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Somewhere I belong: Long‐term increases in adolescents’ resilience are predicted by perceived belonging to the in‐group
Author(s) -
Scarf Damian,
Moradi Saleh,
McGaw Kate,
Hewitt Joshua,
Hayhurst Jillian G.,
Boyes Mike,
Ruffman Ted,
Hunter John A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/bjso.12151
Subject(s) - psychology , psychosocial , psychological resilience , social psychology , centrality , identity (music) , social identity theory , social group , developmental psychology , resilience (materials science) , phenomenon , psychiatry , quantum mechanics , physics , mathematics , combinatorics , acoustics , thermodynamics
This study sought to examine the role of belonging in the increases in resilience observed following an adventure education programme ( AEP ). First, we demonstrate that group belonging makes a significant contribution to the improvement in resilience participants’ experienced over the course of the AEP . Second, we demonstrate that this increase in resilience is maintained 9 months following the AEP and that group belonging maintained a significant contribution when controlling for participants’ initial resilience level and other psychosocial variables (i.e., centrality of identity and social support). Our findings accord well with recent research on the S ocial C ure or S ocial I dentity A pproach to H ealth and add to a growing body of work identifying the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon.