Social identity makes group-based social connection possible: Implications for loneliness and mental health

Current Opinion in Psychology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 43, P. 161 - 165

Published: July 24, 2021

Language: Английский

---

Is Neoliberalism Killing Us? A Cross Sectional Study of the Impact of Neoliberal Beliefs on Health and Social Wellbeing in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 53(3), P. 363 - 373

Published: Oct. 22, 2022

Neoliberal ideology is linked to poorer collective health and well-being. At the individual level, however, neoliberal beliefs may actually promote self-efficacy, self-esteem, self-reliance. We examined effects of three underlying neoliberalism—( a) Personal Wherewithal, ( b) Natural Competition, c) Anti-Government Interference—to understand unique pathways by which neoliberalism affects well-being at level. Participants were recruited using paid advertisements on social media in May/June 2020. Multivariable regression identified associations between each participants’ self-rated physical health, number diagnoses, life satisfaction, d) loneliness, e) trust family, close friends/partners, coworkers, neighbors, strangers. Among 2632 respondents, personal wherewithal was associated with better (perhaps promoting self-efficacy self-reliance undertake healthy behaviors), while anti-government worse satisfaction reducing benefits inherent action connection). Those hoping reduce negative must contend reinforcing effect that might have shaping perceived among those these beliefs.

Language: Английский

---

Wellbeing, Whole Health and Societal Transformation: Theoretical Insights and Practical Applications

Global Advances in Health and Medicine, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Jan. 24, 2022

Society faces several major interrelated challenges which have an increasingly profound impact on global health including inequalities, inequities, chronic disease and the climate catastrophe. We argue here that a focus determinants of wellbeing across multiple domains offers under-realised potential for promoting 'whole health' individuals, communities nature. Here, we review recent theoretical innovations laid foundations our own model - GENIAL framework explicitly links to wellbeing, broadly defined. emphasise key levels scale spanning individual, community environmental levels, providing opportunities positive change is either constrained or facilitated by host sociostructural factors lying beyond immediate control individual (e.g. social cohesion health-related inequities can promote adversely respectively). Following this, show how has been applied various populations university students people living with neurological disorders, acquired brain injury. The wider implication work discussed in terms its contribution understanding as well laying systems' approach improving just sustainable way.

Language: Английский

---

Changing the narrative: Loneliness as a social justice issue

Political Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 45(S1), P. 157 - 181

Published: March 6, 2024

Abstract Loneliness is most often understood as resulting from individual deficits that shape poor social engagement and unsatisfying interactions. As a consequence, interventions to address loneliness focus on fixing the lonely individual, for example, by modifying their appraisals skills, or encouraging them get out more. In this paper, we characterize contribute changing dominant narrative arguing it both unhelpful incomplete. We explain (1) increases makes people feel worse about experience, (2) does not account important predictors of loneliness, (3) guides us do produce sufficiently effective sustainable change, (4) hinders broader understandings societal impact loneliness. way, argue around contributes further setting those who apart rest society. propose attention factors needs be complemented acknowledgement heavily determined structural conditions render unequally distributed in society, situation qualifies justice issue.

Language: Английский

---

Tackling loneliness together: A three-tier social identity framework for social prescribing

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(5), P. 1128 - 1150

Published: April 30, 2024

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the threats to health posed by loneliness. One main strategies that recommended address this is social prescribing (SP). This typically involves general practitioners (GPs) and other directing clients who are experiencing loneliness related conditions take part in activities—typically recreational community contexts. However, evidence for effectiveness SP mixed—leading some suggest enthusiasm it might be misplaced. review, we argue a core problem with most existing approaches they lack strong theoretical base. barrier (a) understanding when will work why, (b) designing optimally effective programmes, (c) developing practitioner skills appropriate infrastructure support them. As corrective state affairs, review outlines three-tier identity framework five associated hypotheses. These hypotheses predict more join groups these ones which identify, supported social-identity-enhancing infrastructure, (d) social-identity-based therapeutic alliance, (e) leadership builds shapes alliance as well clients’ identification prescribed groups. range provides an agenda much-needed future research practice.

Language: Английский

---

Loneliness is positively associated with populist radical right support

Social Science & Medicine, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 366, P. 117676 - 117676

Published: Jan. 7, 2025

The mental and physical health consequences of loneliness are well documented. However, loneliness's socio-political ramifications have been largely unexplored. We theorize that loneliness, due to its physiologically dysregulating impact on the nervous system, facilitates greater susceptibility towards populist radical right parties. tested our hypothesis in 25 unique tests four population-based samples (N = 40852), spanning nine countries - Netherlands (15 tests, 2008-2023), Germany (two samples; 2017, 2018), Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland (all 2017). Logistic regressions were run per year country. Two internal meta-analyses run, first for Dutch sample second cross country dataset. In Netherlands, lonelier individuals more likely support across 15 years data, with 11 reaching statistical significance odds ratios ranging from 1.1 1.38. For analysis, Denmark reached (OR 1.2, 90% CI 1.01, 1.42). Due smaller sizes however, underpowered reliably detect small effects. Loneliness is positively associated Netherlands. effect comparable common correlates high blood pressure, heart diseases, depression emphasizing their relevance. Going forward, well-powered cross-national replications needed.

Language: Английский

---

Creating a Compassionate World: Addressing the Conflicts Between Sharing and Caring Versus Controlling and Holding Evolved Strategies

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Feb. 10, 2021

For thousands of years, various spiritual traditions and social activists have appealed to humans adopt compassionate ways living address the suffering life. Yet, along with our potential for compassion self-sacrifice, last few thousand years wars, slavery, tortures, holocausts shown can be extraordinarily selfish, callous, vicious, cruel. While there has been considerable engagement these issues, particularly in area moral psychology ethics, this paper explores an evolutionary analysis relating evolved resource-regulation strategies that called “ care share ” versus control hold .” Control are typical primates operate through intimidatory hierarchies. Care less common non-human primates, but radically during hunter-gatherer stage when ancestors lived relatively interdependent, small, mobile groups. In groups, individualistic, self-focus, self-promoting (trying secure accumulate more than others) were shunned shamed. These caring sharing lifestyles also created contexts evolution new forms childcare complex human competencies language, reasoning, planning, empathy, self-awareness. As a result ‘intelligence’, developed agriculture reduced mobility, increased group size, resource availability storage, competition. re-introduced competing for, rather of, resources advantaged those who now pursue (often aggressively) strategies. Many most oppressive anti-compassionate behavior Rather (just) thinking about individuals one another, we consider different regulation as within populations shaping psychophysiological patterns; both wealth poverty change brain. One challenges creating society is find create economic conditions regulate promote share. No easy task.

Language: Английский

---

Nurturing compassion in schools: A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a Compassionate Mind Training program for teachers

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 17(3), P. e0263480 - e0263480

Published: March 1, 2022

Objectives Schools are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis, with teachers reporting high levels of stress and burnout, which has adverse consequences to their physical health. Addressing problems promoting wellbeing in educational settings is thus a global priority. This study investigated the feasibility effectiveness 8-week Compassionate Mind Training program for Teachers (CMT-T) on indicators psychological physiological wellbeing. Methods A pragmatic randomized controlled stepped-wedge design was conducted sample 155 public school teachers, who were CMT-T ( n = 80) or waitlist control group (WLC; 75). Participants completed self-report measures distress, overall professional wellbeing, compassion self-criticism at baseline, post-intervention, 3-months follow-up. In sub-sample (CMT-T, 51; WLC 36) resting heart-rate variability (HRV) measured baseline post-intervention. Results feasible effective. Compared WLC, showed improvements self-compassion, others, positive affect, HRV as well reductions fears compassion, anxiety depression. participants received revealed additional others from satisfaction life, along decreases burnout stress. scoring higher greater post CMT-T. At 3-month follow-up retained. Conclusions shows promise compassion-focused intervention enhancing reducing psychophysiological distress contributing nurturing compassionate, prosocial resilient environments. Given its favourable sustainable effects low cost deliver, broader implementation dissemination encouraged.

Language: Английский

---

Perceived Economic Inequality Is Negatively Associated with Subjective Well-being through Status Anxiety and Social Trust

Social Indicators Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 172(1), P. 239 - 260

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

---

Opportunities and Challenges of Marketing 5.0

Advances in marketing, customer relationship management, and e-services book series, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 21

Published: Jan. 22, 2024

The fifth generation of marketing is Marketing 5.0 (M 5.0). In this chapter, the opportunities and challenges M are defined. main factors humans, culture, technology. business have a close connection to each other. important based on creating content planning, brand awareness, predictive has some applications in business. evolution defined as long journey history. For highlighting marketing, other elements same such personalization creation magnificent feeling for customers stated too. As classic insight, exploring important. Finding an attractive topic help top management. After reviewing literature data analysis, finally, four were selected with Delphi method.

Language: Английский

---