Efficacy and well-being in rural north India: The role of social identification with a large-scale community identity.

ABSTRACT: Identifying with a group can contribute to a sense of well-being. The mechanisms involved are diverse: social identification with a group can impact individuals' beliefs about issues such as their connections with others, the availability of social support, the meaningfulness of existence, and the continuity of their identity. Yet, there seems to be a common theme to these mechanisms: identification with a group encourages the belief that one can cope with the stressors one faces (which is associated with better well-being). Our research investigated the relationship between identification, beliefs about coping, and well-being in a survey (N = 792) administered in rural North India. Using structural equation modelling, we found that social identification as a Hindu had positive and indirec

SUBMITTER: Khan SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4489324 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature