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      Identity health and well-being

      The Social Cure

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      The Social Cure book

      Identity health and well-being
      Edited ByJolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam, S. Alexander Haslam
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2011
      eBook Published 1 August 2011
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Psychology Press
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203813195
      Pages 408
      eBook ISBN 9780203813195
      Subjects Behavioral Sciences
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      Jetten, J., Haslam, C., & Haslam, S.A. (Eds.). (2011). The Social Cure: Identity health and well-being (1st ed.). Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203813195

      ABSTRACT

      A growing body of research shows that social networks and identities have a profound impact on mental and physical health. With such mounting evidence of the importance of social relationships in protecting health, the challenge we face is explaining why this should be the case. What is it that social groups offer that appears to be just as beneficial as a daily dose of vitamin C or regular exercise?

      This edited book brings together the latest research on how group memberships, and the social identities associated with them, determine people’s health and well-being. The volume provides a variety of perspectives from clinical, social, organisational and applied fields that offer theoretical and empirical insights into these processes and their consequences. The contributions present a rich and novel analysis of core theoretical issues relating to the ways in which social identities, and factors associated with them (such as social support and a sense of community), can bolster individuals’ sense of self and contribute to physical and mental health. In this way it is shown how social identities constitute a ‘social cure’, capable of promoting adjustment, coping and well-being for individuals dealing with a range of illnesses, injuries, trauma and stressors. In addition, these theories provide a platform for practical strategies that can maintain and enhance well-being, particularly among vulnerable populations.

      Contributors to the book are at the forefront of these developments and the book’s strength derives from its analysis of factors that shape the health and well-being of a broad range of groups. It presents powerful insights which have important implications for health, clinical, social and organisational psychology and a range of cognate fields.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part |71 pages

      Social identity health and well-being

      chapter |17 pages

      The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being

      ByJolanda Jetten, S. Alexander Haslam, Catherine Haslam

      chapter |17 pages

      Group identification social relationships and health

      ByFabio Sani

      chapter |16 pages

      Promoting positive orientation towards health through social identity

      ByMark Tarrant, Martin S. Hagger, Claire V. Farrow

      chapter |17 pages

      How much is social capital worth?

      ByJohn F. Helliwell, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh

      part |81 pages

      Social identity stigma and coping

      chapter |21 pages

      In sickness and in health

      Influences of social categorizations on health-related outcomes
      ByLindsay St. Claire, Claudine Clucas

      chapter |17 pages

      Not wanting to grow old

      A Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC) analysis of driving cessation among older adults
      ByJolanda Jetten, Nancy A. Pachana

      chapter |17 pages

      Moving toward or away from a group identity

      Different strategies for coping with pervasive discrimination
      ByNyla R. Branscombe, Saulo Fernández, Angel Gámez, Tracey Cronin

      chapter |21 pages

      Biological and psychosocial responses to discrimination

      ByKimberly Matheson, Hymie Anisman

      part |79 pages

      Social identity stress and trauma

      chapter |18 pages

      When other people are heaven when other people are hell

      How social identity determines the nature and impact of social support
      ByS. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher, Mark Levine

      chapter |20 pages

      Stress and well-being in the workplace

      Support for key propositions from the social identity approach
      ByRolf van Dick, S. Alexander Haslam

      chapter |21 pages

      Collective resilience in mass emergencies and disasters

      A social identity model
      ByJohn Drury

      chapter |17 pages

      Social cure or social curse?

      The psychological impact of extreme events during the Kosovo conflict
      ByBlerina Kellezi, Reicher Stephen D.

      part |81 pages

      Social identity recovery and rehabilitation

      chapter |18 pages

      Social linkage self-concept and well-being after severe traumatic brain injury

      ByJacinta M. Douglas

      chapter |17 pages

      Deciding to disclose: The importance of maintaining social relationships for well-being after acquired brain injury

      ByJanelle M. Jones, Jolanda Jetten, S. Alexander Haslam, W. Huw Williams

      chapter |23 pages

      The experience of self in the world

      The personal and social contexts of identity change after brain injury
      ByFergus Gracey, Tamara Ownsworth

      chapter |19 pages

      The importance of remembering and deciding together

      Enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care
      ByCatherine Haslam, Jetten Jolanda, S. Alexander Haslam, Craig P. Knight

      part |27 pages

      Conclusion

      chapter |25 pages

      Advancing the social cure

      Implications for theory practice and policy
      ByCatherine Haslam, Jolanda Jetten, S. Alexander Haslam
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