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Xue J, Wu Y, Chen M. A Self-Categorization Perspective of Idiosyncratic Deals and Creativity: Mediating Role of Perceived Insider Status and Moderating Role of Psychological Safety. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2024; 17:1313-1327. [PMID: 38524282 PMCID: PMC10960506 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s439404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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Purpose Idiosyncratic deals (I-deals), a novel human resource management implement, has significantly contributed to attracting, retaining and motivating personnel to enhance creativity. Building upon self-categorization theory, this study investigates the impact of I-deals on creativity and the moderating role of psychological safety in this process by perceived insider status. Participants and Methods To mitigate common method bias and causal lag effects, this study was conducted in three phases with a half-month interval for data collection. In this study, a total of 331 employees from six enterprises in China were selected to test the hypotheses using Bootstrap and Johnson-Neyman methods. Results Results show that I-deals have a positive influence on creativity. Perceived insider status acts as intermediary between I-deals and creativity; Psychological safety strengthens the influence of I-deals on perceived insider status and further enhances the indirect influence of I-deals on creativity through perceived insider status. Conclusion This study demonstrates that organizations can leverage the unique characteristics of I-deals to fully showcase the diverse talents of their personnel, while simultaneously enhancing their psychological security. This, in turn, empowers employees to confidently propose new ideas and methods, thus catalyzing the generation of creativity.
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- Jinli Xue
- Research Center for Energy Economics, School of Business Administration, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, People’s Republic of China
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- Research Center for Energy Economics, School of Business Administration, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, People’s Republic of China
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- Shandong Provincial Territorial Spatial Ecological Restoration Center, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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Platow MJ, Strong I, Grace DM, Knight CG, Augoustinos M, Bar-Tal D, Spears R, Van Rooy D. Gender-based in-group social influence can lead women to view a hostile sexist attitude as less prejudiced and more true. J Soc Psychol 2023:1-13. [PMID: 37357938 DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2023.2228996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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Social influence processes by which women come to judge a hostile sexist attitude as relatively true and unprejudiced were examined. Based upon status characteristics theory, women's judgments were expected to be more strongly influenced by a man's than a woman's interpretation of the sexist attitude as true or prejudiced. Based upon self-categorization theory, women's judgments were expected to be more strongly influenced by a woman's than a man's interpretation. Support was primarily observed for the self-categorization theory prediction. This effect, however, was initially suppressed by participants' acceptance of the legitimacy of gender status differences. A post-hoc mediational analysis revealed two pathways by which in-group social influence affected women's acceptance the relative veracity of negative claims about their own group: a direct path from shared in-group membership with the influencing agent, and an indirect path through their acceptance of the legitimacy of gender status differences. The research highlights how women's endorsement of sexist views can have the capacity to minimize other women's challenges of these views as prejudice.
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Li L, Zheng X, Sun S. From Deep-Level Similarity to Subordinate Moqi: The Mediating Role of Leader-Member Exchange. Front Psychol 2022; 13:879284. [PMID: 35645907 PMCID: PMC9130834 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fostering subordinate moqi is a significant method to improve the cooperating quality and promote positive outcomes. However, little is known about the influencing factors and mechanisms of subordinate moqi. To address this issue and explore the influencing factors of subordinate moqi, we draw on self-categorization theory to develop a mediation model to examine whether and how deep-level similarity affects subordinate moqi, casting the leader-member exchange (LMX) as a mediator. A two-wave online survey was conducted and 316 data was collected. A Structure Equation Modeling analysis was used to test all hypotheses with Mplus 7. Results showed that the deep-level similarity could positively predict subordinate moqi and LMX, respectively. Additionally, LMX was a significant predictor of subordinate moqi as well as it mediated the positive relationships between deep-level similarity and subordinate moqi. These findings expand our understanding of the antecedents of subordinate moqi. It is suggested that developing subordinates' deep-level similarity with supervisors and LMX relationships are instrumental in cultivating subordinate moqi which promote positive outcomes. Organizations should integrate effective management programs into managerial strategies to enhance deep-level similarity and LMX, in turn, fosters subordinate moqi.
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- Lan Li
- Shanghai Business School, Shanghai, China
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- Organization Management Department, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Management and International Business, Business School, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Thoits PA. Successful supportive encounters from the peer supporter's perspective: Do status similarities to support recipients matter? J Community Psychol 2022; 50:1376-1394. [PMID: 34600445 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Experientially similar others, or "peer supporters," are persons who have faced a support recipient's stressor before. Theory suggests that peer supporters' understanding of and empathy for support recipients will be heightened when they match recipients not only in stressor experience but on one or more social statuses (e.g., age, education). Thus, peer-support volunteers may perceive supportive encounters as more successful when participants' statuses match. To explore this, volunteer Mended Hearts Visitors (former heart patients who visit currently hospitalized cardiac patients and their family members) were interviewed in-depth (N = 84). Visitors more often perceived same age and gender, but not same race and education, as enhancing rapport and patients' receptivity to their help. The findings suggest statuses which are culturally relevant to a shared stressor (here, cardiac surgery) can boost supporters' effectiveness, with practical implications for peer support-giving organizations that bring together experiential peers with recipients in pairs or small groups.
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- Peggy A Thoits
- Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Trifiletti E, Giannini M, Vezzali L, Shamloo SE, Faccini M, Cocco VM. At the core of cyberaggression: A group-based explanation. Aggress Behav 2022; 48:85-93. [PMID: 34694017 PMCID: PMC9298332 DOI: 10.1002/ab.22001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this study, prototypicality of the aggressor was tested as a group‐level factor predicting social media users’ active participation in cyberaggression. Participants were exposed to a fictitious conversation, in which either a prototypical versus non‐prototypical user posted an aggressive comment as a reply to a provocative comment. In line with self‐categorization theory, we hypothesized that bystander participants would post an aggressive comment and rate the aggression as acceptable to a greater extent in the prototypical than in the non‐prototypical condition. Furthermore, we predicted that perceived normativity of aggression would mediate the effect of prototypicality. Results supported these predictions and showed that prototypical members affect the extent to which collective aggressive behaviors in online interactions are approved and enacted. These findings highlight the importance of group‐level factors in the study of cyberaggression and provide important information for understanding the psychological underpinnings of collective forms of online aggression.
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- Department of Human Sciences University of Verona Verona Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Modena Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences University of Verona Verona Italy
- Faculty of Medicine University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Modena Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences University of Verona Verona Italy
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- Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries University of Parma Parma Italy
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Chen Q, Yang S, Li M, He J, Lu L. Effects of Leader-Follower Extraversion Congruence and Sectoral Difference on Leader-Member Exchange: A Cross-Sectional Study. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2021; 14:1833-1846. [PMID: 34785961 PMCID: PMC8582006 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s327759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Purpose Drawing upon self-categorization theory and the comparative literature on public and private sectors, the purpose of this study is to examine whether leader-follower extraversion congruence is positively related to leader-member exchange (LMX) and whether congruence at high levels of extraversion results in higher LMX than congruence at low levels. Furthermore, the study aims to investigate the moderating role of sectoral difference in the relationship between extraversion fit and LMX. Methods Participants were 320 leader-follower dyads (53 leaders and 320 followers) from various public and private sectors in the Chinese cultural context. The extraversion part of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and leader-member exchange multidimensional measure (LMX-MDM) were used to measure extraversion and LMX, respectively. Hypotheses were tested using cross-level moderated polynomial regression and response surface analysis. Results Leader-follower extraversion congruence was not significantly associated with LMX, and there was no significant difference in LMX between congruence at high levels of extraversion and congruence at low levels. However, sectoral difference moderated the relationship between extraversion fit and LMX. Specifically, in the public sector, leader-follower extraversion congruence was positively related to LMX, and LMX was higher when leader and follower extraversion were both at a high level compared to when they were at a low level. In the private sector, this fit effect vanished. Practical Implications The results suggest that, in the public sector, when organizations deal with the deployment of staff, taking leader-follower extraversion fit into account may mitigate possible later relationship conflicts. However, in the private sector, by not emphasizing extraversion fit, organizations can focus resources on more crucial factors. Originality/Value By considering sectoral difference as the boundary condition of leader-follower extraversion fit, this study extends the comparative literature on public and private sectors and supports self-categorization theory.
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- Qishan Chen
- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Chen Y, Jin J, Zhang X, Zhang Q, Dong W, Chen C. Reducing Objectification Could Tackle Stigma in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From China. Front Psychol 2021; 12:664422. [PMID: 34122254 PMCID: PMC8193049 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.664422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Stigmatization associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is expected to be a complex issue and to extend into the later phases of the pandemic, which impairs social cohesion and relevant individuals' well-being. Identifying contributing factors and learning their roles in the stigmatization process may help tackle the problem. This study quantitatively assessed the severity of stigmatization against three different groups of people: people from major COVID-19 outbreak sites, those who had been quarantined, and healthcare workers; explored the factors associated with stigmatization within the frameworks of self-categorization theory and core social motives; and proposed solutions to resolve stigma. The cross-sectional online survey was carried out between April 21 and May 7, 2020, using a convenience sample, which yielded 1,388 valid responses. Employing data analysis methods like multivariate linear regression and moderation analysis, this study yields some main findings: (1) those from major COVID-19 outbreak sites received the highest level of stigma; (2) factors most closely associated with stigmatization, in descending order, are objectification and epidemic proximity in an autonomic aspect and fear of contracting COVID-19 in a controllable aspect; and (3) superordinate categorization is a buffering moderator in objectification–stigmatization relationship. These findings are important for further understanding COVID-19-related stigma, and they can be utilized to develop strategies to fight against relevant discrimination and bias. Specifically, reinforcing superordinate categorization by cultivating common in-group identity, such as volunteering and donating for containment of the pandemic, could reduce objectification and, thus, alleviate stigma.
