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Stressing the group: Social identity and the unfolding dynamics of responses to stress.

Haslam, S. Alexander, Reicher, Stephen·2006·Journal of Applied Psychology

Abstract

Participants in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) prison study were randomly assigned to high-status (guard) and low-status (prisoner) groups. Structural interventions increased the prisoners' sense of shared group identity and their willingness to challenge the power of the guards. Psychometric, physiological, behavioral, and observational data support the hypothesis that identity-based processes also affected participants' experience of stress. As prisoners' sense of shared identity increased, they provided each other with more social support and effectively resisted the adverse effects of situational stressors. As guards' sense of shared identity declined, they provided each other with less support and succumbed to stressors. Findings support an integrated social identity model of stress that addresses intragroup and intergroup dynamics of the stress process.

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Authors
Haslam, S. A., & Reicher, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Exeter (GB)
  • University of St Andrews (GB)
Venue
Journal of Applied Psychology
Published
2006
Volume
91
Issue
5
Pages
1037-1052
ISSN
  • 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1854
OpenAlex
W2098038440
Cited by
502
References
112
Citations by year
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FWCI
56.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
social identity, stress, group identity, social support, power relations, status groups, stress tolerance, intragroup dynamics, intergroup dynamics, physiological stress response
MeSH terms
Adult, Aggression, Attitude, Burnout, Professional, Female, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Saliva, Social Identification, Stress, Psychological

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