The Social Cure: Identity, health and well-being

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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 adults 7 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 model 12 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 care PART 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