The Social Cure : Identity, Health and Well-Being

越來越多的研究表明，社交網絡和身份對身心健康有著深遠的影響。有了越來越多的證據表明社會關係在保護健康方面的重要性，我們面臨的挑戰正在解釋為什麼應該如此。社會團體所提供與每日服用維生素C或定期運動一樣有益？

該書提供了來自臨床、社會、組織和應用領域的各種觀點，這些觀點提供了對這些過程及其後果的理論和經驗見解。對核心理論問題進行了豐富而新穎的分析與貢獻，這些理論問題涉及社會身份以及與社會身份相關的因素（例如社會支持和社區意識）可以增強個人的自我意識並有助於身體和社會發展的方式。精神健康，透過這種方式，可以證明社會身份如何構成一種“社會療法”，能夠促進適應各種疾病、傷害、創傷和壓力的個人適應，應對和福祉。此外，這些理論為實用戰略提供了平台，這些戰略可以維持和增進福祉，特別是在弱勢人群中。

該書的實力源於其對廣泛人群健康和福祉的影響和因素的分析。它提供了有力的見解，對健康、臨床、社會和組織心理學以及一系列相關領域具有重要意義。

A growing body of research shows that social networks and identities have a profound impact on mental and physical health. With such mounting evidence of the importance of social relationships in protecting health, the challenge we face is explaining why this should be the case. What is it that social groups offer that appears to be just as beneficial as a daily dose of vitamin C or regular exercise?

This edited book brings together the latest research on how group memberships, and the social identities associated with them, determine people’s health and well-being. The volume provides a variety of perspectives from clinical, social, organisational, and applied fields that offer theoretical and empirical insights into these processes and their consequences. The contributions present a rich and novel analysis of core theoretical issues relating to the ways in which social identities, and factors associated with them (such as social support and a sense of community), can bolster individuals’ sense of self and contribute to physical and mental health. In this way it is shown how social identities constitute a ‘social cure’, capable of promoting adjustment, coping, and well-being for individuals dealing with a range of illnesses, injuries, trauma and stressors. In addition, these theories provide a platform for practical strategies that can maintain and enhance well-being, particularly among vulnerable populations.

Contributors to the book are at the forefront of these developments and the book’s strength derives from its analysis of factors that shape the health and well-being of a broad range of groups. It presents powerful insights which have important implications for health, clinical, social, and organisational psychology and a range of cognate fields.

Jolanda Jetten (Editor) 

Publisher:Routledge 

ISBN:   978-1138891524