Social networks: social identity & the importance of both formal & informal group memberships (what can we do?)
A bird will drop frozen from a bough without once having felt sorry for itself. - D.H. Lawrence
Social networks: social identity & the importance of both formal & informal groups (what can we do?)
key points:
the social identity model highlights the value of group membership (more & less formal) for both psychological & physical wellbeing - are there groups you would like to join (or initiate) and are there helpful ways you can increase the sense of the importance to you of some of the groups you're a member of (for example by increasing your involvement with them).