Häusser Jan, Abdel Hadi Sascha, Reichelt Charlene, Mojzisch Andreas
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Institute of Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Jan;62(1):456-466. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12553. Epub 2022 Jun 27.
It has been argued that the positive effect of a shared social identity on health and well-being critically hinges on the interplay between social identity and social support. This interplay, however, is poorly understood. Building on Haslam et al., we argue that their relationship can be conceptualized as being reciprocal and dynamic with each variable influencing the other. The present study is the first to examine how the reciprocal relationship between social identification and perceived social support unfolds over time. In a sample of university freshmen (N = 172), we examined this reciprocal relationship in a four-wave survey study spanning over a period of 13 months. In line with Haslam et al., the results revealed a self-reinforcing cycle with social identification at T1 being positively related to perceived social support at T2, which, in turn, was positively related to social identification at T3, which predicted perceived social support at T4. In conclusion, our study advances knowledge regarding the interplay between social identity and social support over time and, hence, contributes to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the social cure effect.
有人认为，共享社会身份对健康和幸福的积极影响关键取决于社会身份与社会支持之间的相互作用。然而，这种相互作用却鲜为人知。基于哈斯拉姆等人的研究，我们认为它们之间的关系可以被概念化为相互的和动态的，每个变量都影响着另一个变量。本研究首次考察了社会认同与感知到的社会支持之间的相互关系是如何随时间展开的。在一个大学新生样本（N = 172）中，我们在一项为期13个月的四波调查研究中考察了这种相互关系。与哈斯拉姆等人的研究一致，结果揭示了一个自我强化的循环，T1时刻的社会认同与T2时刻感知到的社会支持呈正相关，而T2时刻感知到的社会支持又与T3时刻的社会认同呈正相关，T3时刻的社会认同又预测了T4时刻感知到的社会支持。总之，我们的研究推进了关于社会身份与社会支持随时间相互作用的知识，因此有助于我们理解社会治愈效应背后的机制。
