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Depression and Social Identity: An Integrative Review

Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, S. Alexander, Dingle, Genevieve A., Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda·2014·Personality and Social Psychology Review
DOI 10.1177/1088868314523839
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Social relationships play a key role in depression. This is apparent in its etiology, symptomatology, and effective treatment. However, there has been little consensus about the best way to conceptualize the link between depression and social relationships. Furthermore, the extensive social-psychological literature on the nature of social relationships, and in particular, research on social identity, has not been integrated with depression research. This review presents evidence that social connectedness is key to understanding the development and resolution of clinical depression. The social identity approach is then used as a basis for conceptualizing the role of social relationships in depression, operationalized in terms of six central hypotheses. Research relevant to these hypotheses is then reviewed. Finally, we present an agenda for future research to advance theoretical and empirical understanding of the link between social identity and depression, and to translate the insights of this approach into clinical practice.

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  • Group-based solutions are theoretically aligned with the social identity approach to health, which conceptualizes loneliness as secondary to the loss or lack of group memberships and the social identities that arise from them.

    “These group-based solutions are theoretically aligned with the social identity approach to health, which conceptualizes loneliness as secondary to the loss or lack of group memberships and the social identities that arise from them (Cruwys et al., 2014;Haslam et al., 2022).”

    From Acceptability and Feasibility of an Intervention to Enhance Social Group Belonging: Evidence From Three Trials of Groups 4 Health (2022) · cites this paper as Cruwys et al., 2014

    In “Clinically Oriented Research Questions” (page unavailable), the paper links group-membership loss to social isolation and proposes interventions that promote group membership; it also discusses interventions targeting loneliness. In “Key Premise 2” (page unavailable), it treats social identification as central to social connectedness. Its framework focuses on depression, however, and does not specifically conceptualize loneliness as secondary to the loss or lack of group memberships and identities. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  1. Ellemers, N., Kortekaas, P., & Ouwerkerk, J. W. (1999). Self- categorisation, commitment to the group and group self-esteem as related but distinct aspects of social identity. European Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 371-389.
  2. Kong, J. (2002). The unbearable sadness of being. In C. Jin-Young (Ed.), Unspoken voices: Selected short stories (pp. 195-218).
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Authors
Cruwys, T., Haslam, S. A., Dingle, G. A., Haslam, C., & Jetten, J.
Affiliations
The University of Queensland (AU)
ORCID
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2014-04-12
Volume
18
Issue
3
Pages
215-238
ISSN
  • 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7957
DOI
10.1177/1088868314523839
OpenAlex
W2562671323
Cited by
498
References
214
Citations by year
2026: 38 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 46 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 41 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 1
FWCI
44.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Keywords
depression, social identity, interpersonal relationships, social connectedness, etiology of depression, symptomatology, depression treatment

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