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- Youli Chen
- Tongji Medical College, Wuhan Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- College of Humanities and Communication, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Procurement, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Community and Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States
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- Department of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- School of Public Health and Management, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Paolini S, McIntyre K. Bad Is Stronger Than Good for Stigmatized, but Not Admired Outgroups: Meta-Analytical Tests of Intergroup Valence Asymmetry in Individual-to-Group Generalization Experiments. Pers Soc Psychol Rev 2018; 23:3-47. [PMID: 29473444 DOI: 10.1177/1088868317753504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Theories of risk aversion, epistemic defense, and ingroup enhancement converge in predicting greater impact of negative (vs. positive) experiences with outgroup members on generalized evaluations of stigmatized outgroups. However, they diverge in predictions for admired outgroups. Past tests have focused on negative outgroups using correlational designs without a control group. Consequently, they have not distinguished between alternative explanations or ascertained the direction of causality/generalization, and they have suffered from self-selection biases. These limitations were redressed by a meta-analysis of experimental research on individual-to-group generalization with positive and negative outgroups (59 tests; 3,012 participants). Controlling for modest confounds, the meta-analysis found a generalization advantage of negative experiences for stigmatized outgroups and a generalization advantage of positive experiences for admired outgroups. These results highlight the centrality of valenced expectations about outgroups, consistent with epistemic defense and ingroup enhancement and inconsistent with risk aversion. Implications for positive changes in intergroup dynamics are discussed.
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Beauchamp MR, Harden SM, Wolf SA, Rhodes RE, Liu Y, Dunlop WL, Schmader T, Sheel AW, Zumbo BD, Estabrooks PA. GrOup based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) randomized controlled trial: study protocol. BMC Public Health 2015; 15:592. [PMID: 26116237 PMCID: PMC4483226 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1909-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Physical activity has health benefits across the lifespan, yet only 13 % of Canadian older adults are sufficiently active. Results from a number of observational studies indicate that adults display positive preferences for exercising with others of a similar age and same gender, and that intra-group age- and gender-similarity are associated with elevated exercise adherence. However, research has yet to experimentally examine the extent to which intra-group age- and gender-related similarity affect exercise adherence behaviors. METHODS/DESIGN The GrOup-based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) trial is a three-arm randomized control trial that will examine the efficacy of two different group-based exercise programs for older adults (informed by the tenets of self-categorization theory) in relation to a standard group-based exercise program. Within this manuscript we outline the design and proposed evaluation of the GOAL trial. The first arm is comprised of exercise groups made up of participants of a similar-age and of the same gender; the second arm consists of groups with similar-aged mixed gender participants; the control arm is comprised of mixed-aged mixed gender participants. We aim to compare the adherence rates of participants across conditions, as well as potential moderation effects and mediating mechanisms. DISCUSSION Results from this trial will inform intervention designs to improve the exercise adherence behaviors of older adult. At a systems-level, should support be derived for the efficacy of the interventions tested in this trial, changing group composition (i.e., age, gender) represents a feasible program adaptation for physical activity centers. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov # NCT02023632 . Registered December 13, 2013.
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- Mark R Beauchamp
- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
- Fralin Translational Obesity Research Center, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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- Behavioural Medicine Laboratory, School of Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Department of Psychology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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- Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
- Fralin Translational Obesity Research Center, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
- Department of Family Medicine, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA, USA.
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Social relationships play a key role in depression. This is apparent in its etiology, symptomatology, and effective treatment. However, there has been little consensus about the best way to conceptualize the link between depression and social relationships. Furthermore, the extensive social-psychological literature on the nature of social relationships, and in particular, research on social identity, has not been integrated with depression research. This review presents evidence that social connectedness is key to understanding the development and resolution of clinical depression. The social identity approach is then used as a basis for conceptualizing the role of social relationships in depression, operationalized in terms of six central hypotheses. Research relevant to these hypotheses is then reviewed. Finally, we present an agenda for future research to advance theoretical and empirical understanding of the link between social identity and depression, and to translate the insights of this approach into clinical practice.
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- Tegan Cruwys
- The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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