Social ties and social identification: Influences on well-being in young adults.

ABSTRACT: Research highlights the positive impact of social connectedness on subjective well-being. In this paper, we test a model in which an identity-based mechanism links a structural form of connectedness (significant social ties) with two psychological well-being outcomes, life satisfaction and self-esteem. Using data from the LIVES Longitudinal Lausanne Youth Study (LIVES-LOLYS, N = 422), a longitudinal mediation path model tests direct and indirect effects, via the strength of social identification, of the number of significant social ties in two life domains (friends and family) on life satisfaction and self-esteem. Results showed positive associations between the number of significant ties and social identification in the concordant domain, empirically linking the structural and subj

SUBMITTER: Mehrpour A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11439584 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature