کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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948297 | 926460 | 2012 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
The presence of others in threatening situations can be a mixed blessing since it is not always perceived as supportive but can also impair well-being. Building on the social identity approach, we tested the idea that the presence of others has a buffering effect on neuroendocrine stress reactions only if a sense of shared social identity is evoked. Therefore, the salience of social versus personal identity was manipulated. To induce social-evaluative stress, the Trier Social Stress Test for groups (TSST-G) was employed, while in the control conditions the Placebo-TSST-G was used. As predicted, social identity salience attenuated the stress-induced cortisol reaction in the TSST-G condition. By contrast, there was no effect of identity salience in the Placebo-TSST-G conditions. These findings provide the first experimental evidence for the idea that being part of a group buffers neuroendocrine stress only if group members develop a sense of shared social identity.
► We examined shared social Identity as a buffer of socio-evaluative threat.
► Social versus personal identity was manipulated.
► Trier Social Stress Test versus placebo Trier Social Stress Test was used as stress manipulation.
► Psychological and neuroendocrinological (cortisol) stress responses.
► Main result was that social identity buffered cortisol responses.
Journal: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology - Volume 48, Issue 4, July 2012, Pages 973–977