TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing social contact and group identification as predictors of mental health
AU - Sani, Fabio
AU - Herrera, Marina
AU - Wakefield, Juliet R.H.
AU - Boroch, Olga
AU - Gulyas, Csilla
N1 - Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - Current research on social integration and mental health operationalizes social integration as frequency of interactions and participation in social activities (i.e., social contact). This neglects the subjective dimension of social integration, namely group identification. We present two studies comparing the effect exerted by social contact and group identification on mental health (e.g., depression, stress) across two different groups (family; army unit), demonstrating that group identification predicts mental health better than social contact.
AB - Current research on social integration and mental health operationalizes social integration as frequency of interactions and participation in social activities (i.e., social contact). This neglects the subjective dimension of social integration, namely group identification. We present two studies comparing the effect exerted by social contact and group identification on mental health (e.g., depression, stress) across two different groups (family; army unit), demonstrating that group identification predicts mental health better than social contact.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2012.02101.x
DO - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2012.02101.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84870672203
SN - 0144-6665
VL - 51
SP - 781
EP - 790
JO - British Journal of Social Psychology
JF - British Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 4
ER -
