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- Title
Mapping Variables Related to Social Identity, Distress and Perceived Health in an Undergraduate Student Population.
- Authors
Cassidy, Tony
- Abstract
The relationship between students’ levels of self-categorisation or identification with their university, their problem-solving style, perceived social support, psychological distress and self-reported illness was investigated in a sample of 269 students (181 females and 88 males). Structural equation modelling shows that problem-solving style, perceived social support, and strength of identity, are the best predictors of both distress and illness, while sex, sex-type, age and year of study also account for small, but significant percentages of the variance.
- Subjects
GROUP identity; PROBLEM solving; SOCIAL support; PSYCHOLOGY of students; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; IDENTITY (Psychology); SOCIAL networks; EDUCATIONAL psychology
- Publication
Social Psychology of Education, 2004, Vol 7, Issue 3, p339
- ISSN
1381-2890
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:SPOE.0000037504.24380.b3