scholarly journals Will ‘we’ continue to exercise? The associations between group identification, identity leadership, and relational identification on group exercise class adherence

2021 ◽  
pp. 174795412098714
Author(s):  
Laura F Rowe ◽  
Matthew J Slater
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Group Exercise ◽  
Class Attendance ◽  
Dimensional Group ◽  
Relational Identification ◽  
Leadership Behaviour ◽  
The Social ◽  
Exercise Class ◽  
Social Identity Approach

The present study sought to provide support for the roles of both the social identity approach (group identification and identity leadership) and relational identification in adherence to group exercise classes. One hundred and twenty U.K. based group exercise class attendees completed an online survey in a cross-sectional design. Group identification, perceptions of identity leadership behaviour, and relational identification were not significantly associated with length of class attendance. However, both identity leadership behaviour of the class instructor and ingroup affect (measured as an element of multi-dimensional group identification), were significantly associated with expected likelihood of continued class participation. For every 1 unit increase in the identity leadership and in-group affect measures respectively, participants were 1.9 and 2.0 times more likely to be ‘at or near 100%’ likely to continue vs not. Social identity variables were not associated with how long exercisers had been attending class, but identity leadership and ingroup affect are positive influencers of expected future adherence. Further research into the social identity approach and identity leadership behaviour regards exercise class attendance tenure vs volume is warranted and is likely to benefit from the use of multi-dimensional group identification measures.

scholarly journals Understanding Intergroup Relations in Childhood and Adolescence

2021 ◽  
pp. 108926802110500
Author(s):  
Maykel Verkuyten
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intergroup Biases ◽  
Shared Understandings ◽  
Social Identity Approach

There are various theoretical approaches for understanding intergroup biases among children and adolescents. This article focuses on the social identity approach and argues that existing research will benefit by more fully considering the implications of this approach for examining intergroup relations among youngsters. These implications include (a) the importance of self-categorization, (b) the role of self-stereotyping and group identification, (c) the relevance of shared understandings and developing ingroup consensus, and (d) the importance of coordinated action for positive and negative intergroup relations. These implications of the social identity approach suggest several avenues for investigating children’s and adolescents’ intergroup relations that have not been fully appreciated in the existing literature. However, there are also limitations to the social identity approach for the developmental understanding and some of these are discussed.

scholarly journals The theory of planned behavior and the social identity approach: A new look at group processes and social norms in the context of student binge drinking

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loren Willis ◽  
Eunro Lee ◽  
Katherine J. Reynolds ◽  
Kathleen A. Klik
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Identity Approach

The current study investigates the theory of planned behavior with important additional predictors from the social identity approach. The study explores whether social identity might function as a driver of the theory of planned behavior and help explain how abstract group processes might impact student binge drinking behavior. Adopting a controlled statistical analysis, the hypothesized model expands the theory of planned behavior’s current conceptualization of group norms and considers how the behavioral content of a specific group, with group identification, impacts binge drinking behavior (N = 551 university students). A path analysis that simultaneously mapped all the hypothesized relationships supported a reconceptualization of social identity as a predictor within the theory of planned behavior. The interaction between group identification and the importance of drinking to the group’s identity significantly predicted an individual’s attitudes towards binge drinking and perceived social binge drinking norms (subjective, descriptive and injunctive), which in turn predicted intentions to binge drink. Intentions to binge drink predicted self-reported binge drinking behavior two weeks later, above and beyond relevant covariates. The implications of these findings are discussed, with recommendations for future research.

scholarly journals How Ethical Leadership Promotes Knowledge Sharing: A Social Identity Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Li Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Leadership Group ◽  
Social Identity Approach

The aim of this study is to investigate the associations among ethical leadership, group identification, relational identification, organizational identification, and knowledge sharing. This study conducted a survey in Taiwan to collect the data. The administrative group members of schools were invited to participate in this study. The sample included 510 participants, and the hypotheses were tested by using the path analysis and bootstrapping methods in the Mplus program to examine how ethical leadership influences knowledge sharing, through various means of identification. The results of this study show that ethical leadership has both a direct and indirect effect on knowledge sharing. There are two mediating paths in the ethical leadership-knowledge sharing relationship. Firstly, group identification mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and knowledge sharing. Secondly, ethical leadership has an influence on knowledge sharing by means of increased relational and organizational identification. This is a pioneering article that explores the psychological mechanism between ethical leadership and knowledge sharing, using the social identity approach. This study has shown that the social identity theory (SIT) is a useful and promising perspective for future research studies on ethical leadership-knowledge sharing.

