Express Yourself? Ease to Express One’s Identity Mediates the Relationship Between National Belonging and Mental Health Scarf, D (University of Otago), Moradi, S (University of Otago), Hunter, J. (University of Otago) A number of studies have reported a positive relationship between levels of national identification and well-being. Although this link is clear, the relationship is […]

Promoting Physical Activity Participation Through Social Identity Leadership: Evidence from Two Empirical Studies Stevens, M. (Australian National University), Rees, T. (Bournemouth University), Coffee, P. (University of Stirling), Steffens, N. K. (University of Queensland), Haslam, A. (University of Queensland), Polman, R. (Queensland University of Technology) Although physical activity participation has numerous physiological and psychological benefits, inactivity […]

Group-Based Control Restoration Relke, S. (Leipzig University, Germany), Fritsche, I. (Leipzig University, Germany), Greenaway, K. H. (University of Melbourne) Social identities can serve as a powerful resource to cope with stress and threatened control. There is empirical evidence that ingroup identification is positively associated with subjective well-being and more recent work suggests that group membership […]

Employing National Identity Loss Frames as a way to Increase Climate Change Action across the Political Spectrum Klas, A. (Misinformation Lab, Deakin University), Clarke, E. J. R. (Federation University Australia & Misinformation Lab, Deakin University) Given the politically polarising nature of climate change in Australia, there is a need to develop persuasive messages that encourage […]