Social identity in people with Multiple Sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood
Background: Mood disorders are highly prevalent in people with MS. MS causes changes to a person’s sense of self. The Social Identity Model of Identity Change posits that group membership can have a positive effect on mood during identity change. The family is a social group implicated in adjustment...
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| author | Barker, Alex B. Lincoln, Nadina Hunt, Nigel das Nair, Roshan |
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| description | Background: Mood disorders are highly prevalent in people with MS. MS causes changes to a person’s sense of self. The Social Identity Model of Identity Change posits that group membership can have a positive effect on mood during identity change. The family is a social group implicated in adjustment to MS.
Objective: To investigate whether family identity can predict mood in people with MS.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey design (n=123) comprising measures of family identity, family social support, connectedness to others, and mood.
Results: Family identity predicted mood both directly and indirectly through parallel mediators of family social support and connectedness to others.
Conclusion: Family identity predicted mood as posited by the Social Identity Model of Identity Change. Involving the family in adjustment to MS could reduce low mood. |
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| spelling | nottingham-411992020-05-04T19:34:07Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41199/ Social identity in people with Multiple Sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood Barker, Alex B. Lincoln, Nadina Hunt, Nigel das Nair, Roshan Background: Mood disorders are highly prevalent in people with MS. MS causes changes to a person’s sense of self. The Social Identity Model of Identity Change posits that group membership can have a positive effect on mood during identity change. The family is a social group implicated in adjustment to MS. Objective: To investigate whether family identity can predict mood in people with MS. Methods: A cross-sectional survey design (n=123) comprising measures of family identity, family social support, connectedness to others, and mood. Results: Family identity predicted mood both directly and indirectly through parallel mediators of family social support and connectedness to others. Conclusion: Family identity predicted mood as posited by the Social Identity Model of Identity Change. Involving the family in adjustment to MS could reduce low mood. Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers 2018-04-30 Article PeerReviewed Barker, Alex B., Lincoln, Nadina, Hunt, Nigel and das Nair, Roshan (2018) Social identity in people with Multiple Sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood. International Journal of Ms Care, 20 (2). pp. 85-91. ISSN 1537-2073 http://ijmsc.org/doi/10.7224/1537-2073.2016-074?code=cmsc-site doi:10.7224/1537-2073.2016-074 doi:10.7224/1537-2073.2016-074 |
| spellingShingle | Barker, Alex B. Lincoln, Nadina Hunt, Nigel das Nair, Roshan Social identity in people with Multiple Sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood |
| title | Social identity in people with Multiple Sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood |
| title_full | Social identity in people with Multiple Sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood |
| title_fullStr | Social identity in people with Multiple Sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social identity in people with Multiple Sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood |
| title_short | Social identity in people with Multiple Sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood |
| title_sort | social identity in people with multiple sclerosis: an examination of family identity and mood |
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