Greenaway Katharine H, Haslam S Alexander, Cruwys Tegan, Branscombe Nyla R, Ysseldyk Renate, Heldreth Courtney
The University of Queensland, School of Psychology.
Department of Psychology, University of Kansas.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2015 Jul;109(1):53-74. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000019. Epub 2015 May 4.
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 explores the role of control as a novel mediator of the relationship between shared group identity and well-being. Five studies provide evidence for this process. Group identification predicted significantly greater perceived personal control across 47 countries (Study 1), and in groups that had experienced success and failure (Study 2). The relationship was observed longitudinally (Study 3) and experimentally (Study 4). Manipulated group identification also buffered a loss of personal control (Study 5). Across the studies, perceived personal control mediated social cure effects in political, academic, community, and national groups. The findings reveal that the personal benefits of social groups come not only from their ability to make people feel good, but also from their ability to make people feel capable and in control of their lives.
人们越来越认识到，认同社会群体能够保护和增进健康与幸福，从而构成一种“社会治愈”。本研究探讨了控制感作为群体认同感与幸福感之间关系的一种新型中介变量的作用。五项研究为这一过程提供了证据。群体认同感在47个国家中显著预测了更强的感知到的个人控制感（研究1），在经历过成功和失败的群体中也是如此（研究2）。这种关系在纵向研究（研究3）和实验研究（研究4）中都得到了观察。操纵的群体认同感也缓冲了个人控制感的丧失（研究5）。在各项研究中，感知到的个人控制感在政治、学术、社区和国家群体中都介导了社会治愈效应。研究结果表明，社会群体的个人益处不仅来自于它们让人感觉良好的能力，还来自于它们让人感觉有能力并掌控自己生活的能力。
