title: Somewhere I belong: Long-term increases in adolescents' resilience are predicted by perceived belonging to the in-group.
abstract: This study sought to examine the role of belonging in the increases in resilience observed following an adventure education programme (AEP). First, we demonstrate that group belonging makes a significant contribution to the improvement in resilience participants' experienced over the course of the AEP. Second, we demonstrate that this increase in resilience is maintained 9 months following the AEP and that group belonging maintained a significant contribution when controlling for participants' initial resilience level and other psychosocial variables (i.e., centrality of identity and social support). Our findings accord well with recent research on the Social Cure or Social Identity Approach to Health and add to a growing body of work identifying the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Damian
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9486-8059
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scarf
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Saleh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moradi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McGaw
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hewitt
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Jillian G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hayhurst
authors.affiliation: School of Physical Education, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boyes
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruffman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support
keywords: Social Cure; Social Identity Approach to Health; adolescence; group belonging; resilience; social identity