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Researchers developed an online Social Identity Mapping (oSIM) tool to measure social identities and their impact on well-being. This validated tool captures multiple social identity processes and predicts health and adjustment outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Health Psychology

Background:

  • Social identities significantly influence health and well-being.
  • Existing research highlights social identity processes like group identification, social support, and multiple memberships.
  • A gap exists in methods that simultaneously assess these interconnected social identity processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce and validate the online Social Identity Mapping (oSIM) tool.
  • Assess the multidimensional and connected nature of social identities.
  • Provide a method to simultaneously capture diverse social identity processes.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the online Social Identity Mapping (oSIM) tool.
  • Four studies (N=721) with diverse samples (community, students, new parents, retirees) tested oSIM's reliability and validity.
  • Meta-analytic findings were used to index a higher-order social identity construct (supergroup).

Main Results:

  • The oSIM tool demonstrated ease of use, engagement, and good internal consistency.
  • oSIM showed convergent and discriminant validity, predicting relevant outcomes across contexts.
  • The supergroup construct, indexed by oSIM, predicted well-being and adjustment to life events.

Conclusions:

  • The oSIM tool offers a novel method for simultaneously capturing multiple social identity processes.
  • The supergroup concept provides a holistic measure of social identity predictive of well-being and adjustment.
  • oSIM facilitates nuanced research into the contextual nature of social identity and its impact.