Social Identity, Groups, and Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder

Muldoon, Orla T.; Lowe, Robert

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00874.x

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“…Muldoon and Lowe () in a synthesis of the literature emphasising the role of identity processes in understanding post‐traumatic stress, highlight how identities could be seen as both a benefit and a burden in terms of the risk, progression and maintenance of post‐traumatic stress. Despite controversies over its definition and measurement as a unique disorder, distressing and severe responses to extreme and traumatic events are evident across time (Saigh & Bremner, ).…”

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Community identity and collective efficacy: A social cure for traumatic stress in post‐earthquake Nepal

Muldoon

Acharya

Jay

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Euro J Social Psych

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Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was initially conceptualized as a psychopathology that arose as a consequence of war time experiences. More recently, available evidence has demonstrated that post‐traumatic stress (PTS) as a consequence of war is buffered by social identity processes. In such contexts, identity resources are arguably more readily accessible given the integral relationship between social identities and intergroup violence. There is no evidence as yet to suggest that social identity processes may act to reduce PTS responses to naturally occurring disasters such as earthquakes and even less data pertaining to non‐Western contexts where the impact of such disasters tends to be particularly catastrophic. This article reports on a study undertaken in earthquake‐affected regions in Nepal devastated by the April 2015 quake and its major aftershock a month later. Participants (n=399) completed measures of their earthquake experience, Post‐Traumatic Stress and Post Traumatic growth (PTG), as well as measures of community identification and collective efficacy. In total 399 people completed the measures approximately six months after the quakes. Results of the study indicated that consistent with tenets of the social identity framework, ethnic and gender group memberships impacted on reported experiences during the earthquake. Reported experience during the quakes and ethnic group membership were both related to increased symptoms of PTS. Ethnicity was also linked to the proportion of respondents reporting clinical levels of PTSD symptoms. The relationship between earthquake experience and PTG was mediated by community identification and collective efficacy. Earthquake experience also had an indirect effect on PTS through collective efficacy. Implications of these findings for those working with traumatized groups are discussed.

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Community identity and collective efficacy: A social cure for traumatic stress in post‐earthquake Nepal

Muldoon

Acharya

Jay

et al. 2017

Euro J Social Psych

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“…Self-categorisation theory suggests that extraneous contexts effect our self definitions, and these contexts (for example being in or out of work) can also influence how we appraise ourselves as group members (good father/husband or bad father/husband). Available research evidence indicates that where such threats to important identities exist, individuals are more trenchant in their attitudes (Haslam, 2004;Muldoon & Lowe, 2012). As such, willingness to break with traditional notions of the male role or fatherhood or engagement with activities associated with femininity or motherhood becomes less Father Identity and Work Family Balance 24 24 likely.…”

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Father Identity, Involvement and Work–Family Balance: An In‐depth Interview Study

McLaughlin

Muldoon²

2014

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Work and family roles have changed considerably in the past number of decades. Fathers are now expected to fulfil the role of ‘new father’ that involves actively caring and sharing in child rearing and, at the same time, maintain commitment to their occupational role. As a consequence, men are subject to the same pressure that women were when they initially entered the workplace decades ago and indeed still are today. This study aims to explore the meanings fathers attach to their life roles, how these meanings influence behaviour within these roles and how they negotiate the demands of these roles. In‐depth interviews were carried out with 15 fathers, and the results were analysed adhering to the principles of grounded theory. The findings show the variability among fathers in both their commitment to fathering and the meanings they attach to that role. A significant tension between new fatherhood ideals and actual fathering practices is also apparent. These findings are discussed drawing upon traditional definitions of masculinity and wider occupational and cultural influences. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…More broadly, attempts to make claims about the generic impact of different types or event, or about generic gender differences, can be criticised as being based predominantly on western research, of ignoring the socio-cultural context where events take place (which, in the case of wars, conflicts and disasters is predominantly outside the western world) and, specifically, of treating survivors as passive victims of extreme events (Muldoon & Lowe, 2012;Thakker, Ward, & Strongman, 1999;Watters & Ingleby, 2004). …”

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The double insult: Explaining gender differences in the psychological consequences of war.

Këllezi¹,

Reicher²

2014

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Although women have been shown to be at higher mental health risk following the experience of extreme events in war, this phenomenon is not fully understood. In the present study, we investigate the role of gender norms in determining the interpretation of events and the degree of social support given to victims. Thirty-eight survivors from the Kosovo conflict in 1999 were interviewed and data was analyzed using thematic and content analysis. The findings suggest that events which are seen as affirming gender norms (such as men who were injured in fighting the enemy) evoke pride in the victim and support from the community whereas events that are seen as undermining gender norms (such as women who are sexually assaulted) evoke shame in the victim and rejection by the community. Women, we suggest, are psychologically vulnerable both because they are more likely than men to experience identity undermining events and also because the consequences of such events are more severe for women than men.

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Social Identity, Groups, and Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder

Cited by 60 publications

References 72 publications

Community identity and collective efficacy: A social cure for traumatic stress in post‐earthquake Nepal

Community identity and collective efficacy: A social cure for traumatic stress in post‐earthquake Nepal

Father Identity, Involvement and Work–Family Balance: An In‐depth Interview Study

The double insult: Explaining gender differences in the psychological consequences of war.

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