van Dick Rolf, Frenzel Svenja B, Erkens Valerie A, Häusser Jan A, Haslam S Alexander, Mojzisch Andreas, Steffens Niklas K, Junker Nina M
Department of Social Psychology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
Department of Social Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Oct;62(4):1693-1714. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12651. Epub 2023 May 11.
Membership of multiple groups and identification with those groups have been found to be positively related to individuals' health and well-being. The present research sought to replicate this finding in two large, representative samples. Moreover, we sought to extend previous work by shedding light on the mechanisms mediating the effects of multiple group membership on positive health outcomes. Specifically, we proposed that the links between multiple group membership and positive health outcomes are mediated by reduced feelings of loneliness. In Study 1, a two-wave survey of a German population, participants (N = 989) were asked about their identification with family, friends, neighbourhood, their country and humanity and 4 weeks later about feelings of loneliness, physical health and stress. As hypothesized, multiple identifications predicted lower stress. They were also associated with a marginal reduction in physical symptoms of poor health. Both relationships were mediated by the absence of loneliness. In Study 2, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of German participants (N = 1635), which also included a sixth target of identification (Europe). Results replicated findings from Study 1 and also found similar relations associated with smaller (family, friends and neighbourhood) versus larger (country, Europe and Humanity) foci of identification.
研究发现，加入多个群体并认同这些群体与个体的健康和幸福呈正相关。本研究试图在两个大型代表性样本中重现这一发现。此外，我们试图通过揭示介导多个群体成员身份对积极健康结果影响的机制来扩展先前的研究。具体而言，我们提出多个群体成员身份与积极健康结果之间的联系是通过减少孤独感来介导的。在研究1中，对德国人群进行了两波调查，参与者（N = 989）被问及他们对家庭、朋友、邻里、国家和人类的认同，4周后询问他们的孤独感、身体健康和压力情况。正如假设的那样，多重认同预示着较低的压力。它们还与健康状况不佳的身体症状略有减轻有关。这两种关系都是由孤独感的缺失介导的。在研究2中，我们对德国参与者（N = 1635）进行了横断面调查，其中还包括第六个认同对象（欧洲）。结果重现了研究1的发现，并且还发现了与较小（家庭、朋友和邻里）与较大（国家、欧洲和人类）认同焦点相关的类似关系。
