期刊
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
卷 20, 期 3, 页码 466-481出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12119
关键词
social identity; identity; group identification; health; health behaviour; social contact; social groups; smoking; drinking; exercise; diet
资金
- Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) [ES/I038349/1]
- ESRC [ES/I038349/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/I038349/1] Funding Source: researchfish
ObjectivesThis paper investigates the interplay between group identification (i.e., the extent to which one has a sense of belonging to a social group, coupled with a sense of commonality with in-group members) and four types of health behaviour, namely physical exercise, smoking, drinking, and diet. Specifically, we propose a positive relationship between one's number of group identifications and healthy behaviour. DesignThis study is based on the Scottish portion of the data obtained for Wave 1 of the two-wave cross-national Health in Groups project. Totally 1,824 patients from five Scottish general practitioner (GP) surgeries completed the Wave 1 questionnaire in their homes. MethodsParticipants completed measures of group identification, group contact, health behaviours, and demographic variables. ResultsResults demonstrate that the greater the number of social groups with which one identifies, the healthier one's behaviour on any of the four health dimensions considered. ConclusionsWe believe our results are due to the fact that group identification will generally (1) enhance one's sense of meaning in life, thereby leading one to take more care of oneself, (2) increase one's sense of responsibility towards other in-group members, thereby enhancing one's motivation to be healthy in order to fulfil those responsibilities, and (3) increase compliance with healthy group behavioural norms. Taken together, these processes amply overcompensate for the fact that some groups with which people may identify can actually prescribe unhealthy behaviours.
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