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When other people are heaven, when other people are hell: how social identity determines the nature and impact of social support

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The article was published on 2012-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 283 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social identity theory & Heaven.

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Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

Jay J. Van Bavel, +42 more
TL;DR: Evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics is discussed, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping.
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Depression and Social Identity An Integrative Review

TL;DR: Evidence that social connectedness is key to understanding the development and resolution of clinical depression is presented, and an agenda for future research is presented to advance theoretical and empirical understanding of the link between social identity and depression.
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Overcoming alcohol and other drug addiction as a process of social identity transition: the social identity model of recovery (SIMOR)

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that recovery is best understood as a personal journey of socially negotiated identity transition that occurs through changes in social networks and related meaningful activities, and use AA as a case study to illustrate this process of social identity transition.
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Groups 4 Health: Evidence that a social-identity intervention that builds and strengthens social group membership improves mental health

TL;DR: G4H was found to significantly improve mental health, well-being, and social connectedness on all measures, both on program completion and 6-month follow-up, and showed that improvements in depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, and life satisfaction were underpinned by participants' increased identification both with their G4H group and with multiple groups.
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From “we” to “me”: Group identification enhances perceived personal control with consequences for health and well-being.

TL;DR: The findings reveal that the personal benefits of social groups come not only from their ability to make people feel good, but also from theirAbility to makePeople feel capable and in control of their lives.
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Stress, appraisal, and coping

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a detailed theory of psychological stress, building on the concepts of cognitive appraisal and coping, which have become major themes of theory and investigation in psychology.
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Rediscovering the social group: A self-categorization theory.

TL;DR: In this paper, a self-categorization theory is proposed to discover the social group and the importance of social categories in the analysis of social influence, and the Salience of social Categories is discussed.
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