Paradoxical effects of ethnic identification on threat and anxiety during Covid-19 pandemic. A study of ethnic minority and immigrant groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9050991 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Bilewicz (0000-0001-5027-1691, Faculty (United Kingdom)), Maria Mirucka (0000-0001-6731-1573, Faculty (United Kingdom)), Justyna Olko (0000-0002-3726-3184, University of Warsaw) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 748-755 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/ort0000647 |
| PMID | 36174137 |
| OpenAlex | W4297998647 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Studies based on the "social cure" hypothesis suggest the positive role of strong social identifications for well-being and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the three-factorial model of identification that distinguishes ingroup centrality, ingroup affect, and ingroup ties as separate aspects of group identification, we propose that their impact on COVID-19-related stress and anxiety would be more complex. In a set of three studies carried out among ethnic minorities in Poland (Lemkos, Kashubs, and Silesians) and a study of a large immigrant group (Ukrainians in Poland), we found that higher levels of ingroup centrality generate more COVID-19-related threats and higher levels of anxiety, whereas ingroup ties tend to reduce anxiety during the pandemic. Based on this evidence we propose that the more exclusive aspects of identification (ingroup centrality) pose a risk to mental health during the time of the pandemic, whereas the more binding ones (ingroup ties) serve as a true "social cure." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Anxiety · Centrality · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Developmental psychology · Disease · Ethnic group · In-group favoritism · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Ingroups and outgroups · MEDLINE · Mental health · Pandemic · Political science · Psychiatry · PsycINFO · Social distance · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Cultural Differences and Values · Medicine · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |