Social identity makes group-based social connection possible: Implications for loneliness and mental health

SA Haslam, C Haslam, T Cruwys, J Jetten… - Current opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review argues that a distinctly positive form of social connection is made possible by the
social identities that people derive from psychologically meaningful group memberships …

The social psychology of responses to trauma: Social identity pathways associated with divergent traumatic responses

OT Muldoon, SA Haslam, C Haslam… - European Review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Research in clinical psychology and social psychiatry has highlighted the importance of
social factors for outcomes following trauma. In this review, we speak to this issue in two …

[图书][B] The new psychology of health: Unlocking the social cure

C Haslam, J Jetten, T Cruwys, G Dingle, SA Haslam - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
British Psychology Society Textbook of the Year 2020 Why do people who are more socially
connected live longer and have better health than those who are socially isolated? Why are …

Advancing the social identity approach to health and well‐being: Progressing the social cure research agenda

J Jetten, SA Haslam, T Cruwys… - European journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The health of people's body and mind is powerfully conditioned by social factors that affect
their social identity. Consistent with this notion, there is a growing interest in the way that …

Neoliberalism can reduce well‐being by promoting a sense of social disconnection, competition, and loneliness

JC Becker, L Hartwich… - British Journal of Social …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neoliberalism has become the dominant ideology in many parts of the world. Yet there is
little empirical research on its psychological impact. On the basis of a social identity …

From “we” to “me”: Group identification enhances perceived personal control with consequences for health and well-being.

KH Greenaway, SA Haslam, T Cruwys… - Journal of personality …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
There is growing recognition that identification with social groups can protect and enhance
health and well-being, thereby constituting a kind of “social cure.” The present research …

Social connectedness improves public mental health: Investigating bidirectional relationships in the New Zealand attitudes and values survey

AK Saeri, T Cruwys, FK Barlow… - Australian & New …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The importance of social connectedness in supporting public mental health is
well established. However, the reverse causal pathway (that psychological ill-health leads to …

Social identities promote well‐being because they satisfy global psychological needs

KH Greenaway, T Cruwys, SA Haslam… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Social identities are known to improve well‐being, but why is this? We argue that this is
because they satisfy basic psychological needs, specifically, the need to belong, the need …

Brain-body interactions underlying the association of loneliness with mental and physical health

L Quadt, G Esposito, HD Critchley… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Loneliness can be operationalized as the actual or perceived absence of those social
relationships that serve to meet basic emotional needs. In contrast to solitude, a chosen …

Social identities as pathways into and out of addiction

GA Dingle, T Cruwys, D Frings - Frontiers in psychology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
There exists a predominant identity loss and “redemption” narrative in the addiction literature
describing how individuals move from a “substance user” identity to a “recovery” identity …