the measurement of social support.…”

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Stressful life transitions and wellbeing: A comparison of the stress buffering hypothesis and the social identity model of identity change

Praharso

Tear

Cruwys

2017

Psychiatry Research

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The relationship between stressful life transitions and wellbeing is well established, however, the protective role of social connectedness has received mixed support. We test two theoretical models, the Stress Buffering Hypothesis and the Social Identity Model of Identity Change, to determine which best explains the relationship between social connectedness, stress, and wellbeing. Study 1 (N=165) was an experiment in which participants considered the impact of moving cities versus receiving a serious health diagnosis. Study 2 (N=79) was a longitudinal study that examined the adjustment of international students to university over the course of their first semester. Both studies found limited evidence for the buffering role of social support as predicted by the Stress Buffering Hypothesis; instead people who experienced a loss of social identities as a result of a stressor had subsequent decline in wellbeing, consistent with the Social Identity Model of Identity Change. We conclude that stressful life events are best conceptualized as identity transitions. Such events are more likely to be perceived as stressful and compromise wellbeing when they entail identity loss. Keywords

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Stressful life transitions and wellbeing: A comparison of the stress buffering hypothesis and the social identity model of identity change

Praharso

Tear

Cruwys

2017

Psychiatry Research

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“…In every case, higher social identification was associated with lower levels of depression and fewer depressive symptoms (mean r = −.25). Likewise, Steffens, Haslam, Schuh, Jetten, and van Dick () examined the relationship between social identification and health in organisational settings (based on 58 independent samples and close to 20 000 participants) and found that higher workgroup identification and higher organisational identification were reliably associated with better health (in each case, r = .21). Furthermore, the social identification–health relationship for indicators of both psychological and physical health were positive ( r = .23 and r = .16, respectively).…”

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Advancing the social identity approach to health and well‐being: Progressing the social cure research agenda

Jetten

Haslam

Cruwys

et al. 2017

Euro J Social Psych

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The health of people's body and mind is powerfully conditioned by social factors that affect their social identity. Consistent with this notion, there is a growing interest in the way that group memberships (and the social identities derived from belonging to these groups) affect health and well‐being. To the extent that group memberships provide individuals with meaning, support, and agency (i.e., a positive sense of social identity), health is positively impacted, constituting a “social cure”. However, when group membership is not associated with these positive psychological resources or when social identity is challenged in other ways (e.g., group membership is devalued or stigmatised), social identities may become a curse, threatening and potentially harming health and well‐being. In a range of social contexts, novel examples of these processes are brought together in the contributions to this special issue. In this editorial, we link the findings from these contributions to a set of hypotheses that emerge from the social identity approach to highlight the nuanced ways in which social identity processes are key to understanding health and well‐being (Haslam, Jetten, Cruwys, Dingle, & Haslam, forthcoming). The contributions in this special issue point to fruitful ways to develop the social cure agenda. Together they highlight the importance of social identities as powerful psychological resources that have an important role to play in managing and improving health.

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“…Instead, people can experience being part of numerous groups, including their family, friends, colleagues, or study peers. These processes lead to positive outcomes, such as improved well‐being or less strain (Mael & Ashforth, ; van Dick et al ., ; see also Steffens, Haslam, Schuh, Jetten, & van Dick, for a meta‐analysis of over 60 studies). Due to these positive effects, social identification has been coined the social cure (Haslam, Jetten, Cruwys, Dingle, & Haslam, ).…”

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Exploring the mechanisms underlying the social identity–ill‐health link: Longitudinal and experimental evidence

Junker

Dick

Avanzi

et al. 2018

British J Social Psychol

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There is strong and consistent evidence that identification with social groups is an important predictor of (ill‐)health‐related outcomes. However, the mediating mechanisms of the social identification–health link remain unclear. We present results from two studies, which aimed to test how perceived social support and collective self‐efficacy mediate the effect of social identification on emotional exhaustion, chronic stress, and depressive symptoms. Study 1 (N = 180) employed a longitudinal two‐wave design, whereas Study 2 (N = 100) used a field‐experimental design with a manipulation of participants’ social identity. Both studies consistently show that social identification was positively related to perceived social support, which, in turn, was positively associated with collective self‐efficacy. Collective self‐efficacy, finally, was negatively related to ill‐health outcomes.

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A Meta-Analytic Review of Social Identification and Health in Organizational Contexts

Cited by 218 publications

References 225 publications

Stressful life transitions and wellbeing: A comparison of the stress buffering hypothesis and the social identity model of identity change

Stressful life transitions and wellbeing: A comparison of the stress buffering hypothesis and the social identity model of identity change

Advancing the social identity approach to health and well‐being: Progressing the social cure research agenda

Exploring the mechanisms underlying the social identity–ill‐health link: Longitudinal and experimental evidence

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