Addiction, Behavioral Change and Social Identity

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“…In a seminal article, Haslam, Jetten, Postmes, and Haslam (2009) set out a research agenda that focuses on how social identity, the sense of self derived from perceived membership of social groups (Tajfel, 1972), is central to health. From this initial research agenda, work informed by the social identity approach to health (SIAH), has rapidly expanded to consider a range of health issues (e.g., brain injury Muldoon, Walsh, Curtain, Crawley, & Kinsella, 2019; Walsh, Muldoon, Fortune, & Gallagher, 2017; addiction Buckingham & Best, 2016, and care provision and community work Kellezi, Bowe, Wakefield, McNamara, & Bosworth, 2019; Stevenson, McNamara, & Muldoon, 2014). In our review, we highlight how a social identity‐informed focus transforms our understanding of trauma.…”

Section: Trauma Pts Ptsd and Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Personal and Political: Post‐Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Social Identity, Power, and Politics

Muldoon

Lowe

Jetten

et al. 2020

Political Psychology

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Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has always been controversial and highly politicized. Here, using a social identity approach, we review evidence that trauma and its aftermath are fundamentally linked to social position, sociopolitical capital, and power. We begin this contribution by demonstrating how a person's group memberships (and the social identities they derive from these memberships) are inherently linked to the experience of adversity. We then go on to consider how it is through group memberships that individuals are defined by their trauma risk and trauma histories—that is, a person's group memberships and their trauma are often inherently linked. Considering the importance of group memberships for understanding trauma, we argue that it is important to see these, and group processes more generally, as more than just “demographic” risk factors. Instead, we argue that when groups are defined by their trauma history or risk, their members will often derive some sense of self from this trauma. For this reason, attributes of group memberships are important in developing an understanding of adjustment and adaptation to trauma. In particular, groups' status, their recourse to justice, and the level of trust and solidarity within the group are all central to the impact of traumatic events on individual‐level psychological resilience. We review evidence that supports this analysis by focusing on the exacerbating effects of stigma and social mistrust on post‐traumatic stress, and the value of solidarity and strong identities for resilience. We conclude that because of these group‐related processes, trauma interweaves the personal with the political and that post‐traumatic stress is fundamentally about power, positionality, and politics.

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Section: Trauma Pts Ptsd and Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Personal and Political: Post‐Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Social Identity, Power, and Politics

Muldoon

Lowe

Jetten

et al. 2020

Political Psychology

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“…The social identity approach has contributed to the scientific understanding of a vast array of group and intergroup dynamics (for reviews see Brown, ; Ellemers, ; Hogg, ; Hogg & Abrams, ; Hornsey, ; Postmes & Branscombe, ; Reicher, Spears, & Haslam, ). More recently, this approach has been applied to research on mental health (Haslam, et al ., ; Jetten et al ., ), including individuals’ involvement in different types of addictions (Buckingham & Best, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research on smoking behaviour, for instance, indicates that individuals who identify more strongly with those who use the same brand of cigarettes are also less likely to express the intention to quit smoking (Webb et al ., ). In contrast, stronger identification with groups that promote healthier norms is more likely to be associated with recovery from addiction and the acquisition of healthier habits (Sani et al ., ; see Buckingham & Best, for an overview).…”

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We are all in this together: The role of individuals’ social identities in problematic engagement with video games and the internet

Travaglino

Zhang

et al. 2020

British J Social Psychol

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Individuals’ engagement with video games and the internet features both social and potentially pathological aspects. In this research, we draw on the social identity approach and present a novel framework to understand the linkage between these two aspects. In three samples (Nstudy1 = 304, Nstudy2 = 160, and Nstudy3 = 782) of young Chinese people from two age groups (approximately 20 and 16 years old), we test the associations between relevant social identities and problematic engagement with video games and the internet. Across studies, we demonstrate that individuals’ identification as ‘gamers’ or ‘frequent internet users’ predicts problematic engagement with video games and the internet through stronger perceived social support from such groups. Moreover, we demonstrate that individuals’ identification as ‘students’ (Studies 2–3) is negatively associated with problematic engagement via social support from other students. Finally, in Study 3, we examine the articulation between social support from these three groups and subjective sense of loneliness. Findings indicate that, whereas perceived support from students is negatively associated with loneliness, the association between perceived support from gamers and internet users and loneliness is weaker and positive. Theoretical implications and directions for future research are discussed. Taken together, the studies highlight the importance of considering the social context of individuals’ problematic engagement with technologies, and the role of different group memberships.

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“…Weight loss programmes, both for people at lower levels of obesity/overweight, and for those who have severe obesity, share a common focus on targeting change to lifestyle behaviours that contribute to weight gain. These programmes are often delivered in group settings (see Farrow, Tarrant, & Khan, 2016), reflecting a wider (international) trend in the management of chronic health conditions (Booth, Cantrell, Preston, Chambers, & Goyder, 2015;Greaves & Campbell, 2007). For example, commercial weight loss programmes typically utilise group settings to support members to change lifestyle behaviours and promote normative contexts in which members can share information about healthy eating, exercise and diet (e.g., Madigan, Daley, Lewis, Jolly, & Aveyard, 2014).…”

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Making connections: Social identification with new treatment groups for lifestyle management of severe obesity

Khan

Tarrant

Kos

et al. 2020

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Groups are regularly used to deliver healthcare services, including the management of obesity, and there is growing evidence that patients' experiences of such groups fundamentally shape treatment effects. This study investigated factors related to patients' shared social identity formed within the context of a treatment group for the management of severe obesity. A cross‐sectional survey was administered to patients registered with a UK medical obesity service and enrolled on a group‐based education and support programme. Patients (N = 78; MBMI = 48 on entry to the service) completed measures of group demographics (e.g., group membership continuity) and psychosocial variables (e.g., past experiences of weight discrimination) and reported their social identification with the treatment group. The results 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. Weight centrality was negatively associated with external social support and positively associated with experiences of weight discrimination. Group continuity was positively correlated with session attendance frequency. Patients presenting to clinical treatment services with severe obesity often do so after sustained weight loss failure and exposure to negative societal experiences. This study highlights that providing a treatment environment wherein these experiences can be shared with other patients may provide common ground for development of a new, positive social identity that can structure programme engagement and progression.

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Addiction, Behavioral Change and Social Identity

Cited by 7 publications

References 41 publications

Personal and Political: Post‐Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Social Identity, Power, and Politics

Personal and Political: Post‐Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Social Identity, Power, and Politics

We are all in this together: The role of individuals’ social identities in problematic engagement with video games and the internet

Making connections: Social identification with new treatment groups for lifestyle management of severe obesity

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