Social influence in small groups: An interactive model of social identity formation

Water clubs in residential care: Is it the water or the club that enhances health and well-being?

“…The mechanism whereby social support mediates the relationship between social group membership and well-being has been demonstrated in a number of previous studies (e.g., Branscombe et al, 1999;Haslam et al, 2005). However, strong evidence that group-based interventions can impact positively on both the well-being and cognitive performance of residents in care emerges from a recent study reported by Haslam, Haslam, Jetten, Bevis, Ravencroft and Tonks (2010).…”

“…These items were adapted from S.A. Haslam et al (2005) and included "I get the emotional support I need from other people", "I get the advice I need from other people", and "I get the help I need from other people". As with the next two measures, participants were asked to indicate their agreement with each item on a fivepoint Likert scale (1= strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).…”

“…Yet while it has been shown that social support can mediate the relationship between social identity and well-being, researchers have also suggested that, under some circumstances, the relationship between social support and social identification might be reversed (Haslam et al, 2005). Specifically, perceptions of social support may provide an important basis from which to enhance identification with a group and this increased sense of social identification may promote Water clubs and well-being 6 well-being (Postmes, Haslam & Swaab, 2005).…”

“…Specifically, perceptions of social support may provide an important basis from which to enhance identification with a group and this increased sense of social identification may promote Water clubs and well-being 6 well-being (Postmes, Haslam & Swaab, 2005). This possibility has been demonstrated in work by Tyler and Blader (2003;Blader & Tyler, 2009), which shows that positive interactions with others (associated with fair treatment) can help to build a sense of shared identity, and that this can have a range of positive effects on social and organizational functioning (see also Amiot, Terry, Wirawan, & Grice, in press).…”

Beyond Muslim identity: Opinion-based groups in the Gezi Park protest

“…During mass protests, simultaneous processes of alignment and de-alignment of various concerns and actions among protest participants may give rise to different identities (Snow, Rochford, Worden & Benford, 1986). The notion of alignment around shared concerns receives also indirect support from research on inductive social identity formation around shared goals or values through social interaction in small groups (Postmes, Haslam, & Swaab, 2005). In this study we researched the political concerns while the protest was happening, rendering the directionality test from concerns to actions (or vice versa) less relevant, and we aimed to derive constellations of political concerns and actions to show group alignments.…”