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Life Change, Social Identity, and Health

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Life change affects health. Research aimed at understanding the consequences of life change has primarily focused on the important roles played by stress, social support, individual differences, and broader socioeconomic factors in shaping health outcomes, most notably mental health decline. In this review we extend these accounts by exploring social identity–based determinants of adjustment to life change. We do so by drawing on social identity theorizing and, in particular, the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC). This points to the importance of multiple, maintained, new, and compatible group memberships as determinants of people's responses and adjustment to life change. We apply this model to understand the health consequences of adjustment to life change in four diverse areas: pursuit of higher education, migration, trauma and resilience, and recovery from illness and injury. Finally, we provide direction for future research on SIMIC and the health consequences of life change.

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Authors
Haslam, C., Haslam, S. A., Jetten, J., Cruwys, T., & Steffens, N. K.
Affiliations
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • Australian National University (AU)
Corresponding author
Haslam, Catherine
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Published
2021-01-04
Volume
72
Issue
1
Pages
635-661
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
OpenAlex
W3083533012
Cited by
222
References
134
Citations by year
2026: 38 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 22
FWCI
3.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
life change, social identity, health effects, group membership, social identity theory, higher education, migration, recovery from illness, injury recovery, mental health
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Climacteric, Humans, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Social Identification, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors

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