How do i know what i feel? Evidence for the role of self‐categorisation in symptom perceptions

Claire, L St; Clift, Alex; Dumbelton, Laura

doi:10.1002/ejsp.417

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“…so that asthma informed their sense of social identity) than if they did not. Along similar lines, earlier experimental research by St Claire et al (2008) has also shown that people are far more likely to report symptoms of cold and to request medication when they are primed to think of themselves in terms of a social identity as a cold sufferer.…”

Section: Social Identity Health and Well‐being: An Overview Of Resementioning

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Social Identity, Health and Well‐Being: An Emerging Agenda for Applied Psychology

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The social environment comprising communities, families, neighbourhoods, work teams, and various other forms of social group is not simply an external feature of the world that provides a context for individual behaviour. Instead these groups impact on the psychology of individuals through their capacity to be internalised as part of a person's social identity. If groups provide individuals with a sense of meaning, purpose, and belonging (i.e. a positive sense of social identity) they tend to have positive psychological consequences. The impact of these identity processes on health and well-being is explored in the contributions to this special issue. In this editorial, we discuss these contributions in light of five central themes that have emerged from research to date. These themes address the relationship between social identity and (a) symptom appraisal and response, (b) health-related norms and behaviour, (c) social support, (d) coping, and (e) clinical outcomes. The special issue as a whole points to the capacity for a social identity approach to enrich academic understanding in these areas and to play a key role in shaping health-related policy and practice.

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Section: Social Identity Health and Well‐being: An Overview Of Resementioning

confidence: 62%

“…in terms of symptomatology), and if he or she has prior knowledge about the condition (e.g. through health campaigns or previous diagnosis; Adams, Pill, & Jones, 1997; Levine & Reicher, 1996; St Claire, Clift, & Dumbelton, 2008).…”

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“…First, when people act as group members, then the significance of events is evaluated in relation to the relevant social identity. Notably, where something is construed as either violating the values and norms of the group as a whole or else as threatening the position of an individual as group member, then it will be evaluated negatively (Levine, 1999; Levine & Reicher, 1996; St Claire, Clift, & Dumbelton, 2008). Second, when social identities are salient, people will become more concerned for the fate of fellow group members, and their relations with fellow group members will become more supportive and intimate.…”

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Surviving the Kosovo Conflict: A Study of Social Identity, Appraisal of Extreme Events, and Mental Well‐Being

2008

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Our study examined the role of social identity processes in determining how individuals evaluate, deal with, and are affected by severe events of war. We reasoned that for those who experience such events collectively and who identify strongly with their group, primary appraisal will be filtered through the prism of social identity. In a sample of Kosovo Albanians who had survived the armed conflict in 1999, we found that those who were able to evaluate the war as affirming their group identity presented lower levels of depressive mood and anxiety and higher levels of self-efficacy. Furthermore, this process of war appraisal affected the process of secondary appraisal. Specifically, positive war appraisal increased availability of support from close others and reduced the importance of positive individual coping strategies in dealing with extreme events. Conversely, negative war appraisal reduced availability of support from close others and reduced the importance of negative coping strategies in dealing with extreme events.Notre recherche étudie le rôle des processus d'identité sociale sur la façon dont les individus déterminent, évaluent, traitent et sont touchés par de graves événements dus à la guerre. Pour ceux qui ont fait l'expérience de tels événe-ments collectifs et qui s'identifient fortement à leur groupe, nous posons l'hypothèse selon laquelle leur évaluation primaire est filtrée par le prisme de l'identité sociale. Ainsi, nous trouvons que des Albanais du Kosovo survivant au conflit armé de 1999, ceux qui ont été capable d'évaluer la guerre comme une affirmation de leur identité de groupe présentent des niveaux de syndromes dépressifs et d'anxiété moins importants et un meilleur niveau d'auto efficacité que les autres. Néanmoins ce processus d'évaluation de la guerre affecte l'évaluation secondaire. Plus précisément, l'évaluation positive de la guerre accroît la disponibilité à soutenir les proches et réduit l'importance des stratégies individuelles de faire-face dans le traitement des événements extrêmes. Réciproquement, l'évaluation négative de la guerre réduit, et la disponibilité à soutenir les proches, et l'importance des stratégies de faire-face négatif dans le traitement des événements extrêmes.

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“…The theoretical approach posits that it is this sense of shared social identity, and resultant transformation of social relations, which affect well-being, in part via primary and secondary stress appraisals (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). From this perspective, experiences of stress are influenced by the values and norms of the group(s) to which one belongs (e.g., Levine & Reicher, 1996;St Claire, Clift, & Dumbelton, 2008). On the other hand, when stress is experienced, the accessibility to social support, afforded by belonging to and identifying with a group, or groups, serves as a resource for coping (e.g., Haslam, O'Brien, Jetten, Vormedal, & Penna, 2005;.…”

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Opium of the people? National identification predicts well‐being over time

Khan

Garnett

Khazaie

et al. 2019

British J of Psychology

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Social group membership and its social‐relational corollaries, for example, social contact, trust, and support, are prophylactic for health. Research has tended to focus on how direct social interactions between members of small‐scale groups (i.e., a local sports team or community group) are conducive to positive health outcomes. The current study provides evidence from a longitudinal cross‐cultural sample (N = 6,748; 18 countries/societies) that the prophylactic effect of group membership is not isolated to small‐scale groups, and that members of groups do not have to directly interact, or in fact know of each other to benefit from membership. Our longitudinal analyses suggest that national identification (strength of association with the country/society of which one is a citizen) predicts lower anxiety and improved health; national identification was in fact almost as positively predictive of health status as anxiety was negatively predictive. The findings indicate that identification with large‐scale groups, like small‐scale groups, is palliative, and are discussed in terms of globalization and banal nationalism.

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How do i know what i feel? Evidence for the role of self‐categorisation in symptom perceptions

Cited by 19 publications

References 44 publications

Social Identity, Health and Well‐Being: An Emerging Agenda for Applied Psychology

Social Identity, Health and Well‐Being: An Emerging Agenda for Applied Psychology

Surviving the Kosovo Conflict: A Study of Social Identity, Appraisal of Extreme Events, and Mental Well‐Being

Opium of the people? National identification predicts well‐being over time

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