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The Social Dimension of Stress: Experimental Manipulations of Social Support and Social Identity in the Trier Social Stress Test
Published on: November 19, 2015
Maria Babińska1, Michal Bilewicz1
1Faculty of Psychology,University of Warsaw,Warsaw,Poland.maria.babinska@psych.uw.edu.plbilewicz@psych.uw.edu.plhttp://cbu.psychologia.pl.
Abstract:
The problem of extended fusion and identification can be approached from a diachronic perspective. Based on our own research, as well as findings from the fields of social, political, and clinical psychology, we argue that the way contemporary emotional events shape local fusion is similar to the way in which historical experiences shape extended fusion. We propose a reciprocal process in which historical events shape contemporary identities, whereas contemporary identities shape interpretations of past traumas.
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