Exploring the impact of group identity at university on psychological and behavioural outcomes
Spiridon, Elena and Davies, Jean L. and Kaye, Linda K. and Nicolson, Roderick I. and Tang, Bryan W. X. and Tan, Angel J. Y. and Ransom, Heather J. (2020) Exploring the impact of group identity at university on psychological and behavioural outcomes. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 45 (7). pp. 932-942. ISSN 0309-877X
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Abstract
With respect to supporting student well-being and success, the current research developed a peer support scheme, built on the principles of Social Identity Theory (SIT). This was targeted towards first year undergraduate psychology students, in which measures of collective identity, sense of belonging, group efficacy, happiness and resilience were obtained, along with attendance and academic attainment. Following one academic year of being part of our peer support scheme, participants (N= 90) completed a questionnaire and consented to their attendance and attainment data to be used. It was found that students’ collective identity was positively related to their sense of belonging, group efficacy beliefs and happiness. Further, the sense of belonging was a reliable predictor of happiness, but not attendance or academic attainment. Therefore, there is some evidence to suggest that a SIT-driven peer support scheme can support students’ psychosocial well-being, although more is needed to ascertain whether this could be developed further to observe any course-related outcomes. Theoretical contributions to SIT are therefore presented, in which the insights can be applied to Higher Education beyond the UK.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2020.1831450 | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sense of belonging, social identity, peer support, well-being, psychology, higher education | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH04 - psychology > CAH04-01 - psychology > CAH04-01-01 - psychology (non-specific) CAH04 - psychology > CAH04-01 - psychology > CAH04-01-02 - applied psychology CAH04 - psychology > CAH04-01 - psychology > CAH04-01-05 - others in psychology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences > Dept Social Sciences Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences > Dept. Psychology Research, Innovation, Enterprise |
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| Depositing User: | Angel Tan | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2023 14:08 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2023 14:08 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14682 |
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