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Demographic factors, partial social belonging and psychological resources associated with coping
INTRODUCTION: The present study investigates the role of perceived partial social belonging (PPSB) in determining societal and individual resilience and positive and negative coping indicators. It is assumed that most people aspire to belong and be integrated into their society. A sense of only part...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10106560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37077847 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1154659 |
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author | Eshel, Yohanan Kimhi, Shaul Marciano, Hadas Adini, Bruria |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The present study investigates the role of perceived partial social belonging (PPSB) in determining societal and individual resilience and positive and negative coping indicators. It is assumed that most people aspire to belong and be integrated into their society. A sense of only partial belonging is therefore distressing for them. METHODS: Two hypotheses are examined in the current study: (a) A higher level of PPSB will predict a lower level of resilience and a higher level of psychological symptoms. (b) PPSB will mediate the associations between three stress-evoking demographic characteristics (younger age, low income, and gender) and the lower psychological resilience and higher distress associated with these demographic characteristics. These hypotheses were examined using a sample of the Israeli Jewish public (N = 1,502) who responded to an anonymous questionnaire about the investigated issues. The data were collected by an internet panel company possessing a database of more than 65,000 residents, representing the varied components of the Israeli society. RESULTS: The findings supported our hypotheses: (a) PPSB negatively predicted societal and individual resilience and hope and positively predicted distress symptoms and sense of danger. (b) PPSB mediated the effects of the investigated demographic variables on these psychological variables. CONCLUSION: These results are discussed in association with the concept of belonging competencies. Our findings display that being unsure about one’s belonging to a desired social group, has a major role in increasing psychological distress and sense of danger and in reducing hope and both individual and societal resilience. |
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spelling | pubmed-101065602023-04-18 Demographic factors, partial social belonging and psychological resources associated with coping Eshel, Yohanan Kimhi, Shaul Marciano, Hadas Adini, Bruria Front Psychol Psychology INTRODUCTION: The present study investigates the role of perceived partial social belonging (PPSB) in determining societal and individual resilience and positive and negative coping indicators. It is assumed that most people aspire to belong and be integrated into their society. A sense of only partial belonging is therefore distressing for them. METHODS: Two hypotheses are examined in the current study: (a) A higher level of PPSB will predict a lower level of resilience and a higher level of psychological symptoms. (b) PPSB will mediate the associations between three stress-evoking demographic characteristics (younger age, low income, and gender) and the lower psychological resilience and higher distress associated with these demographic characteristics. These hypotheses were examined using a sample of the Israeli Jewish public (N = 1,502) who responded to an anonymous questionnaire about the investigated issues. The data were collected by an internet panel company possessing a database of more than 65,000 residents, representing the varied components of the Israeli society. RESULTS: The findings supported our hypotheses: (a) PPSB negatively predicted societal and individual resilience and hope and positively predicted distress symptoms and sense of danger. (b) PPSB mediated the effects of the investigated demographic variables on these psychological variables. CONCLUSION: These results are discussed in association with the concept of belonging competencies. Our findings display that being unsure about one’s belonging to a desired social group, has a major role in increasing psychological distress and sense of danger and in reducing hope and both individual and societal resilience. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10106560/ /pubmed/37077847 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1154659 Text en Copyright © 2023 Eshel, Kimhi, Marciano and Adini. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Eshel, Yohanan Kimhi, Shaul Marciano, Hadas Adini, Bruria Demographic factors, partial social belonging and psychological resources associated with coping |
title | Demographic factors, partial social belonging and psychological resources associated with coping |
title_full | Demographic factors, partial social belonging and psychological resources associated with coping |
title_fullStr | Demographic factors, partial social belonging and psychological resources associated with coping |
title_full_unstemmed | Demographic factors, partial social belonging and psychological resources associated with coping |
title_short | Demographic factors, partial social belonging and psychological resources associated with coping |
title_sort | demographic factors, partial social belonging and psychological resources associated with coping |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10106560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37077847 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1154659 |
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