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The Social Cure : Identity, Health and Well-Being.

This edited book brings together the latest research on how group memberships, and the social identities associated with them, determine people's health and well-being.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jetten, Jolanda
Otros Autores: Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, Alexander, S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Social Cure Identity, health and well-being; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Part I Social identity, health, and well-being; 1 The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being; 2 Group identification, social relationships, and health; 3 Promoting positive orientation towards health through social identity; 4 How much is social capital worth?; Part II Social identity, stigma, and coping; 5 In sickness and in health: Influences of social categorizations on health-related outcomes.
  • 6 Not wanting to grow old: A Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC) analysis of driving cessation among older adults7 Moving toward or away from a group identity: Different strategies for coping with pervasive discrimination; 8 Biological and psychosocial responses to discrimination; PART III Social identity, stress, and trauma; 9 When other people are heaven, when other people are hell: How social identity determines the nature and impact of social support; 10 Stress and well-being in the workplace: Support for key propositions from the social identity approach.
  • 11 Collective resilience in mass emergencies and disasters: A social identity model12 Social cure or social curse? The psychological impact of extreme events during the Kosovo conflict; Part IV Social identity, recovery, and rehabilitation; 13 Social linkage, self-concept, and well-being after severe traumatic brain injury; 14 Deciding to disclose: The importance of maintaining social relationships for well-being after acquired brain injury; 15 The experience of self in the world: The personal and social contexts of identity change after brain injury.
  • 16 The importance of remembering and deciding together: Enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in carePART V Conclusion; 17 Advancing the social cure: Implications for theory, practice, and policy; Appendix: Measures of identity, health, and well-being; Author index; Subject index.