Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Pages: 991-1007

Journal: British Journal of Social Psychology

Volume number: 58

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0144-6665

eISSN: 2044-8309

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12308

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
There is strong and consistent evidence that identification with social groups is an important predictor of (ill-)health-related outcomes. However, the mediating mechanisms of the social identification-health link remain unclear. We present results from two studies, which aimed to test how perceived social support and collective self-efficacy mediate the effect of social identification on emotional exhaustion, chronic stress, and depressive symptoms. Study 1 (N = 180) employed a longitudinal two-wave design, whereas Study 2 (N = 100) used a field-experimental design with a manipulation of participants' social identity. Both studies consistently show that social identification was positively related to perceived social support, which, in turn, was positively associated with collective self-efficacy. Collective self-efficacy, finally, was negatively related to ill-health outcomes.

Harvard Citation style: Junker, N., van Dick, R., Avanzi, L., Hueusser, J. and Mojzisch, A. (2019) Exploring the mechanisms underlying the social identity-ill-health link: Longitudinal and experimental evidence, British Journal of Social Psychology, 58(4), pp. 991-1007. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12308

APA Citation style: Junker, N., van Dick, R., Avanzi, L., Hueusser, J., & Mojzisch, A. (2019). Exploring the mechanisms underlying the social identity-ill-health link: Longitudinal and experimental evidence. British Journal of Social Psychology. 58(4), 991-1007. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12308