Inspired and Appreciated by the Group

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-131
Author(s):  
S. Alexander Haslam ◽  
Inmaculada Adarves-Yorno ◽  
Niklas K. Steffens ◽  
Tom Postmes
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Identity Approach ◽  
Creative Production

The processes of creative production and creativity recognition are both understood to be central to the dynamics of creativity. Nevertheless, they are generally seen by creativity researchers as theoretically unrelated. In contrast, social identity theorizing suggests a model of creativity in which groups play a role both in inspiring creative acts and in determining the reception they receive. More specifically, this approach argues that shared social identity (or lack of it) motivates individuals to rise to particular creative challenges and provides a basis for certain forms of creativity to be recognized (or disregarded). This chapter explicates the logic underlying the social identity approach and summarizes some of the key evidence that supports it.

scholarly journals When we enjoy bad news about other groups: A social identity approach to out-group schadenfreude

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 214-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaap W. Ouwerkerk ◽  
Wilco W. van Dijk ◽  
Charlotte C. Vonkeman ◽  
Russell Spears
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Emotional Response ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Negative Word ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Negative News ◽  
Social Identity Approach

Two studies investigate schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) as an emotional response to news about out-group misfortunes in a political and consumer context by analyzing reactions of voters for opposition parties to the downfall of a Dutch coalition government (Study 1), and of BlackBerry users to negative news reports about Apple’s iPhone (Study 2). Consistent with social identity theory and intergroup emotion theory, both studies demonstrate that affective in-group identification increases schadenfreude reactions to news about an out-group’s misfortune, provided that this misfortune occurs in a domain of interest to news recipients. Additional findings show that this interaction effect attenuates when a misfortune instead befalls the in-group (Study 1) and is still observed when controlling for affective dispositions towards the out-group (Study 2). Moreover, results suggest that schadenfreude reactions strengthen subsequent intentions to share news about the out-group’s misfortune with others or to engage in negative word-of-mouth (Study 2).

scholarly journals Advancing the social identity approach to health and well-being: Progressing the social cure research agenda

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 789-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanda Jetten ◽  
S. Alexander Haslam ◽  
Tegan Cruwys ◽  
Katharine H. Greenaway ◽  
Catherine Haslam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Social Identity Approach

Paul and the Author of 1 Clement as Entrepreneurs of Identity in Corinthian Crises of Leadership

2021 ◽  
pp. 0142064X2110647
Author(s):  
Katja Kujanpää
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
The Past ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Identity Approach

When Paul and the author of 1 Clement write letters to Corinth to address crises of leadership, both discuss Moses’ παρρησία (frankness and openness), yet they evaluate it rather differently. In this article, I view both authors as entrepreneurs of identity and explore the ways in which they try to shape their audience’s social identity and influence their behaviour in the crisis by selectively retelling scriptural narratives related to Moses. The article shows that social psychological theories under the umbrella term of the social identity approach help to illuminate the active role of leaders in identity construction as well as the processes of retelling the past in order to mobilize one’s audience.

Thy Will Be Done: Exploring the Longitudinal Rewards of Religious Group Membership Enactment During Volunteering

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Wakefield ◽  
Mhairi Bowe ◽  
Blerina Kellezi
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Religious Group ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Social Identity Approach

The volunteering literature is replete with studies revealing the health benefits of volunteering. This has led psychologists to question whether social processes may help deliver these benefits while also supporting sustained volunteering engagement. The Social Identity Approach (SIA) recognises that volunteering takes place in groups, and sheds light on these processes by providing insights into group dynamics. Specifically, recent work within the Social Cure tradition has revealed the dynamic relationship between volunteering and group identification, and how this can influence health and wellbeing. This study extends previous work by exploring whether the relationship is mediated by the extent to which volunteers feel able to enact their membership of a valued group (specifically their religious group) through their volunteering. People who volunteer with religiously-motivated voluntary groups (N = 194) completed the same online survey twice, three months apart (T1/T2). For participants high in religiosity, T1 identification with their voluntary group positively predicted their sense of being able to enact the membership of their religious group through their voluntary work at T2, which in turn was a positive predictor of T2 mental health and volunteer engagement. The implications of these findings for both the theoretical literature and for voluntary organisations are discussed.

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