Sammyh S. Khan

TL;DR: This paper examined the form and function of ideologies that negate (versus recognise) the historical basis of claims for reparation for past injustices, and found that history serves an important symbolic function in mobilising support for public policies regarding intergroup relations because temporal continuity is central to claims of legitimacy.

TL;DR: This work studied one of the world's largest collective events – a demanding month-long Hindu religious festival in North India and found that those participating in this collective event reported a longitudinal increase in well-being relative to those who did not participate.

TL;DR: Participants' perceptions of a shared identity amongst crowd members had an indirect effect on their positive experience at the event through increasing participants' sense that they were able to enact their collective identity and increasing the sense of intimacy with other crowd members.

TL;DR: Patients' experiences of a group-based programme for the management of morbid obesity delivered within the UK National Health Service are examined, suggesting that the psychological connections formed between participants in bariatric programmes may play an important role in structuring programme effectiveness.

TL;DR: Factors related to patients' shared social identity formed within the context of a treatment group for the management of severe obesity showed that patients identified with the treatment group to the extent that there was continuity in membership across the programme and they perceived themselves more centrally in terms of their weight status.