Ntontis Evangelos, Drury John, Amlôt Richard, Rubin G James, Williams Richard, Saavedra Patricio
School of Psychology and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK.
School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2021 Jul;60(3):1075-1095. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12434. Epub 2020 Dec 19.
Social support and an emerging sense of community are common in flooding, but postflood group dynamics have not been fully addressed. In the context of a flooded community, we explore how social identification with one's community emerges and affects well-being, collective efficacy, and social support. Results from a quantitative survey show that social identification was positively associated with common fate, collective efficacy, and well-being through residents' expectations of support and shared goals. Importantly, social identification and disaster exposure interacted: For flooded residents, observing support was associated with providing support regardless of levels of social identification. For unaffected residents there was no association between observed and provided support, regardless of levels of social identification. However, for indirectly affected residents observing support was associated to providing support but only when they highly identified with the community. We argue that structural factors should also be considered when exploring the effects of group membership.
社会支持和逐渐形成的社区意识在洪灾中很常见，但灾后群体动态尚未得到充分探讨。在受灾社区的背景下，我们探讨个体对社区的社会认同是如何产生的，以及它如何影响幸福感、集体效能和社会支持。一项定量调查的结果表明，通过居民对支持的期望和共同目标，社会认同与共同命运、集体效能和幸福感呈正相关。重要的是，社会认同和灾难暴露存在交互作用：对于受灾居民，观察到的支持与提供支持相关，而与社会认同水平无关。对于未受灾居民，观察到的支持与提供支持之间没有关联，与社会认同水平也无关。然而，对于间接受灾居民，观察到的支持与提供支持相关，但前提是他们对社区有高度认同。我们认为，在探讨群体成员身份的影响时，也应考虑结构因素。
